Bee Bait Swarm Lure/Attract More Honey Bees to Your Bait hive

This bee bait was purchased to catch abee swarm. Great value the smell is amazing, has a lemon grass cent. The application was easy to use with a qtip or can use a cotton swab. Catch rate was a succes within a few weeks we caught a swarm on our first try ever.

I followed the instructions but no bees came! I guess it’s due to climate change? My fruit trees bloomed earlier this year, There are beea two miles away at a lower elevation, so no peaches, plumbs this year. 😢

We discovered as spring arrives early that our 2 hives were empty. Heartbreaking. We bought this and 2 days later found a swarm of bees at one or our hives. Hoping they find it acceptable and move in! But amazing response to this product!

Does work but not as good as Swarm Sauce. Tried this and the other top brand (SC) and they seem to work but not great. Swarm Sauce Ultimate Honey Bee Swarm Lure is the best of all that I've tried so far.

This stuff does wonders!! i actually got a bee hives setup 2 tiers and i popped drops into the bottom box and spilled it all over the top and the sides then I let it set. once the last snow storm hit I went out there and bam I have a full hive living inside they are doing great. Super stoked I did not have to do anything this stuff pulled them in. I love it !!! I have already recommended using this and people who have come over are pretty impressed the hive just moved in on their own.

Rubbish. Does not attract swarm. It's merely lemongrass oil.

I used this to bait five swarm traps last year and caught two swarms, saw one more visit a trap and then leave but I can't blame that on the lure. That's pretty good success rate for swarm traps. I saw bees coming to check my traps even as I was hanging them up in the woods. My only quibble is shelf life, the seller said don't freeze it and then when I asked him, he responded that freezing doesn't affect it, he stores it in his garage in the winter. OK, say one or the other please, this is not really an answer. I will try it again this spring, if I open the bottle and it smells like Murphy's Oil Soap I will go ahead and use it. Bees like that smell. I've kept it in the fridge, not the freezer. One of these bottles is enough to bait about a hundred traps so I hate to throw it out.

It really is that good! However, don't leave the bottle, once opened, in your house or office. I did, and came into the office to find a half dozen bees flying around the office, even though the bottle was closed. (I was using it to entice bees to move into my HexaBees indoor observational hive). I was able to capture them and move them into their new home; hopefully, they'll show their friends through the actual hive entrance and not through my front door!

I used the Bountiful Bees Bee Bait in my swarm traps last summer and had great success. I kept it simple: just a few drops on a cotton ball, placed inside a small Ziploc bag with the top left slightly open, then stapled it inside the swarm trap. That’s it. Using that setup alone, I caught three swarms in one season. No old comb, no lemongrass oil mix, nothing fancy — just this lure. The scent lasts a long time and seems strong enough to attract scouts without being overpowering. What I like most is how little you need. A tiny amount goes a long way, so one bottle should last multiple seasons if you’re not overdoing it. It’s clean, easy to apply, and much less messy than DIY mixes. If you’re setting swarm traps and want something proven, this bait is absolutely worth it. I’ll definitely be using it again every swarm season.

35$ for an ounce of lemon grass oil...what a rip off!