swarm box location

[yolanda huang]

I have installed a swarm box top of my rose trellis.  It faces west so in the afternoon it gets full sun.  Should it be in a shadier spot?

[Jim Veitch]

Hi Yolanda,

The general recommendation is put the bait box in the shade, though I don't do that. http://www.dave-cushman.net/bee/baithives.html is a pretty fair summation. If you read it through I'm not too sure about the energy lines (ley lines) part and I do recommend the lures.  I got a lesson in ley lines visiting Avebury in England last year by a very earnest young Texan but I didn't quite get what he was trying to teach me.

Jim

On Fri, Mar 13, 2026 at 5:52 PM yolanda huang <yogre...@gmail.com> wrote:

I have installed a swarm box top of my rose trellis.  It faces west so in the afternoon it gets full sun.  Should it be in a shadier spot?

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