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Title: Are the bucket type swarm traps rain-proof?
Post by: Beewildered61 on May 10, 2014, 01:38:51 PM
 I got one of those swarm trap, looks like a paper mache bucket with a lid, with a hole in the lid. Are they water proof, or do you need to take it down, cover it up when it rains? We are expecting rain later today....
Title: Re: Are the bucket type swarm traps rain-proof?
Post by: Kathyp on May 10, 2014, 08:53:51 PM
to a point.  i painted my with paraffin and beeswax.  they last much longer that way.  more beeswax than paraffin.
Title: Re: Are the bucket type swarm traps rain-proof?
Post by: Beewildered61 on May 12, 2014, 10:54:38 PM
Thanks!  :)