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Offline Gypsi

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paper wasps, yellow jackets, red wasps
« on: September 24, 2023, 01:00:31 pm »
Tons of them this year, my entrances are small but they are stalking the hives some. There used  to be a trap made with a 2 liter bottle, a 1 inch hole drilled in the side about 2/3 of the way up, water, banana peel and a little applecider vinegar, one drop of dish soap in the water (and water maybe 4 inches deep).  A hole drilled in soda bottle cap, string thru it, piece of hot dog or other meat on string, hung just a little below drilled hole. and find a way to hang in apiary, I think I used a cup hook in the same hole the string went thru.  Did that make sense?  I've searched old site and BS. Can't find. Can't get search to work on here.
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Re: paper wasps, yellow jackets, red wasps
« Reply #1 on: September 24, 2023, 05:11:22 pm »
This isn't exactly what you are describing, but would something like this work for you?
https://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Wasp-Trap
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Re: paper wasps, yellow jackets, red wasps
« Reply #2 on: September 24, 2023, 06:15:47 pm »
You described it well, but I would use more dish soap. Like a couple tablespoons, and shake it up good.
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Re: paper wasps, yellow jackets, red wasps
« Reply #3 on: September 24, 2023, 11:07:34 pm »
Think I'm gonna do this. Serious yellow jackets this year, they're hovering all over my lawn.
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Re: paper wasps, yellow jackets, red wasps
« Reply #4 on: October 04, 2023, 05:10:45 pm »
so far I haven't gotten a single wasp, but I have gotten a bunch of giant cockroaches, the kind that are 2 inches long and fly. Unfortunately I hung the trap under a birdhouse with some red wasps in it, and maybe if I go back out in my bee suit I can retrieve it for updated contents.
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