Store the bait for 14 Months in a cold and dry space. No need to refrigerate.
In 3 - 4 weeks after placing the traps in the hive you will see a significant reduction in SHBs
We recommend two traps per hive. At the bottom if you have a hard board bottom, or at the top under the lid if you have a screen bottom board. Place the traps in diagonal corners.
Using a hive tool or a putty knife load the middle square of the trap with bait. Close the trap completely (you should hear a snap) before inserting them in the hive.
Depending on the level of infestation you are dealing with. In general every 2 - 4 months.
Every time you work the hive please check the side slots are opened and the SHBs have access to the bait.
The UGA Bee Lab and our company are partnering to test another bee-safe ‘attract and kill bait’ to be used in small hive beetle traps. In 2024 we have partnered to run a study comparing different insecticides put in as baits inside SHB traps. We hope that chlorantraniliprole, a new pesticide which the UGA Bee Lab has been working with, will be approved for use by EPA. This insecticide is a bee safe alternative to neonicotinoids in turf lawn management and is used as a honeybee safe insecticide during the almond bloom.