The overall goal of this procedure is to prevent honey bee colonization of bird nest boxes by using insect repellent in the bird nest boxes and a pheromone lure in the swarm trap boxes. This method can help solve the conservation issue of Africani
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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.
