After discovering a yellow jacket ground nest near our front door a few days ago i decided to look up ways to get rid of these mean insects without the pesticides.
Yellow jacket trap bait recipe.
It is not as attractive to honey bees.
The wasp trap on the right is your typical wasp serum that comes with the pictures yellow jacket traps and this is after 5 days of use.
Step 1 determine what type of container you should use.
A picture speaks a thousand words.
Place the trap away from the area where people will be so that you do not invite yellow jackets to try and take advantage of other food and drink in the area.
Alternative options although not as full proof as the two liter trap an alternative homemade wasp trap can be made by stringing a piece of fish on a tripod a few inches over a pan of.
Home made yellow jacket trap kills only yellow jackets and hornets.
In early spring when wasps are.
Prepare the bait for your trap.
Like most insects yellow jackets can be lured away with a simple homemade bait.
Take care of your yellow jacket infestation the easy natural way.
You ll never catch any wasps without the right kind of bait and the perfect lure is wholly dependent on the season.
This vinegar sugar water and banana mixture will attract yellow jacket wasps.
Don t make it sweeter as the added sugar may cause more honey bees to take an.
Another way to control yellow jackets is by using traps.
The diy bait includes water sugar vinegar and old fruit.
Yellow jacket trap bait recipe.
The wasp trap pictures on the left is after 1 day of use with the hummingbird nectar.
This type of wasp bait should be used during the spring and summer months as this is when wasps will be looking for this type of bait.
Diy yellow jacket bottle trap.
Best wasp trap recipe.
You should see few if any honey bees in your trap.
Follow the yellow jacket trap bait recipe in the steps above.
One common trap effective in the late summer and early fall when the insects prefer sugary foods recycles 2 liter soda bottles.
If you want to trap the yellow jackets you should use a 2 liter bottle.
Safely lure yellow jackets away with this homemade trap.
Protein one type of homemade wasp is a protein based bait.
Spring and summer is the beginning of nesting season for wasps.