so what we're looking at here is a swarm not uncommon this time of year because it is may the
29th i'm frederick dunn and i'm going to talk to you about a way to get your b selena lower
branches that's right look at this temporary queen with qmp qmp stands for queen mandibular pheromone
i decided i would zip tie a couple of these to tree branches and see if i can't attract swarms
in the future of course too late for this one to a lower branch so i can get it easy look at that one
15 feet off the ground and i made a video about it i got it with my vacuum cleaner but
i could have gotten it with a butterfly net or something like that or shaking them into a bucket
without even getting on a ladder that's because my goal was to put qmp on a lower branch and see if
future swarms would land on that branch because we all know that the bees land on the same trees over
and over again when they're swarming out of your own beehives so having them this high why
when we can put it on a lower branch well here's what i did i put two qmp
lures on branches and that's not the intent of the product it just happens to be the way it worked
if you put it on a thin branch it doesn't attract swarms see that little thin branch qmp tube right
there you keep these in the freezer and then look at this one a little further up the branch where
it's more stable and i got a swarm and how high is this warm five and a half feet off the ground so
what i've learned and what i'm sharing with you now is that you can use
queen mandibular pheromone the synthetic temp queen which i got from better bee
and you have to keep it in your freezer and that's what you normally use as a placeholder
when a colony has gone queenless and you need to get a new queen in there before a laying
worker starts so it keeps your bees thinking that there's a queen present but apparently
it also works to lure a swarm that has a queen to a tree branch so if you have a tree that you're
always finding bees on and they're always forming to it i'm gonna recommend that you get some qmp
the stuff's not very expensive and you keep it right in your freezer until you're ready to use it
you zip tie it the zip ties come with it right to a branch on a tree that they normally use
strong enough branch that can support the swarm and your business even after i did this one and
collected the swarm off of this branch here with qmp within a day or two i had another swarm on the
exact same branch in the exact same spot because bees when they swarm onto a tree and where that
queen lands they leave a residual pheromone and that pheromone serves to attract future swarms
so why not manipulate them a little bit see if it's going to work this is a blue spruce tree
i also have a maple tree that they like to go to and i'm going to zip tie other qmp pheromone lures
to those lower branches we'll see how it works so far based on these results it's working great
so thank you thank you for spending some time with me and checking out this video check out betterbee
it's called temp queen with qmp and it's for the temporary replacement of a laying queen
there's two lures in a packet so again you keep them frozen by the way you're going to
want to wear surgical gloves or something else you don't want to get this pheromone
on yourself because if you do the bees are going to follow you and they're going to clamber all
over your hands you're not going to be able to take a video and share with your friends you're
going to walk around with bees on you but there were queens in these clusters so they're not just
random bees being derailed and attracted to the qmp although that can happen
this is an actual swarm with a queen in it and there's a little zip tie sticking out
indicating that that's exactly where the qmp lure is attached so you want to attract these
when they swarm to the spot that you choose i suggest you try this out thanks for watching i
hope you're having a good spring today is may the 29th and we are having swarms so
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remember if the branch is too thin it won't collect on it even though they check it out
thicker branches make sure it can support a few pounds
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