subject: An easy way to get rid of bothersome flying insects with the Yellow Jacket Trap [print this page] An easy way to get rid of bothersome flying insects with the Yellow Jacket Trap
We have been having a problem with bees getting into my mother-in-law attic space the past couple of years. They are getting between the rafters and under the insulation. We have tried dusting them, which be the way is not recommend by me if you are allergic to bees. We have tried spraying the holes that they are coming out of and that works for a couple of day but they started making holes in the ceiling and coming into the living room.
So we finally decided that we need to find out what kind of bee we had, to know how to get rid of it. That is where the internet comes in handy. With a few minutes of research I realized the she had yellow jackets.
Yellow Jackets are the most common bee found in North America. They have many different places to make their homes like, in rotting logs that is found in a heavily wood area or as landscaping around homes. You can also find them in the ground like, in or around your flower garden or you vegetable garden. They also have a tendency to make their homes around the eves of your house, buildings, and dog houses, swing sets, under your porch or deck and around garbage bins.
The Flying Insect and Yellow Jacket Trap is easy to use. Use your one quart container and pour in the packet of powder, which is poison free natural bait. It is only made up of carbohydrates and proteins, so there are no harmful sprays and you are not messing with any aerosols. You do not have to buy any extra items like sprayers of duster. Then add the water to the fill line, mix and screw on the top. The top is made so they fly in the bee trap and then they can't get out.
If you ever run out of the mixture you can make your own. You can use lemonade, cool-aide, soda, any type of fruit juice, hummingbird mix, or just mix up some sugar and water. Flying Insects like a sweet smell.
You want to place the flying insect trap no more then 25 feet from the active location of the bees. You can hang them from trees, with string or twine. On your porch, patio, or deck by a flower hook or a tea cup hook. You can also set the container on a flat surface if you can not hang it. I have some old tile that we had left over from a renovation on my home so I use some of those for my project but you can use any flat surface. For example you can set the container on the railing of your porch or deck, on a picnic table, or move an old chair near the location of your bees and set it on the chair.
You don't have to use this yellow jacket trap just for removal of the bees after they have made their homes, you can use them when you have a picnic, go camping or for the family cookouts.
