LostInTheWoods
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Going to be very interesting to see how this works. Cowboy357 is on to something, all the commercial traps I've seen sport a yellow color.
Yellow Jacket traps....wish me luck!
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wedge40
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How do you keep other critters away? I know YJ's love meat. Went to an out door wedding a few years ago. Yellow tents and lunch meat buffet made for some fun eating. I learned I could grab em real fast and squeeze before they could sting me. Well most of the time.
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If you can figure out how to get this to work, I'm all for it.
I tried the DIY 2 liter soda bottle method that's out on the internet, and couldn't get it to work.
I tried the DIY 2 liter soda bottle method that's out on the internet, and couldn't get it to work.
Flatheadyoungin
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sounds like it should work the thing that may be holding you back is that you're competing with ripe, ready to pick/eat blue berries........so you jelly may not look so tempting.....just a thought
LD1
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How do you keep other critters away? I know YJ's love meat. Went to an out door wedding a few years ago. Yellow tents and lunch meat buffet made for some fun eating. I learned I could grab em real fast and squeeze before they could sting me. Well most of the time.
Wedge
Never really had a problem with other critters.
I guess when a hunk of meat is covered in yellow jakets, the critters don't want anything to do with it
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I went by two of the 4 jugs today when I got home from work. One of the two had nothing in it and the other had a small moth and a wasp.
They must have both sat in the back of the class and were not too bright
Not looking like this is going to work as currently setup.
Is it because no meat?
Is it because ripe berries are but feet away?
Don't know.
I might put a strip of bacon in two of them, leaving the jelly in the other two and see what happens.
They must have both sat in the back of the class and were not too bright
Not looking like this is going to work as currently setup.
Is it because no meat?
Is it because ripe berries are but feet away?
Don't know.
I might put a strip of bacon in two of them, leaving the jelly in the other two and see what happens.
The Dougster
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I dunno about trapping YJ's but this reminds me of a neighbor to our ranch... she is convinced raccoons are the cause of her animals having fleas so, she sets out traps and bait to attract the raccoons.... I suggested that maybe just stop feeding her dogs & cats outside rather than attracting more raccoons...
I know this is different but your story still reminds me of the neighbor...
I know this is different but your story still reminds me of the neighbor...
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You have a couple problems.
First, YJ's eat meat at certain times and vegetable matter--like your blueberries at other times. When you see them eating the dead bugs on the front of your car is when you want to use a meat product.
Put any traps in the sun--the heat kills them quicker.
Start trapping in the spring. You will get the queens and each queen killed means hundreds and maybe thousands fewer workers come mid summer. By midsummer you can't trap them as fast as the queens pump out fresh workers. Here, the time to start in the spring is when we start seeing temps of 75 degrees or so. A freak warm day earlier in the season can be great. One year we had a warm wind & I caught half of my season's kill on that one day--about 25 queens. BTW, only the queens survive the winter.
Lastly, you might want to use the pheromone to attract the bugs to your traps. Google "rescue" and "yellow jackets" and you'll get info on the company that provides the pheromone and makes pretty good traps. You can buy the pheromone separately to recharge their traps or your own traps. Dribble it onto a cotton ball that you put into your trap and make sure your trap has good ventilation so the pheromone can waft out. The pheromone lasts about 2-4 weeks, slowly losing effectiveness. You can buy their traps at local hardware stores or Home Depot. Unfortunately, they usually don't put them on the shelf until mid summer because that's when people think about YJ's, so you may not be able to buy them in the spring.
First, YJ's eat meat at certain times and vegetable matter--like your blueberries at other times. When you see them eating the dead bugs on the front of your car is when you want to use a meat product.
Put any traps in the sun--the heat kills them quicker.
Start trapping in the spring. You will get the queens and each queen killed means hundreds and maybe thousands fewer workers come mid summer. By midsummer you can't trap them as fast as the queens pump out fresh workers. Here, the time to start in the spring is when we start seeing temps of 75 degrees or so. A freak warm day earlier in the season can be great. One year we had a warm wind & I caught half of my season's kill on that one day--about 25 queens. BTW, only the queens survive the winter.
Lastly, you might want to use the pheromone to attract the bugs to your traps. Google "rescue" and "yellow jackets" and you'll get info on the company that provides the pheromone and makes pretty good traps. You can buy the pheromone separately to recharge their traps or your own traps. Dribble it onto a cotton ball that you put into your trap and make sure your trap has good ventilation so the pheromone can waft out. The pheromone lasts about 2-4 weeks, slowly losing effectiveness. You can buy their traps at local hardware stores or Home Depot. Unfortunately, they usually don't put them on the shelf until mid summer because that's when people think about YJ's, so you may not be able to buy them in the spring.
SPIKER
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hi all
I wanted to revive the thread a bit and ask one good question, seems in the last 2 weeks I got stung about 5 times. all from different nests that Ive stumbled upon at the farm, I usually wipe out 1 to 3 nests a ear but was down with back surgery last year and they got ahead of me, this year they seem to be coming back with a vengeance.
I had not been stung/bit by a yellow jacket in 20+ years & seems now I'm a bit allergic to em enough that the stung area is burning itching for several days & wanted to know if anyone had something good to put on it that might work to make it go away. Mud worked good but it is hard to walk around with big globs of mud on you're face and elbows
WHY do they always go for the elbow and eyes?
My normal method of dealing with them in past was a pop bottle full of gas dumped into the hole, works great & does the job best if left UN-BURNT. over last 4 or 5 years though I been using the weed burner and go after them & cook the nest never been stung using this method and is instant gratification. approach hole in ground with flame on medium high and cook away, wait a few seconds with flame low near hole watching for movement and fire it up again. this usually kills the nest and every thing in it 1st try except the stragglers that are foraging. they may need a 2nd dose. this year however they are right back daily after the high heat treatments. so I went back to a gas/oil mix weed burner to clear the area and stuff the old plastic oil can/jug about 1/3 full of 2 cycle mix (dumped out old gas mix from chain saw/weed eaters which was old anyhow.) then left the jug set in the hole, after about 15 min there was 100's of bees around the jugs so I went back to the weed burner method just to flash fry all of them. this left the plastic jug burning in the hole and was quite satisfying to watch the stragglers fly in and fall into the burning plastic goo
anyhow one of the nests was found by a skunk which seems to be best use for skunks so that one I didnt need to go after much but there was still a lot in/out of that area and was where I first got bit while walking the dog. for I did some more cooking of them there too
not once have I been stung & bit while clearing them out every time has been while going about my regular business. Mowing Working around the farm and picking fruit ect...
so anything that gets rid of the burning & itching?
Mark
I wanted to revive the thread a bit and ask one good question, seems in the last 2 weeks I got stung about 5 times. all from different nests that Ive stumbled upon at the farm, I usually wipe out 1 to 3 nests a ear but was down with back surgery last year and they got ahead of me, this year they seem to be coming back with a vengeance.
I had not been stung/bit by a yellow jacket in 20+ years & seems now I'm a bit allergic to em enough that the stung area is burning itching for several days & wanted to know if anyone had something good to put on it that might work to make it go away. Mud worked good but it is hard to walk around with big globs of mud on you're face and elbows
WHY do they always go for the elbow and eyes?
My normal method of dealing with them in past was a pop bottle full of gas dumped into the hole, works great & does the job best if left UN-BURNT. over last 4 or 5 years though I been using the weed burner and go after them & cook the nest never been stung using this method and is instant gratification. approach hole in ground with flame on medium high and cook away, wait a few seconds with flame low near hole watching for movement and fire it up again. this usually kills the nest and every thing in it 1st try except the stragglers that are foraging. they may need a 2nd dose. this year however they are right back daily after the high heat treatments. so I went back to a gas/oil mix weed burner to clear the area and stuff the old plastic oil can/jug about 1/3 full of 2 cycle mix (dumped out old gas mix from chain saw/weed eaters which was old anyhow.) then left the jug set in the hole, after about 15 min there was 100's of bees around the jugs so I went back to the weed burner method just to flash fry all of them. this left the plastic jug burning in the hole and was quite satisfying to watch the stragglers fly in and fall into the burning plastic goo
anyhow one of the nests was found by a skunk which seems to be best use for skunks so that one I didnt need to go after much but there was still a lot in/out of that area and was where I first got bit while walking the dog. for I did some more cooking of them there too
not once have I been stung & bit while clearing them out every time has been while going about my regular business. Mowing Working around the farm and picking fruit ect...
so anything that gets rid of the burning & itching?
Mark
There is a product called "Bite Be Gone" or "Sting Be Gone" that is sold at Ace Hardware that works. Also saw something simular at the Super Target the other day.
My wife uses it and likes it on various insect bites, I have never tried it.
My wife uses it and likes it on various insect bites, I have never tried it.
