Attraction of Honey Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) to Traps Baited with Lures for Japanese Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)1

Abstract

A joint lure for Japanese beetles, Popillia japonica Newman, phenethyl propionate + eugenol + geraniol (3:7:3) + Japonilure (the female sex attractant): its individual components; phenethyl propionate + eugenol, 3:7; and anethole, an attractant for both Japanese beetles and honey bees, Apis mellifera L., were exposed in Ellisco traps in an apiary and at a site where bees were actively foraging. Anethole attracted more bees than the other lures. Phenethyl propionate + eugenol + geraniol (3:7:3) + Japonilure, however, was unattractive to honey bees and appears to offer no threat to that species.