Asian Hornet Sticky Traps

[cnmcdee]

I am writing to share a very effective, and cheap to make Asian Hornet Trap, and hope that this information is shared with as many people as possible - looking to eliminate them.

Sticky Paper Trap.
1/2 corn syrup / 1/2 water boiled in pot.- Pour onto cardboard sheets.
Place cardboard sheets on roof of any bee hives or at base of hive.- Asian hornets 'perch' above and below bee hives waiting for worker bees to come out.- Once they land on the sticky trap they will become distressed and will emit a pheromone, quickly attracting more.

The Japanese have used this method to control them quickly.

I cannot yet post direct links, but if you go to your standard you tube and type in Asian Hornet Sticky Trap many example videos come up that one can study.

 

[Natureboy44]

I read when one gets stuck it lets off some sort of signal or distress pheromone and all the others go to it's aid, hence trapping the rest.

Not sure if we can easily get corn syrup here in the UK? Hopefully won't ever need too or at least for a while yet. Seen some videos where people use sticky mice/rat traps and actually save a beehive that was under attack just using these.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkZInqR3Qb0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oslUiDTleDk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ci6K6f50VNo

 

[Erichalfbee]

I am writing to share a very effective, and cheap to make Asian Hornet Trap, and hope that this information is shared with as many people as possible - looking to eliminate them.

Sticky Paper Trap.
1/2 corn syrup / 1/2 water boiled in pot.- Pour onto cardboard sheets.
Place cardboard sheets on roof of any bee hives or at base of hive.- Asian hornets 'perch' above and below bee hives waiting for worker bees to come out.- Once they land on the sticky trap they will become distressed and will emit a pheromone, quickly attracting more.

The Japanese have used this method to control them quickly.

I cannot yet post direct links, but if you go to your standard you tube and type in Asian Hornet Sticky Trap many example videos come up that one can study.

Why would Velutina hunting protein land in something sticky and sweet?
I used sticky traps for wasps once before I knew any better.
What happens is that bees get stuck in them and blue tits get stuck trying to eat them.
Never again!

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Look at the source Dani.
We haven't got any Asian hornets - definitely haven't got any giant Asian hornets.

 

[Swarm]

And definitely don't need to use anything so vile.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

And definitely don't need to use anything so vile.

 

[Heather]

You may not have Asian hornets in Wales, but 3 nests destroyed in England last year, and 2 other A hornets identified as loners. Each of these nests can throw off many queens. Please don't think we wont get..it is just a matter of time..
But need to set up responsible traps

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

You may not have Asian hornets in Wales, but 3 nests destroyed in England last year, and 2 other A hornets identified as loners. Each of these nests can throw off many queens.

You should get all the facts before wringing hands and call in dad's army none of those nests were mature enough to throw out anything, in fact, most had struggled to move completely to secondary nest size. So no, there isn't any concrete evidence that England has AH
I get the feeling that people are waiting for them to establish with gleeful anticipation so some serious hand wringing can start

 

[Heather]

Not wringing hands, and I am trying to get the info required.. speaking to the bee keeper/ specialist from Jersey who is having hives devastated,and he is trying to educate the UK... bit like a virus not being taken seriously!! .. Just saying that nests this year could be mature enough to throw off queens.. then we do have a problem..

I like to be prepared, and now realise why other people on here find you a little 'difficult'.. ond rwyf wedi gweld pobl Cymru yn anghwrtais o'r blaen.

 

[Derren]

I read when one gets stuck it lets off some sort of signal or distress pheromone and all the others go to it's aid, hence trapping the rest.

Not sure if we can easily get corn syrup here in the UK? Hopefully won't ever need too or at least for a while yet. Seen some videos where people use sticky mice/rat traps and actually save a beehive that was under attack just using these.

 

[Derren]

Trust me I’ve lived in S/W France for 15yrs and this year have never seen so many A Hornets even after trapping over 10 hornet queens in April with fluid traps ..Hate to say it but they are definitely on the way up to you …Desperately need to try sticky traps or anything that anyone knows works as already lost 3 hives over 2weeks

 

[Erichalfbee]

https://beekeepingforum.co.uk/threa...-a-chance-of-stopping-them.40973/#post-607281

 

[Karol]

Trust me I’ve lived in S/W France for 15yrs and this year have never seen so many A Hornets even after trapping over 10 hornet queens in April with fluid traps ..Hate to say it but they are definitely on the way up to you …Desperately need to try sticky traps or anything that anyone knows works as already lost 3 hives over 2weeks

Fipronil custard. Mazzamazda had great success with it in Portugal (just South of Galicia.)

 

[Sutty]

Fipronil custard. Mazzamazda had great success with it in Portugal (just South of Galicia.)

Just need to produce a velutina specific trap with auto-custard function!

 

[hemo]

Fipronil custard. Mazzamazda had great success with it in Portugal (just South of Galicia.)

Trap and release though not allowed over here , then there is the potential collateral damage left behind with nest for other life forms to ingest the poison.

 

[Sutty]

Trap and release though not allowed over here , then there is the potential collateral damage left behind with nest for other life forms to ingest the poison.

Though very limited

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

there is the potential collateral damage left behind with nest for other life forms to ingest the poison.

Though very limited

Never underestimate the superior stupidity of the great British public

 

[Karol]

Trap and release though not allowed over here , then there is the potential collateral damage left behind with nest for other life forms to ingest the poison.

Who on Earth is talking about fipronil custard over here? We have no established Velutina ergo we don't need drastic measures. Sigh!

As for using fipronil custard overseas in EUROPE where there is a human precipitated infestation then the risk to benefit analysis is weighted heavily in favour of using fiprinol custard. It has a very short half life (matter of hours), is highly targetted and destroys Velutina nests before they mature and produce sexual progeny. The chance of non target species being affected is negligible given the very small doses used. Failing to use the technique on the other hand allows catastrophically high ecological harm because it allows Velutina to compete against other predators diminishing other insect eating species birds most notably.

 

[JamezF]

Never underestimate the superior stupidity of the great British public

If they're going to ingest the poison then I'm struggling to see a downside.

James