Beetle Trap & Mite Count Tray

Monitor the presence and number of beetles and mites in your hive with this Beetle Trap. It's specifically designed to fit a 10-Frame Screened Bottom Board.

You don't need any special attractant—just fill the tray with your choice of food-grade oil, mineral salt, or diatomaceous earth to draw the beetles into the trap where they can't escape.

This trap is versatile, too; we have found that if you need to do a mite count, just cover the tray with a film of petroleum jelly or oil. The tray works with a 10-Frame Screened Bottom Board. Bottom board (sold separately).

• Fits 10-frame equipment
• Specifically designed to fit your 10-Frame Screened Bottom Board
• Fill the tray with food-grade oil, mineral salt or diatomaceous to lure and trap beetles
• Tray can be filled with petroleum jelly to assist with a mite count

This Beetle Trap will effectively capture small hive beetles, Japanese beetle, mites, and will help you monitor the population of these pests by trapping live and dead beetles. Placing diatomaceous earth in the beetle trap is a safe, affordable, and quick way to eliminate small hive beetles.

Use our small hive beetle traps for one hive to keep your bees healthy and safe from infestation. Buy with Mann Lake’s quality guarantee and famously friendly customer service for a hassle-free experience.

Effective Small Hive Beetle Traps for Beehives

At Mann Lake, we carefully chose our beetle traps to specifically capture and reduce small hive beetle populations effectively, safeguarding your beehive from infestation.

The unique lure and trap design targets both small hive beetles and Japanese beetles, which is proven to catch more beetles and reduce their numbers within the hive.

The traps work by luring beetles out of dark corners where they can drown in mineral oil or get killed by salt or diatomaceous earth.

Small Hive Beetle Traps: Easy to Install and Maintain

Installing the small hive beetle trap. Simply place the beetle trap under the hive frames onto the bottom board. Small hive beetles, Japanese beetles, and other unwanted pests will naturally move toward the ground and will enter the hive beetle traps.

The small hive beetle traps work effectively without disturbing the bees. Once in place, they require minimal maintenance, only needing occasional monitoring and cleaning to ensure they continue to function optimally.

You may need to clean and replace mineral oil and other organic pesticides at least once a week in late summer to keep up with more pest activity.

No Need to Use Chemicals

Small hive beetle traps may not always be 100% effective at trapping pests. A wise beekeeper will include other measures such as adding a lure to the beetle trap and performing various other organic treatments such as oxalic acid vapor treatments.

Get these small hive beetle traps to kickstart your war against hive beetles. To help mitigate Varroa mites, these traps work even better if you apply a bit of petroleum jelly to catch the dead mites and other pesky pest beetles.