@@SpicyRok7482 Haha, contrary to popular belief, it's legal for men to buy them too. I buy some for deer hunting as scent wicks since they're cheap. Like 20 for less than 3 wicks. Hang from a branch or looped on a boot with jute or paracord for a scent drag. Save my money for ammo and arrows.
I made this trap and poured about 2 inches of old Apple juice in bottom. Just used juice and set the trap next to hive. Within a week the swarm was drowned.
So how did you obtain a yellowjacket nest? They dig little holes in the clay, and i dont know if they make regular nests like wasps, but to dig them up alive is almost suicidal.
That is an excellent Yellow Jacket Trap, will copy your instructions and rid my Patio of those pests, couldn't help but notice the dried out ground and parched grass, don't you guys get regular rainfall ?
Sequim, WA is in the "Rain Shadow" of the Olympic Mountains. We only get 16 inches per year, compared to 36 in Seattle. It is the driest place in Western Washington. We dry out pretty good during August and September. We don't water the grass much during the summer. Costs too much to try and keep it green. It comes back to green when the Fall rains return.
@@bluesky98382 i just moved to NC last year from Florida , and they are crazy up here...i killed a queen last week while i was lumberjacking. There is a period for a couple weeks in spring where you see them foraging, all over the yard, and you can stomp them or mess with them and they wont attack...but once theyve established colonies, they only concentrate around the nest. Then you have to get mean. With chemicals. I have 4 big dogs and i dont want them bringing a swarm into the house...or getting stung...any of us.
Nice knife! If you are BBQing, use a piece of meat you are eating. Just like you, the yellow jackets prefer seasoned cooked meat as apposed to a raw unseasoned meat or the sent that come with store bought traps. If given a choice, which would you rather eat?
Yeah was gonna say, I saw a TH-cam show comparing several different traps, including a homemade trap made out of a tote with 2/3 full of soapy water and chicken carcasses screwed into a piece of wood going across the tote Guess which one ended up catching the most of these assholes..
try going around the outside of the nest with lime and seven dust useing 40lb bag of lb of seven dust mix it togather with 5 lb bag os seven dust take a plastic cup from fast food go around the outside of the nest really good when they get in it it burns their insides instantly gone
I lived there when I was 12, 13, and 14 years old... Only about 1700 people then (1972 I think is when I moved there). Only 1 stop light... I lived in Dennis Blank's Boy's Home... hehe...
Pour a bucket of soapy water into the hole. Wait til just before sundown when all wasps have returned to the nest. Wear protective clothing. A thick coat with a hood and face mask and gloves
Tristan Green the fruit juice, water, yeast and soap in coke bottle are for wasp. Paper wasp are attracted to fermented fruit juice while Yellow Jackets are carnivorous and need a different attracted like the one in this video
Yeah...that's what I do. I just either follow the to their 1 inch hole in the ground in the forest or I dust for prints and have the police follow them. :-l
A case of over thinking a solution to a problem. All you need to do is wait till night when yellow jackets are in the next. Poor some gasoline down each hole, cover the hole with dirt and rocks. Gasoline fumes will kill the yellow jackets.
@@keg5i29rlndklklfngsncdsa yellowjackets dont have lighters... Gasoline kills any wasp ...the fumes cause instant death. The spray chemicals dont work nearly as well, even from 20 ft away, they will follow the stream right back to you and mess you up. A cup of gas, at dawn, and they are instantly dead. Dont smoke when you do it.
Yes they love beer! I had one in my beer and didn't know it,felt something on my tounge then got fkn stung yes on my tounge, swelled up and hurt for about 4 hours but I still drank beers to keep my mouth cold and keep the swelling down lol
The volume of liquid attractant in the tubes I bought from Home Depot was nearly invisible. I could see a small amount of oily moisture on the scissors I used to cut the tube, so I wiped that with the cotton ball. I could not see anything else come out of the tube. The video indicates it has a bad small, but I could not smell anything, so I think something was wrong with the tubes they sold me.
@@Pwrcritter I put blackberry jam on the cotton ball after a few days when nothing was happening. I added a little vinegar to the soapy water to discourage bees. Caught a lot of gnats. It's possible I destroyed the yellow jacket nest with the line trimmer during the attack when I got 20 stings.
@@physics4290 i dont think a line trimmer will discourage them. And it certainly wont kill the nest. These little guys can really hurt you, because when the sting, they release phermones that signal to the hive to attack you. I know a trapper who routinely captures copperheads and rattlesnakes, who said he is WAY more terrified of yellowjackets.
The attractant brand is RESCUE. There are two tubes of he liquid per pack. It usually runs about $5 at any hardware store. See the video at time mark 1:05 and I show the package.
bluesky98382 thank you for the heads up and tip. I greatly appreciate that. As I'm thinking about starting honey bees and I do not want to have any yellow jackets anywhere around them. I assume the honeybees would probably go after this as well? I think both of seem to be attracted to the same things. But it's likely that I won't have a honey bee thing going for a couple years so this will be perfect for me for now.
One of the good things about this attractant is that it does not attract honey bees.This attracts the meat eaters like yellow jackets. Honey bees aren't even interested.
Thanks for the like. I thought up this procedure after getting stung 4 times on each leg at once while mowing. It felt like being shot and then lit on fire and it lasted for about 4 day! Red wasps stings ease up in 30 minutes but yellow jackets ain't no punks!
@@edwhite7475 Never been stung by hornets but yellowjackets feel like getting shot with a .22, then set on fire and it stays hurting with flashes of pain in waves lingering for a few days. Crazy pain for a little insect. If they went extinct I doubt they'd be missed by anyone or damage our eco system at all.
i am not sure what you are trying to do you want kill the nest this way if you get 1000 new ones will hatch in a week or so if you know where the nest is i can tell you how to kill all at one time never attack a nest during the day go to it at night when all the wasps are in the nest pour 1/2 cup of gasin the hole no one will come out wait about ten min.s dig the whole nesy up place in small trash bag step on it to kill larve in the layers of the nest place in trash the end safe ps dont worry about gas in the soil when you dig it up you are removing that dirt i declared war about 40 yrs ago when my wife dug one up in flower bed about 12 stings
I've watched many videos about getting rid of yellow jackets. All these people go to all this trouble when all you have to do is wait until night and pour a tablespoon of gasoline in the hole and it's done.I don't understand you people.It's so simple.Why go to all that trouble?
@@MattyH1992 Just watch them right before dark.They will all be headed in the same direction.You can find their hole anytime.It just might take awhile.Nothing works if you can't find the hole.
@@keg5i29rlndklklfngsncdsa A mere tablespoon poured into a hole in the ground.It's not going to be a problem unless you are an idiot with no common sense.I think Biden or Pelosi could do this without starting a forest fire.
Honey bees aren't attracted. They go after pollen and flower nectar. This attracts meat eaters like yellow jackets. you can also use little pieces of meat like bacon instead of the commercial attractant. Just tie a piece to the string instead of a cotton ball.
Do not kill bees. Do your research. Bees are passive little critters who only want to gather nectar and pollinate the plants that produce the food that you eat. If you have a problem with bees, call a local honey producer and figure out a way to safely remove the bees without killing them.
bluesky98382 I heard they only go for meat during certain periods of the year, and sweet things on other periods. D you happen to know what times these might be?
Years ago my dad bought a wasp trap from the store. A common transparent yellow one. It came with an attractant but it wasn't effective. I tried again a year later with orange flavored tang. Hundreds of dead wasps and yellow jackets over the summer. There were a couple bees but their numbers were so low that it cannot be compared. I didn't notice any mud daubers. Not sure what they like but sweet drinks must not be it. Or they just weren't around at the time. Not sure which. Hope this helps.
On a 2am TH-cam suggestion some dude poured molten aluminum down a fire ant hole, let it cool and then dug it up. It’s now on display as ‘art’ and people are buying it. Go figure!
I have used this type of trap for years both at home and in the vineyards. The only differences were that I stuffed the cotton ball in the top of the handle and used a 3/4” hole saw to make the entrance holes, which is probably being anal. I’ll have to try his method with a knife to make the holes next time I make a trap. I even used the same attractant. So, yes above all else wear gloves and get up early before the yellow jackets do or you will be mobbed.
I can't wait to try this. The ground bees are nasty this year. Just do me one favor. NEVER post a vid again of you cutting anything in the direction of your body. Just a heads up for ppl who shouldn't handle sharp object anyway. LOL
This is the first video that mention how to dispose of the bees! Freezer! Fantastic point!
I love how simple this is and how little cutting that needs to be done.
I’ve got the same sort of setup but I use a soldering iron for the holes - perfect 👌
A drill is fine too
Who else cheered when he pulled out the spyderco? 😁😂👏
Me, got one just like it!👍
Whatever works.
You can use a Tampax and just lay the string over the opening and screw on the top. It works much easier than tying a cotton ball.
Imma man.
@@SpicyRok7482 He didn't say you need to use the Tampax for yourself. It's for the trap. LOL!!!!
@@keg5i29rlndklklfngsncdsa As a man, I have none to use.
@@SpicyRok7482 Haha, contrary to popular belief, it's legal for men to buy them too. I buy some for deer hunting as scent wicks since they're cheap. Like 20 for less than 3 wicks. Hang from a branch or looped on a boot with jute or paracord for a scent drag. Save my money for ammo and arrows.
@@woodgdo1 Having been married to the same woman for...uh...48yrs. do not assume I am completely unacquainted with those types of implements.
Instead of tying off the string, when you put the cap on, it should hold it in place.
Thanks for the video. Great info.
looks easy I'm making 2 this weekend,thanks
Nice, I now have an excuse to get some more bacon!
How did it work out
@@Pwrcritter tons of flies maybe 3 yellow jackets.😖
Good job those yellow jackets don't read . . You did write 'caution' on the milk jug to warn them .
I make same trap. I hang a small 3 inch piece of hot dog. works great
Wondering, how to you change it out and avoid getting stung if there's live yellow jacket's still inside the jug.
never mind, found the rest of my question lower down in your comments, Thanks
John Donahue i always blow some acephate powder down their entry way or pour some gas early in the morning time,with out lighting a match
After getting stung four times the other day, I'm offering a thousand dollar reward for every yellow jacket you trap.
I"m canadian, can I use a milk bag ?
I made this trap and poured about 2 inches of old Apple juice in bottom. Just used juice and set the trap next to hive. Within a week the swarm was drowned.
i put a yellow jacket nest, with wasps in a reezer for 6 months. when they thawed out, they revived and got busy. freezing them doesn't work.
You would think it would work.. that's how they die off in the winter. Unless it's a queen, then she will find a way to survive the winter
never mind freezing them when they hit the soapy water they die within the hour
So how did you obtain a yellowjacket nest?
They dig little holes in the clay, and i dont know if they make regular nests like wasps, but to dig them up alive is almost suicidal.
I realize you were only cutting a milk jug, but that was one very sharp knife!
You can use an Ex-Acto blade. Just be careful 🙂👍
Spyderco!
I didn’t see any bugs in the trap. Why not show a close up?
yes nobody going inside, I am not sure the dude is not lying to us.
In the first 30 seconds you can see them floating on the water's surface.
Why don't YOU stick YOUR face down there and TAKE A LOOK?
instead of attractant smear marmalade or jam in the bottle. wasps go mad for jam..do they call it jelly in us?
Jam has seeds. Jelly is seedless
If you do that, you can attract and kill bees. NOT a good idea
That is an excellent Yellow Jacket Trap, will copy your instructions and rid my Patio of those pests, couldn't help but notice the dried out ground and parched grass, don't you guys get regular rainfall ?
Sequim, WA is in the "Rain Shadow" of the Olympic Mountains. We only get 16 inches per year, compared to 36 in Seattle. It is the driest place in Western Washington. We dry out pretty good during August and September. We don't water the grass much during the summer. Costs too much to try and keep it green. It comes back to green when the Fall rains return.
@@bluesky98382 i just moved to NC last year from Florida , and they are crazy up here...i killed a queen last week while i was lumberjacking.
There is a period for a couple weeks in spring where you see them foraging, all over the yard, and you can stomp them or mess with them and they wont attack...but once theyve established colonies, they only concentrate around the nest.
Then you have to get mean.
With chemicals.
I have 4 big dogs and i dont want them bringing a swarm into the house...or getting stung...any of us.
1:30 what if the wasps can read, bees can spell 😀
Dean Phillips luckily wasps can’t read, which is a good thing.
Only if their the spelling bee variety
Nice knife!
If you are BBQing, use a piece of meat you are eating.
Just like you, the yellow jackets prefer seasoned cooked meat as apposed to a raw unseasoned meat or the sent that come with store bought traps.
If given a choice, which would you rather eat?
Cat food cheaper and works great
Yes, cat food would also work. Yellow jackets are meat eaters.
Yeah was gonna say, I saw a TH-cam show comparing several different traps, including a homemade trap made out of a tote with 2/3 full of soapy water and chicken carcasses screwed into a piece of wood going across the tote
Guess which one ended up catching the most of these assholes..
Put, cat food in a jar. And the bees, will die.
Sure beats paying 12dollars for a yellow jacket trap. Very helpful the best homemade yellow jacket trap I've used.
@@pamelaprice3603 that's It, just put cat food in a jar and leave it alone and the bees will come to it?
Works great, thanks for the info.
ummm the wasps weren't going in the trap, just flying around or am I missing something?
They are just figuring out how to get inside once they see some go in the rest will follow
Can you fill the jug with apple juice and Dawn?
try going around the outside of the nest with lime and seven dust useing 40lb bag of lb of seven dust mix it togather with 5 lb bag os seven dust take a plastic cup from fast food go around the outside of the nest really good when they get in it it burns their insides instantly gone
Does your shirt say Sequim? My grandparents used to live there.
Yes it does. I'm located between Sequim and Port Angeles. A beautiful area of the country.
I lived there when I was 12, 13, and 14 years old... Only about 1700 people then (1972 I think is when I moved there). Only 1 stop light... I lived in Dennis Blank's Boy's Home... hehe...
I've tested alot of bait. They love Mango flavor Jarritos soda better than anything I've seen.
Do you put that on the cotton ball or is that what you pour in the bottom with the water?
I'll just come visit with you can serve me some of that soda 😁👍. I love it
Only thing about that is bees love it too. Rotting meat is more specific to yellow jackets.
I tried mellow yellow w bacon but it only caught flies and daddy long legs. Need to find some actual attractant.
Good idea
I wonder if a slice of ham would attract them
Works great
What if you have to cut grass or weedeat. And there is nest in ground
Pour a bucket of soapy water into the hole. Wait til just before sundown when all wasps have returned to the nest. Wear protective clothing. A thick coat with a hood and face mask and gloves
@@dionysus2006 this comment was 2 yrs ag
@@jeremeedwards596 I'm a slow typer
I would do this -but afraid that I would kill off Honey Bees ... Are you seeing many in your trap?
@SuperFutureTrunks1 Oh Really? I'm going to give it a try!
A small piece of watermelon tied to the string or juice from the melon to the cotton ball would work as well.
will yellow jacket traps work for wasps to
We don't have many wasps. But if they go after meat, then I think this would also work for them. It's cheap enough to make so it would be worth a try.
Tristan Green
the fruit juice, water, yeast and soap in coke bottle are for wasp. Paper wasp are attracted to fermented fruit juice while Yellow Jackets are carnivorous and need a different attracted like the one in this video
yellow jackets are wasps, so it will work with any kind of wasp
Spyderco...nice.
Why not find the nest(s) and get rid of the source?
They will just keep reproducing until next season.
You're going to find every nest? They do travel a ways for food you know.
Not to mention nests are usually used once a year. Unless these fuckers are in your house...
Yeah...that's what I do. I just either follow the to their 1 inch hole in the ground in the forest or I dust for prints and have the police follow them. :-l
Someone has a video that explains how to make a simple wasp trap so the wasps carry the solution back to the nest and it kills the rest of the wasps
A case of over thinking a solution to a problem. All you need to do is wait till night when yellow jackets are in the next. Poor some gasoline down each hole, cover the hole with dirt and rocks. Gasoline fumes will kill the yellow jackets.
And it can start a fire.... BAD idea if you live in dry drought country!!!
@@keg5i29rlndklklfngsncdsa yellowjackets dont have lighters...
Gasoline kills any wasp ...the fumes cause instant death.
The spray chemicals dont work nearly as well, even from 20 ft away, they will follow the stream right back to you and mess you up.
A cup of gas, at dawn, and they are instantly dead.
Dont smoke when you do it.
Well as long as someone has 20/20 they won't walk near that out side
Beer works great for attractant
Yes they love beer! I had one in my beer and didn't know it,felt something on my tounge then got fkn stung yes on my tounge, swelled up and hurt for about 4 hours but I still drank beers to keep my mouth cold and keep the swelling down lol
Kyle Creates No way I’d waste beer on wasps!
@@bryannelson3462 At least you didn't swallow it
@@catbirdherping9857 Unless it's some BUD LIGHT that you already had before the boycott !!
The volume of liquid attractant in the tubes I bought from Home Depot was nearly invisible. I could see a small amount of oily moisture on the scissors I used to cut the tube, so I wiped that with the cotton ball. I could not see anything else come out of the tube. The video indicates it has a bad small, but I could not smell anything, so I think something was wrong with the tubes they sold me.
Hows it working out?
@@Pwrcritter I put blackberry jam on the cotton ball after a few days when nothing was happening. I added a little vinegar to the soapy water to discourage bees. Caught a lot of gnats. It's possible I destroyed the yellow jacket nest with the line trimmer during the attack when I got 20 stings.
@@physics4290 i dont think a line trimmer will discourage them.
And it certainly wont kill the nest.
These little guys can really hurt you, because when the sting, they release phermones that signal to the hive to attack you.
I know a trapper who routinely captures copperheads and rattlesnakes, who said he is WAY more terrified of yellowjackets.
Patrick Star's Yellow Jactet Trap
Thank you!
What's the name of this yellow jacket attractant you're talking about and where do you find it to buy it?
The attractant brand is RESCUE. There are two tubes of he liquid per pack. It usually runs about $5 at any hardware store. See the video at time mark 1:05 and I show the package.
bluesky98382 thank you for the heads up and tip. I greatly appreciate that. As I'm thinking about starting honey bees and I do not want to have any yellow jackets anywhere around them. I assume the honeybees would probably go after this as well? I think both of seem to be attracted to the same things. But it's likely that I won't have a honey bee thing going for a couple years so this will be perfect for me for now.
One of the good things about this attractant is that it does not attract honey bees.This attracts the meat eaters like yellow jackets. Honey bees aren't even interested.
bluesky98382 wow I would have assumed that honey bees would be on top of that, but very good to know that too, thank you very much.
Just use soda and meat for bait
Mountain Dew works as an attractant but I pour it in the soapy water . . .
tuna fish works great after a day or two
what's the indgredients in the extractent?
Nice spyderco!
Just spray their nest down with Rid a bug wasp/hornet killer then inject Great Stuff into the holes. Done.
Thanks for the like. I thought up this procedure after getting stung 4 times on each leg at once while mowing. It felt like being shot and then lit on fire and it lasted for about 4 day! Red wasps stings ease up in 30 minutes but yellow jackets ain't no punks!
@@therightisright8276 yeah they are bad ass....and hornets are even worse
@@edwhite7475 Never been stung by hornets but yellowjackets feel like getting shot with a .22, then set on fire and it stays hurting with flashes of pain in waves lingering for a few days. Crazy pain for a little insect. If they went extinct I doubt they'd be missed by anyone or damage our eco system at all.
Try a red fake flower around the hole as a further attraction?
A pot of boiling water down the hole also works ,
Bacon or other meat will draw them as well.
i am not sure what you are trying to do you want kill the nest this way if you get 1000 new ones will hatch in a week or so if you know where the nest is i can tell you how to kill all at one time never attack a nest during the day go to it at night when all the wasps are in the nest pour 1/2 cup of gasin the hole no one will come out wait about ten min.s dig the whole nesy up place in small trash bag step on it to kill larve in the layers of the nest place in trash the end safe ps dont worry about gas in the soil when you dig it up you are removing that dirt i declared war about 40 yrs ago when my wife dug one up in flower bed about 12 stings
its good for rats snakes flys wont land on it and spiders to just make sure its not going to rain for three days if can
I've watched many videos about getting rid of yellow jackets. All these people go to all this trouble when all you have to do is wait until night and pour a tablespoon of gasoline in the hole and it's done.I don't understand you people.It's so simple.Why go to all that trouble?
What if you don't know where the nest is?
@@MattyH1992 Just watch them right before dark.They will all be headed in the same direction.You can find their hole anytime.It just might take awhile.Nothing works if you can't find the hole.
@@andyjones9386 I'll keep it in mind. Terrified of the little fuckers lol
In California, you don't want to pour gasoline anywhere in the woods. Dumb idea.
@@keg5i29rlndklklfngsncdsa A mere tablespoon poured into a hole in the ground.It's not going to be a problem unless you are an idiot with no common sense.I think Biden or Pelosi could do this without starting a forest fire.
Nice knife had one or more sense 1991
animals cant read, can this method be a danger to them?
No, animals will stay away.
My animals are smart enough to stay away form thousands of swarming bee's but maybe mine are smarter than yours.........
Teach the animals to read. Problem solved.
Does this work on bees also? I don't want to kill them lol
Honey bees aren't attracted. They go after pollen and flower nectar. This attracts meat eaters like yellow jackets. you can also use little pieces of meat like bacon instead of the commercial attractant. Just tie a piece to the string instead of a cotton ball.
Do not kill bees. Do your research. Bees are passive little critters who only want to gather nectar and pollinate the plants that produce the food that you eat. If you have a problem with bees, call a local honey producer and figure out a way to safely remove the bees without killing them.
Rosemarie Buchanan You can do your research by reading my original post.
bluesky98382 I heard they only go for meat during certain periods of the year, and sweet things on other periods. D you happen to know what times these might be?
Years ago my dad bought a wasp trap from the store. A common transparent yellow one. It came with an attractant but it wasn't effective. I tried again a year later with orange flavored tang. Hundreds of dead wasps and yellow jackets over the summer. There were a couple bees but their numbers were so low that it cannot be compared. I didn't notice any mud daubers. Not sure what they like but sweet drinks must not be it. Or they just weren't around at the time. Not sure which. Hope this helps.
throw molten metal into the nest
On a 2am TH-cam suggestion some dude poured molten aluminum down a fire ant hole, let it cool and then dug it up. It’s now on display as ‘art’ and people are buying it. Go figure!
maybe set up your trap outside of the house so it don't wreak inside .
I have used this type of trap for years both at home and in the vineyards. The only differences were that I stuffed the cotton ball in the top of the handle and used a 3/4” hole saw to make the entrance holes, which is probably being anal. I’ll have to try his method with a knife to make the holes next time I make a trap. I even used the same attractant. So, yes above all else wear gloves and get up early before the yellow jackets do or you will be mobbed.
God bless iam alergic to things that bite sew
If you have pets then do not use any type of meat as an attractant for obvious reasons.
Just find the nests, pour some gas down then, and strike a match! Boom! Dead!
Yellow jacket can read..
robert bautista So write "Tasty rotting flesh inside" on the jug.
Don't worry about your spelling, they can't read!
I can't wait to try this. The ground bees are nasty this year. Just do me one favor. NEVER post a vid again of you cutting anything in the direction of your body. Just a heads up for ppl who shouldn't handle sharp object anyway. LOL
lazy986 oh stop complaining
Chicken meat
I heard the YJ love chicken meat
Every time we've had a barbecue with chicken those yellow jackets seem to find us.
Those traps somtimes trap honey bees too. Use proper atractants
Not if you use the right bait... the bait offered here attracts Hornets and wasps.. bees aren't even interested in it
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Thank you!