Homemade Sticky Boards

As discussed in the post about Varroa Mites, here is a cheap and easy way to make your own sticky boards.

Homemade Sticky Boards

Poster cardboard smeared with automotive grease makes a good sticky board for measuring dead varroa mite drops in a hive.

Homemade Sticky Boards

I experimented using grease, cooking oil, and petroleum jelly, putting each on 4 sticky boards.

Homemade Sticky Boards

Grease worked best, followed by petroleum jelly. Cooking oil allowed too many mites to fall of when lifting out of the hive.

John Caldiera

Thanks again to John Caleira.