Easy bee trap (BEEZY trap)

Bees are important in our ecosystem as they move pollen from one plant to another and ensure growth and reproduction. However, bees can get hostile too, and attack people. This study focuses on the development of a bee trap known as Easy Bee Trap for the use of the community of the Centre of Foundation Studies, Universiti Teknologi MARA. It was designed on the premise that bees are trichromatic creatures and based their colour combinations on ultraviolet (UV), blue, and green colour and their inclination towards blue light. The bee trap is light as it uses a recycled plastic container as its main body. A UV blue, fluorescent torchlight is attached inside the container and powered up by batteries. A small amount of cooking oil is also added inside the trap to further increase the attractiveness for bees to enter the trap. The device is easy to assemble, affordable, and should be able to attract wandering bees and trap them inside it easily and conveniently.