Supplies Needed to make a free Homemade Trap-
Right now is the time to get going on making this! Early Spring. Low Cost-make at home: After a lot research and using many commercial hornet traps like the yellow cone style (which do work) I decided to make homemade traps. Here is a low cost alternative using items from home, is all natural and easy to make at home.
I hate going outside to have a nice dinner on the patio when my family gets bombarded with hornet/wasp immediately. Hornets love meat the most. My girls are deathly scared of the nasty buggers.
My one daughter stepped onto a hornet nest while walking in very tall grass. The hornets began to attack her. They stung her on her hands, face and neck. My husband carried her out of the area. My daughter was wearing a winter jacket and long pants, thank god. She only got stung where she had exposed skin. My other daughter was walking close behind her and got stung as well. My father-in-law rushed her out of the area where they all jumped into the truck with wasp still stuck to their clothing and hair. I was walking far enough back with my son that I avoided the swarm and jumped over another fence to get us to the truck. What a nightmare that was.
Supplies needed for homemade trap:
plastic gallon jug with lid
dish soap
wire
frozen salmon,other fish, or meat
water
Cut a section out of the of a gallon jug. Add tap water up to about 1-2" below the opening in the jug. Add a few squirts of dishsoap (about 2 tablespoons). Mix gently. This will help break the surface tension on the water surface. The hornets will drown and not float on top.
Next, wrap thin wire around a piece of fish. Twist wire around the fish in any fashion as to secure the chunck of fish. Hornets will get really happy to get this free and easy food source. The fish will start to thaw. I use frozen fish to start out with. It cuts easily and the wire wraps around it nicely.
What makes these greedy suckers drown is they grab onto such a big hunk of fish that they can't make it out of the jug and drop into the water. Some wasp will manage to fly away with their portion. They go to their nest and tell their friends about the fish. On a good day I get about 20-30 hornets in the water. I re-bait and start again. Its better to get a handle on the population early in the season. This seems to help around our house. Even helps reduce the population for the next year.
PHOTO CLOSE UP OF JUG
More detailed directions.
Photo close up cut-out on jug
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Cut out section opposite of the handle. I just flipped up the cut out section. It can also be completely cut off. I have experimented with all types of meat, including raw and cooked hamburger, steak, and raw bacon. The fish stays together the best and captured the most hornets. I buy fish from the local native American tribe close to my home. I can buy a whole salmon sometimes for $5.00 a piece.Fish is hanging from the wire. The wire is secured by running a piece of it up through the next of the bottle and putting on the lid.
Hang the fish about 1 inch from the surface of the water. Wasps need more "take off" area to escape. They try to fly away only to take a dip from the weight of their fish chunk. This is very interesting to watch. But don't get too close. Having it outside a window is one way to view this trap in action.
More Infomation regarding wasp/yellow jacket/hornet
- Bee and Wasp Sting Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment on eMedicineHealth.com
- Learn about bee and wasp stings. Bees and wasps inject a poisonous venom that can lead to an allergic reaction. About 40 deaths are reported each year from insect venom anaphylaxis.
- Wasp Stings - all you need to know
- Wasp, bee, ant and insect stings and bites cause allergic reactions that can be very dangerous - learn about precautions, treatment and the insects on this well resourced website.
- Get rid of the Queen Bee!
- Informative article from www.getridofthings.com.
- Other ways to use a Plastic Milk Jug
- Barbi is linking to this article!! Read her blog about "40 uses for a Plastic Milk Jug" See use # 33.
- Natural Wasp Control
- More information on the habits of the hornet. Very informative.
- Plastic Soda Bottle Wasp Hornet
- Plastic Soda Bottle Wasp and Flying Insect Trap for all ages: Recycle empty soda bottles into giant safe, odor free Wasp, Hornet, Yellow Jackets Traps.
Trap sitting out on our deck.
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I like to keep my traps "away" from people. Like about 20 yards away. My husband and I disagree on where traps should be in relation to people. This trap is about 11 feet from my back door. I feel like having the traps "close" attract them too close to our house. I guess they are already too close in my opinion. I also put some farther away from our deck.Other protein source that can be used is raw bacon. I didn't find this as effective but try what you have on hand and experiment. Towards the end of the summer apparently the wasp/hornets like sweetness. This website has a great idea for making another homemade trap which similiar to the commercial style and uses honey for the end of the summer trapping. http://eartheasy.com/live_natwasp_control.htm
How Does this work?
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Reader Feedback
Let others know what you think and Comment Below. Thank You.!
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- mystic_junction mystic_junction Sep 7, 2009 @ 9:43 pm
- So glad to hear that! I changed mine up a little this season. I couldn't find my wire so I used sewing thread and needle and went right through a cooked chicken leg.("sewed" in and out and all around to secure it and left the needle and thread just hanging up through the top).. I got at least 50 bees in two days! [in reply to Grumpy Rob] Picture to follow....
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- Grumpy Rob Grumpy Rob Sep 7, 2009 @ 9:18 pm
- HAHAHAHA! I just set it up about 20 minutes ago, and already have my first kill! since it is just after 7 PM, I can't wait to see the body count starting tomorrow! I am using beef franks for bait, and it works like a champ! Thanks for the directions!
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- Russ Russ Sep 7, 2009 @ 6:32 pm
- I am definitely going to try it. It was thinking of making a baited trap that has a dark opening for the hornets to get in but not easy to see from the inside once they are in. And then a big plastic window so that they will just die trying to get out the window of exertion and dehydration. They are too stupid to remember how they got in.
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- ROB ROB Aug 17, 2009 @ 4:43 am
- NONE
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- Nbragg Nbragg Jan 7, 2009 @ 9:33 am
- I'm going to try thi in the spring. I very allergic so I need to be proactive. Anyway of keeping them away from my above ground pool?
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- emaddog emaddog Jan 6, 2009 @ 7:38 pm
- This inspires me to dot he same love work go girl
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- cowboy cowboy Jun 9, 2008 @ 9:33 am
- fish!?!?!?!?!
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- emaddog emaddog Apr 28, 2008 @ 11:01 pm
- Intresting Advice i will use it wait. I do you use it
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- Mel Mel Apr 18, 2008 @ 2:42 pm
- We're going to give it a try. Thanks for the detailed directions!
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- Stacy Stacy Apr 17, 2008 @ 1:30 pm
- I just made two traps from the inverted 2 liter bottles because it is only April and I have hornets already. I am in Western NY. I used turkey lunch meat and twist tied it around the top of the bottle. Hope it works!
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Update: September 2009-didn't need my trap until a couple of weeks ago. I used my sewing thread and needle instead of the wire. Sewed in and around a cooked chicken leg. I got a ton drowned bees/hornets!!!
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