Tammy, remember the yuku site but don’t have a clue about this – what is stick trap residue?? Must be something I have never encountered or know about. In my opinion if a bird has any kind of sticky residue from something are using, it definitely should not be used. I am actually very nervous when I put axle grease on my pole to keep things from crawling up (especially ants) the pole – watch very carefully that no birds would get into this.