2017 - Volume #41, Issue #2, Page #27
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His Traps Stop Carpenter Bees
“I’ve sold more than 25 of them to people in Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana and Michigan,” says Yeary. “They are easy to use and work well.”
Yeary’s traps look a bit like a birdhouse with a Mason jar hanging from the bottom. Bees enter through one of 3 small holes near the top. It is dark in the house, but they see daylight below in the jar and go to it. Once in the jar, they are unable to find their way back out.
“The secret is getting the angle of the hole just right,” says Yeary.
Apparently his is just right. One customer bought 2 traps, and before she could hang them up, the traps had 6 carpenter bees trapped inside.
“I use screws, no nails and a tapered design, similar to a birdhouse with a 4 to 5-in. sq. bottom,” says Yeary. “They are about 12 to14 in. tall without the jar.”
Yeary sells his traps locally, but he is willing to ship them. They sell for $25 plus S & H.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Jack S. Yeary, 647 Cannery Hollow Rd., Speedwell, Tenn. 37870 (ph 423 869-3464).
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