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A Push-pull Protocol to Reduce Colonization of Bird Nest Boxes by Honey Bees
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Chapters
- 00:05Title
- 01:01Pheromone Lure Preparation and Swarm Trap Box Installation
- 02:42Pheromone Lure Addition, Permethrin Bird Nest Box Treatment and Occupied Trap Box Removal
- 03:36Trap Box Bee Colony Destruction
- 04:18Results: Number of Boxes Colonized by Honey Bees
- 04:49Conclusion
Preventing colonization of bird nest boxes by invasive Africanized honey bees is important for conservation efforts of nest-site limited birds. We provide an integrated pest management approach to "push" bees away from nest boxes with a repellant insecticide, permethrin, and "pull" them toward pheromone baited swarm traps.
