Swarm Trapping for Pest Control Operators

, , andCatherine Zettel Nalen
Contacts: Amy Vu

Release Date: 4/6/2021

Reviewed At: 2/6/2024

DOI: 10.32473/edis-in785-2009

Agriculture

Abstract

Outlines the standard operating procedures for swarm trapping by certified Pest Control Operators as a means of capturing and removing a nesting Africanized bee colony before the bees become aggressive.

About this Publication

This document is ENY-148, one of a series of the Entomology and Nematology Department, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date October 2009. Revised June 2013, April 2016, March 2019, and October 2020. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

How to Cite

O’Malley, M. K., Ellis, J. D., & Zettel Nalen, C. M. (2009). Swarm Trapping for Pest Control Operators. EDIS, 2009(9). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-in785-2009

Authors

M. O'Malley

former Extension assistant, UF/IFAS Department of Entomology and Nematology, Gainesville, FL

J. Ellis

former Gahan endowed professor, apiculture, Honey Bee Research and Extension Laboratory, UF/IFAS Department of Entomology and Nematology

Catherine Zettel Nalen

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University of Florida

former Extension technician, Honey Bee Research & Extension Laboratory, Department of Entomology and Nematology

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Amy Vu

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