Wax moth traps

[Peter Edwards]

I read recently that wax moths could be trapped using banana skins, sugar,
water and vinegar - but the method and quantities were rather vague.

I tried making up the mixture and put it in an old honey bucket with a hole
cut in the side - but not a single moth has gone in.

Does anyone have experience of using these traps and, if so, could we have
precise instructions please?

[roy chapman]

Hi Peter,
I use a 2 liter plastic soda bottle. Cut 2 quarter sized holes opposite
each other just before the taper for the bottle neck. put 1 cup vinegar, 1 cup
sugar, 1 banana peel from a banana and fill up to about 2 " from holes with
water. I then put a hole in cap and run a string through it and tie it up next
to my hives about entrance high. You can hang them off of a nail put in the
side of hive body or off of tree or bush branches near the hives. I have also
caught wasps and flies in them.
Roy Chapman

[Steve Huston]

FYI... I also use this method and it works great. It takes a week or two
for the mixture to "pickle" enough to attract the moths though.

-Steve

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