Bedbug Trap - The Williams Method
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ม.ค. 2025
- Joel Z. Williams teaches people with limited funds how to construct cheap, non-toxic do-it-yourself remedies to combat bedbug infestations. For full written instructions: joelzwilliams.b...
Shot glass easily tips over. Hose keeps coming out of it also. Ramp/climbing method not optimal. Hole in cap not optimal.
Thanks, finally, for the accurate recipe though. My technique - square bottom 2-liter clear water jug sitting inside of cut bottom of 1 gallon vinegar jug, hose rubber banded to outside of the 2 liter bottle going down towards bottom, sticky ace bandage wrap-around the vinegar jug bottom trap (can also use cotton medical tape), finally a drill gun/bit for the hole. Now that is World Class!
Please share a video of your creation
I didn't do this yet but I followed his advice about
●wrapping the mattress in 4 mil plastic
● I bagged up all our belongings in plastic bags. ( I now have to treat our belongings)
● I have a steamer which I think I'd been fine without.
●I bought bed bug and egg kill (Harris) for the resistant bedbugs.
● wash and dried all bedding
● I bought bed bug interceptors
● I sprayed an insecticide to kill them and a residual (suspend sc)/ and gentrol)
● I put cimexa around the baseboards,inside the interceptors and under the bed on the floor.
No bites in about a months...
I'm a city bus driver and this coronavirus has my schedule on the fritz so I haven't been able to completely kill the hiding BB's,I haven't seen any but i know i have to treat our belongings... THANX Joel for all the great advice, I have been actually sleeping peacefully like before we had any issues...
Thanks for sharing! What steamer do you use? Does a small handheld one work?
Seriously, Mr. Williams! Thank You!~ I set two traps and the next day caught 100 or so! Every day since then it's been fewer and fewer ! I am so grateful!
Did you kill them all?
😱😱😱😱😱😬😬😬
How often do u change the water
Wow you had a infestation that many is definitely infestation rate
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i found your site and watched the video on the Bed Bug Trap, I constructed the trap just as you described and low and behold it worked just as you said it would. I've caught about 60 bed bugs in it, then the pest control guy for the apartment complex came in, I showed him the trap and showed him your video and he had never heard of your trap before and was amazed at how well it worked and wanted to know how to construct one. He sprayed the bedroom with a solution that is not harmful to my cats on Friday. Today i checked the bed bug trap and for the first night there were no bugs in it. I am elated to think i might be able to sleep in my bed again. I've ordered the CimeXa and plan on applying it to stop any future infestations. Thank you so much for putting your video out where poor people can see it and get some help with the bugs.
I too think his video is a great gift. I am handicapped but I can handle some of this. Do be aware that re-infestation happens easily. Try to use metal bed frames ideally the type that are made that you do not need a box spring under your mattress. Clean your bed frame with rubbing alcohol. It helps too!
What is the spray??
For those who prefer written steps, I have summurized the man's procedure into steps, maybe not as perfect as watching him do it so correct me if I am wrong and i will make edits. I have just finished doing this and have placed it in my bedroom after using harris bed bug kit, but i also wanted to try this man's method after applying harris chemicals, maybe i won't trap as many bugs soon because harris kit took out most of them (at least for today), and they will probably appear in the coming days/weeks. Will wait and see and share update in the comment to hopefully help others.
1- 12 oz cup of water (half filled= 6oz) of warm water 40 C
2-add one table spoon of sugar into the cup
3- add 1/4 oz of active dry yeast
4- stir solution well
5- wait 10 mins
6- jug with 2 quarts (8 cups) of warm water 40 C
7- add 2 and 1/2 cups of sugar to jug
8-stir the sugar and water solution and dissolve the sugar
9- introduce (add) the yeast, sugar and water solution cup from earlier steps to the jug
10- stir the jug again very well.
11-use a funnel to pour the final solution into an empty 2 litter coke bottle
12- make a small hole on the center of the bottle's cap to fit in a 1/4 inch OD | .170 inch ID plastic tube (make sure the hole is not too big, just enough to get the tube through)
13- after inserting the tube (should not be inserted too much just enough to get on the other side maybe 1/2 cm.) seal the hole from both sides using glue
14- make sure that tube remains dry and never touch the solution, the idea is to make CO2 generated by the solution to flow through it
15- get a small glass shot cup and wrap it with paper towel, this will make it easy for the bug to climb on it (they can't climb well on class)
16- trim the paper towels with scissors to the neck (use the top of the glass as reference)
17- put the other end of the plastic tube inside the small shot cup (might need to apply small tape to prevent it from poping out from the glass)
18- the idea is that the CO2 flowing from the bottle into the tube and then into the class will make bugs attracted to it, they will climb on the glass (made easy by paper towels)
and when they reach the top of the class they may get themselves into the cup with no or little chance for them to climb back up and get out due to the slippery nature of glass.
I trapped no less than 35 bugs in the first 24 hours , the following days have the same average
Lord help it’s Ben five years wit this problem 4 me
Ty for taking the time. Good job appreciated!
Ty
Thanks
March 16 2020 .. I made two of these traps and set them at the head of the bed I not only had bed bugs in the traps in the morning but there was no bugs in my bed for the whole night . Ya Thanks for this tip .. My war continues
How long does it keep producing c02?
@@dennisgarber One week
@@dennisgarber one week if left alone, but as long as you keep adding sugar to the solution, it will keep producing co2.
@@dennisgarber thanks for asking
That good question and good “info to know”
Well,...... Are ALL the bugs gone now??
I created this trap just as you showed. After the first night, I trapped two adult bugs and five babies. The babies were almost invisible. If the baby powder hadn't been in the bottom of the glass they wouldn't have been visible at all. This trap works like crazy. I'm adding more sugar to the bottle and I'm setting it back up. This trap is cheap, and incredibly effective. It's cheap enough that I can create one for every room. Thank you so much for this. I thought I had these evil things under control, but this trap showed me there's still something to deal with. Thank God!
ChevyDude65 I made the trap also a few days ago. I did everything exactly as he did. I even used 2 1/2 cups of sugar to give it a extra kick. I've had it up for 2 nights now and I've cought NOTHING ! About a week before hand esteemed my couch put down de and that seemed to help a tremendous amount. But here in there we were seeing 1 maybe two after steaming the couch and putting down the d e we have saw probably 6 and we caught them but along the way I must have missed a egg or two because now we have seen approximately 10215 little clear ones we've also caught them. We back you everyday we even went out and bought a different vacuum cleaner the kind that holds a bag we also bought a handheld vacuum cleaner where you can get up in the couch very well. Knock on wood the couch is the only place that we have seen them but it is a big dark dark brown Earth color sectional I never knew a couch had so many cracks and crevices. Anyways I'm waiting on a cimexa kit I've also used bed lamb. I know I made the device correctly why am I not catching anything? I woke up today with no bites and I am one who gets bit really bad it's like I am the one they prefer there is two adults in the household that's it. But when I made the device I watched the yeast rise I used two and a half cups of sugar I sealed around the tube just to be sure I even put a piece in the tube to help got it and hold it in place I put baby powder in the bottom of the cup the cup is not a shot glass I could not find one around the house so I used a glass like you would give a child maybe a 4-ounce glass I have the two right at the bottom what am I doing wrong? How long did it take you to start catching them? I am praying that I have rid The House of the bed bugs we have our clothes in containers they cannot get into we had put them in the dryer on high heat before hand we cleaned thoroughly everyday please tell me what I did wrong
KrAzYs KaRmA I know you posted this question nine months ago but I just seen it. The bed bugs bite everyone, they just want blood, they don’t care the person. The reason you have bites and they “don’t” is because everyone’s skin reacts differently, so the bites are irritating your skin and not theirs.
Thank you dude.That's all I needed to read.I've got traps to build.
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Thanks to advice from your videos I was able to rid myself of a very frustrating bed bug problem without ever getting a professional exterminator. I did not have a heavy infestation, but it went on for a long time, and even followed me (in a raw wooden futon frame, I think) when I moved to another state. Hard to put in words how stressful and discouraging it was. You mentioned that bedbugs can hide in cracks as narrow as a credit card. I found some deep in a joint on my futon frame that had a gap even narrower. Steam, CimeXa, and yeast traps did the trick, I did not encase my mattress and box spring (I usually sleep in a regular bed but had the futon and frame mostly for guests.) I have not had any bites in two years now. I thank you also for speaking clearly and sensibly, and getting straight to the point. I am so grateful.
Blake Ray . I'm very glad to hear that! It's so gratifying to hear back from people who have success stories. I wish more people would do it I think my readers really need that. Thanks a lot
So did you make this trap?
@@JoelZWilliams1 Joel I really commemorate you on your work
I've been in pest control over 15yrs and really appreciate the time you take to share, thanks again.
Clint Mullins
Won't they try to crawl up the tube/straw device?
What I've dealt with the futon history bud
I had mild bed bug infection in my bed room, after I spend whole week done everything I could do like laundry everything and sealed them in plastic bags, caulked all the hole and spray bed bug killer over my bed frame and put bed bug powder all over on the edge of my room, and it seems like I killed most of beds in my room but I still got couple bites every other night which really got me crazy, It made me feel like I should give up my apartment, finally I saw this video, and I set up 2 trap, first night I caught 1 very little one in my first trap, and second night I got another mature one in other trap, and after that it’s been 3 weeks now, I don’t get any bite anymore, I believe I already won the war, but I still set up 2 new traps in my room for just in case, but I don’t get any so far, A BIG BIG Thanks, u really save my life!!!
@Black Magick Sorcerer YES! It’s been a year now, and no more bedbugs!
I had a bed bug scare recently that I have ruled out to be mosquitoes. Here I am, watched this whole video simply because your presentation was so impressive and especially informative. You are a great man doing a great service and I have much respect for folks like you.thanks and keep up the great work!
Wow! that's very nice of you. I appreciate the kind words. Well, the good news is that you don't have bedbugs. The bad news is that mosquitoes carry the number one killer in the world, malaria.
Consider yourself lucky. Bed bugs are the direct spawn of Satan!
I think they carry the weson isle virus too. Not sure about how to spell it though
Gala Lindon West Nile virus
Wesson oil... lol
This is literally the best video on TH-cam. We had a small infestation coming from a neighboring apartment. These traps combined with bed bug spray eliminated all of them in under a month. God bless you sir!
Thank you very much. I'm very glad that you and your family were able to work your way out of this using chips for me. I am very humbled.
How much dose this cost to make?
@@gaminworld9989 I spent about 20 bucks total
@@Weezypillar I have a 3 bedroom A living room and a sitting room and one kitchen and 1 dining room and and 2 bathrooms how many traps would you recommend for me to use?
@@Weezypillar We have a small infestation but the infestation manly is in my son's room and I've been using the bug spray from Harris and I barely been seeing bugs hair and hair but there's still here it's been at least a month now
Thank you Mr. Williams!! My mom has bedbugs in her appartment and she was getting bit every night. I made a trap by following your instructions. The first week I caught nine bedbugs in my trap. The second week I caught three she hasn’t been bit since. You are a lifesaver!!!
Well done and worth watching the full video. Considering the target audience, I'd even call it praiseworthy. Great job using some of the current terminology and adding details that most people would skip just to shorten the video.
Don't skip this video because you want to find the same info in a three minute video. I am fairly knowledgeable on the topic and I was still surprised by a few details in this video that tied together some of what I already knew. There is little, if any, wasted time or self praise.
This is a great example of someone trying to help people who actually need the help...
+Patrick Brauer . Wow, thanks for that. I catch a lot of grief for the length. I hope some others will realize there's some validity to the long-winded delivery
@@JoelZWilliams1 After 2 weeks of sleep deprivation, my wife and I sat through your video. Now I'm going down to have some milk and cereal. Then I can follow your instructions with a one gallon milk jug. We have enough room under our bed for the jug and I think it will be less likely to fall over. We may just be able to cancel the exterminator appointment for next week. That would be a blessing. Thank you for the best video we have watched.
Make sure your milk cap is screwed on, not push kind. Pressure might make push on cap pop off.
Gardener Mike in San Antonio , I’m just curious, how did it work for y’all?
Thank you for the video. Good information.
THANK GOD! We me ad my wife have spent thousands of dollars thru away carpet furniture everything! We spent hundreds on sprays traps (bye bye bud bugs) finally a cheap an easy way to get us some help thank you Joel an GOD BLESS YOU SIR! Keep up what you're doing to help with the nayesayers!
Oh my gosh this video was made 8 yrs ago and I just happened to see it as I was reading about black mold. I'm Soooo thankful for this video I purchased a new mattress it's One of the memory foam that comes rolled up in a box.....well it had bed bugs I was about to throw it away. Thank You for this video You have saved me Soooo Much money thought I was going to have to buy another mattress.
So it's 2 am, I've been at war with bed bugs for two weeks now. I've never had bed bugs in my life until I moved here and I've lived in thousands of places. It's 2 am and this sweet man has given me hope!!!!
@Luna Sol be careful breathing it, it is very dangerous especially in large amounts or prolonged periods
If you mix baking soda and boric acid together and sprinkle it around your bed I put it all over the floors and left it down for 3 days then I vacuumed it up but the longer the better...it slows down the infestation and it kills them because the backing soda activates the boric acid and makes it more powerful so as they walk thru it...it eats up their legs. take all of your clothes to the laundry down to curtains and wash in very hot water at least 2x then make sure to dry everything. I believe if yu also add backing soda and boric acid to water in a spray bottle it would be good in your car and spraying anything wood under neath the legs the love wood and the also hide behind pictures on walls.
Lived in Thousands Of Places!
Prima traditional dressrs
The town I'm living in is infested with them. I'm living at my current place and have not seen one bedbug for months until today. There is also a condemned house across the street so it could be coming from there.... man I hate these things so much.
Please read the comments...You will probably learn the answer to your most pressing question. Also, please understand that the video is intentionally long and very detailed.
Hi. Thanks for your video. I understand how the ingredients and objects attract BB's; but what makes them
die?
Salt water
+Gabriella Del Toro what makes them die is the fact they can't get out and without feeding will eventually die.
+Tito Cardona ty for that
+Gabriella Del Toro your welcome. Just trying to help, bed bugs are the worst.
Here’s a cheaper Tip Dry Ice is about $1 to $ 3 pound put some in the middle of a glue board and watch em come running if you’re wondering Dry Ice emits CO2
This remedy saved me alot of time too. thanks
If that works you got a bunch. Didn't do anything for me
Can't always find dry ice dude
EsBob Ravenscraft
Kroger’s in Texas and Ralph’s in California have about a 5’ X 5’ white cooler labeled “dry ice” full of various amounts of prepackaged dry ice. Brilliantly they usually place them after checking out (why do stores position items for sale after checkout and make you take the time to recheck-out when you discover it’s next to the bagged ice cubes you also forgot?). Wear gloves handling dry ice and don’t build a trap with 20lb of dry ice and sleep there in the same room. That could easily produce a life threatening amount of CO^2 gas - especially if you sleep in the same room an we’re low to the ground. After about 10 checkouts without dry ice, I finally bit the bit the bullet and got sry ice and stood in line again. I bout about 2lb of dry, stuck it in the fridge until ready to build an upside down dog dish trap I red about. Unfortunately the dry ice had completely dissipated. I was surprised because on First Class flights international flights desserts are usually ice cream sundaes. The ice cream is packed in metal container that is not cooled and the dry ice lasts for hours. In fact if you don’t separate the dry ice and ice cream a few hours before serving, ice cream remains “rock-solid” and can not be serve. I make bread and am familiar with yeast in large bottles and will gives the gentleman’s clever trap a try tonight.
glue board not really work
I thank you for your video's. Its clear your are a gifted, patient teacher. I wanted to mention that bendable soda straws joined together with duct tape make excellent tubing. Also, the commenters may have missed it, but CO2 is actually heavier than air. Once it reaches the bottom of the shot glass it lingers in there for quite some time. CO2 suffocates the Bed bugs. Essentially they die from lack of Oxygen.
Thank you.
This is one of my favorite youtube hacks! I checked for all of the signs such as bloodspots on mattress etc. My house was clean from any signs of bedbugs. Built this trap and wahla! Freaken POW found three lil white baby white ones. Went to town cleaning house. Washing everything! I am at WAR!
Bed bugs are not white. Plus they're not the only insects attracted to CO2. Books could be clear Brown dark red burgundy or crimson red color. They are usually oval shaped with the dark black spot right in the middle. If you have bed bugs cleaning your house will not do anything you have to call and extermit them. I'm sure this trap catches a lot of them but it won't catch them all.
@@R-BURQUENO Incorrect. Baby bed bugs are white and basically invisible, hence why they are the major part of the problem.
Your ability to give directions and cautions is amazing. Thank you for helping many people, I can tell you have a kind heart…..I bet you are a great story teller as well and that can not be taught your are a natural GOOD JOB
Do you have bed bugs? I think I may because I have like 15 bite Marks. I thought it was from mosquitoes but NOBODY else has been bit.
Yo, good Look on putting this video up…This is my 2nd time referencing it to make the trap again. I made 2 other modified smaller versions w/ success besides the 2-liter version. I've caught maybe around 10-23 bbs in a 3 week period & i don't even have a big infestation. Mostly it's the building and the previous tenant before I moved in. I've only recently seen 2 after not seeing any for awhile ( that's why i'm setting it up again) and I haven't been bit for a hot minute. Everything is off the wall. i put tape on the bottom of my workstation and caught one. I put packing tape on the legs of my sofa w// baby powder rubbed around it. Same for bed frame. I feel victorious. Again, thanks for yr help.
Very encouraging post. Sounds like you got it under control. Awesome!
dont let people get you down dude.. this is a good informative vid
cool fellow and helpful to the max.
No good deed goes unpunnished😒
You feel bad for him to?
Hey Guys,
I am not usually the type to leave reviews on internet websites, but this little gadget actually works! Not only for bed bugs, but for other insects that are attracted to carbon dioxide. I am a pre-med student and it made so much sense to use yeast in this experiment.It may be a gradual process, just give it time. Thank you!
Chris
It works! Yesterday I installed two traps. This morning there were four bugs in one and ten in the trap at the head of the bed. Only 14 but feels like gold.
+Nazario Bautista . Awesome, glad to hear your successful report!
For every one you see, there are 100 more you don't see.
Nazario Bautista junk
How did you make sure they're not just crawling out via the tube? If the end of the tube is touching the bottom they could just climb the outside of the tube no?
@@MaximilianKohler One smooth surface they can't climb isglass. Glass is completely smooth, with no cracks or gaps for them to climb up. It is one of the surfaces that no bed bugcan climb, no matter how much they try. But this is to confirm you have bed bugs, after that you need real help. www.bedbugsinsider.com/can-bed-bugs-walk-on-smooth-surfaces/
Joel. Thanks so much for making the video. Last night made the trap for free because I had everything around the house to make it. We sprinkled DE all around the room, and put the trap in the middle, and within an hour had 2 in there. woke up to 30 dead in the jar. I'm guessing due to the DE. Screw all the nasty comments. My family appreciates you so much!!
I did not understand the recipe because my english is not good(I'm italian).Can you write the recipe,please?
I am just curious what the "DE" is that you used. We have had these things and been battling them for close to 8 yearz now. We are desperate for a cheap fix. Thanks in advance.
@@ronaldperry9032 DE is Diatomaceous Earth. It is a very fine powder used to kill bed bugs. It is not poisonous. It's a sort of calcium powder. When bed bugs crawl through it, the DE gets on them and dries out the exoskeleton of the bedbug, killing it. It's pretty inexpensive. You can buy it at some hardware stores or on Amazon. That's why you spread the DE around the lure trap, so they walk through it and it kills them faster when they get trapped.
DE must be food grade though. Yes, it can be taken internally, too. My mother put Brewer's Yeast on her food, mosquitoes stayed away from her.
@@ronaldperry9032 hey there's a product called CIMEXA that works way better than DE or "diatomaceous earth". Its cheap, completely non toxic and safe for kids and pets. Its basically silica gel dust that kills them in the same way DE does (cutting up their exoskeleton and dehydrating them)
Thank you, Joel! This project was actually fun to put together. I have a tip for making the hole in the top of the bottle lid- find a nail that has a head the same size as the tubing, then grip the nail with pliers at the pointed end and hold the head of the nail over a candle flame for a few seconds. When the nail head is hot enough, it will push right through the plastic lid like it's going through butter. You will end up with a hole that is the perfect size, with smooth edges.
Another tip: If you don't want to wait for the silicone sealant to cure, you can use electrical tape. The way you use the tape is to wrap it around the part of the tubing that goes into the bottle cap. Start at about 3" from the end of the tube and wrap three times, continue wrapping moving closer to the end and wrap two times, and then about an inch from the end you wrap the tape just once. Then you poke the tube DOWNWARD into the hole in the top of the bottle cap, twisting the cap to work it further up the tube. The tape will be thicker further up because of the three wraps. It should get stuck midway and form a tight seal. If the cap slides up too easily, try again with more wraps.
And just one more thing... I couldn't get the paper towel to stay up to the edge of the shotglass with the rubber band. It kept slipping down. I ended up cutting a thin strip of duct tape which I wrapped around the top of the glass just below the rim with the sticky part of the tape facing outward, then I carefully lined up the edge of the paper towel at the lip of the shotglass and wrapped it around the tape, securing it with a tiny piece of tape. This method kept the paper towel in position near the top of the shotglass, even after being handled many times as I moved it around.
Thank you Jennifer for the modification tips
Did the trap actually work?
@@SimplyRiriii That's a good question- I didn't catch any bugs, but that could just mean I didn't have any.
Me too. I hope I don't have any bugs, but something tells me I messed up a step somewhere.
He's got us making bed bug wine!
LOL I hope this damn wine work😤
Lol. That's funny as hell. You need a good laugh when your going to war with Klandathu.
They about to get turnt up!🤣
For all we know, he might be working for them.
Lmao!!!!!! That was funny....
I honestly recommend everyone from all walks of life to do this once every 6 months to a year even if you've never had them. Only takes 1 bug to start an infestation. A friend could bring one in on their clothes that they picked up from a restaurant, office, store, school, work, anywhere. You never know! Good luck!
it takes two bugs to reproduce...
@@tigglebiddys yeah, but that one could already be pregnant...
@@tigglebiddys ....... Who says?
@@charlescoryn9614 nobody likes gay bb... lol
@@ronaldstarkey4336 ........ Yes, my error.......For some reason I thought they were parthenogenic, similar to aphids and wasps.
Having a bed bug infestation problem in my apartment complex for the past six months or so. We finally got introduced to the problem last month, the exterminator is so backed up, it's taking weeks to get treatment. I'm glad to have found this video. Me and the kids are going to start operation bed bug trap asap. This video was great!
Just made a 🥇 trap!!! Already caught 1 BB in under an hour!! Thanks bro!!
This literally works!!! Just went to walmart this morning to buy the supplies..spent about $12 and ive already caught 2 in the first hour. I put 2 bottles for the one shot glass. Im gonna leave it for a month and see how many i get. I made the bronze one. Works like a charm. Crazy!!!
Voel One I’m gonna go to Walmart so I can try this now.
How'd it go?
growbignuggs thats flames well I had it going for a few days but nothing got on the trap for some reason. So I did the 92% alcohol ethanol instead. Spraying the whole mattress, box spring and bed frame and heating it up with a hair blower on those tight spots that are more harder to reach to just to be sure. Supposedly you do this every 14 days to keep them out. I kinda went the extra mile and placed small plastic containers on the bed legs too. So we haven’t been bit ever since and it seems like we got rig of them for good. I think it works 👍🏼 you just have to stay on top of those bastards.
Christopher Grijalva
Everybody's Talkin about Walmart . It's all stuff you can get most anywhere which is what makes it so easy. My point, though is that Walmart takes advantage of its employees one way-by allowing only for part-time hours which means by law they don't have to provide any kind of basic employee insurance and do to turnover very seldom have to give a raise. I'm sure Thats only a few examples so please everybody if you can avoid buying anything at Walmart it's a good idea. I have one within walking distance and I never go there.
I tried this and it REALLY works! Thank you so much Joel. You're a genius man.
Sir, please take my wife as a measure of my gratitude!
lol
😂😂
Lmao a true testament of how much people hate bed bugs
Bluesummers - I killed the bugs and to celebrate I went out and got a bottle of whisky for my wife. Good trade. Good trade.
That’s freaking hilarious! That is great! Who knows, maybe his wife isn’t that much of a prize! Maybe she’s got the looks and an annoying voice or a stupid brain! LOL
REVISION TO MY LAST ENTRY: I was not satisfied with my lack of results so I built another trap this time with a larger welcome mat but the biggest change in my strategy was to use a heating pad on "LOW" underneath the pit fall to emulate body heat which they also sense. This time I did capture a few so that may be the ticket, all I know is that it worked for me. Happy hunting
Aaaaah☺, 👍 👏 🌷
A blogger wrote that she spent over $5,000 on pest treatment to get rid of these little suckers. This guy’s saving people’s bank accounts like it’s no big deal. Thank you!
I love this video!! Works amazing! Instead of paper towel, I used a sports tensor bandage (the sticky blue one) and had absolutely no worries about gaps.
Love your videos and will continue watching. I love how you take us through step by step and even offer alternatives to make it less expensive.
Thank you for your time and dedication to the people like myself who are left struggling when things like bedbug infestations happen to come up with inexpensive effective solutions. You are so appreciated ❤
I am so thankful you straight up said it's not a shame to have bed bugs. I have been crying and so anxious because I don't what to do. My fiance is acting like this is no big deal and I know it is a big deal
You are a blessing to all with bed bug problems, for sure!! This trap is effective and we also had our home professionally treated and the professional exterminator was very impressed with this contraption. Thank you so much. We will continue to use the traps to be sure all the bugs are gone.
Success! I made your "Gold Standard Trap" out of the large soda bottle, a piece of tubing, a short wide 8oz canning jar wrapped in a papertowel held on with a rubberband. I used strawberry jam to plug up the hole around the tube! :) For the first week it didn't catch anything. I got impatient so I added some chicken liver to the bottom of the glass to entice them with the smell of blood. 2 nights later (last night) I caught one! I want to add that I also had placed clear packing tape across my heat/AC vents (because they were blowing cold AC on me in my sleep so I'd done that long before the bedbug situation) and there were 2 large ones stuck on the tape as well. That's a great reminder that we need to treat our HVAC vents as well. I don't know exactly how though, as the Cimexa has already irritated my throat and lungs big time from dusting the rest of my house/belongings and I don't want the powder to be coming out all over me the next time I turn on the heat/AC...Any thoughts Joel?
thank you Joel for your interesting video. A friend of mine has them at her house. The CO2 traps work amazingly well. What I find out is that even though bedbugs can go dormant for 9 months, they're only going to go dormant if they think there's no food. The presence of co2 (including these traps) just means for them that they won't go dormant since there's food available. I plan to keep these traps around her house regularly till they're all gone. thanks again!
Can you tell me where and how....
Thank you. I've been helping an elderly friend who has bed bugs , and can't afford an exterminator. Well now I think I have them too. Going to make these traps and help us both!
I know it’s 5 years later since this video was posted, but I’m very grateful. I found the bedbugs in my daughters room on all 4 corners of her box spring. I vacuumed them up, sprayed the mattress & box spring, and then used bed bug encasements. When my daughter went back to sleep, I stayed up to keep an eye out, & sure enough, some tiny ones that were hidden way down in her headboard were crawling on her comforter. So I moved her into my room, went to Walmart to buy the active yeast & tubing, and came home to construct this trap. We only caught 1 bed bug on night one but that let me know I did make it correctly. Hopefully it’s a sign that I don’t have anymore. I will also be spreading D. Earth since I couldn’t find any Cimexa.
Bed bugs are from HELL❗️💯🚩
Good
no, we from Hell
Just like mosquitoes
That's where they belong that's for sure
They sure are
After days of googling, reading reviews and watching tons of videos, I found you. I am a property manger and after 4 years of being very careful when doing property inspections and lots of praying I have been struck by the most dreaded...the bed bug. Bless you for sharing, I just ordered Cimexa, have sprayed mattress, boxspring, bedframe, baseboard and carpet around bed down with permethrin. Just finished diy traps for legs of bedframe and tomorrow will make this CO2 trap and get plastic and duct tape for encasement. Almost done laundering all clothes and bedding, only bedding coming back in. Such a huge undertaking, not sure what to do about shoes?? Praying all this will prove successful. Still lots to do, also going to use my steamer. If all goes well I will refer ppl to your blog and videos. Thanks ever so much. Joy
You have reached us here in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada - where landlords are saying they "don't produce bedbugs" and in their "25 years of running buildings have never comes across them". Your videos are helping people in need, and I will be sharing with everyone. You are an amazing healer - thanks for sharing your wisdom! Don't let anyone stop you from doing what you do best! Educate. Share. Care.
Thank you for your kind words. I am glad that you were able to get something out of that video!
Mr Joel Williams your trap worked first night caught 3 bugs and had one that was curious within the first five minutes of placing the trap....thank you
This really is going to help my son and I sleep more peacefully man. Appreciate the knowledge you have shared. Keep on rockin!
kingxnaro Right on! Please be sure to subscribe so that you see all of the updates since this video first aired.
I bought 8' of standard airline tubing (aquarium tubing) in walmart for $1.88. They have a longer one for about $3.88. but I read this tip in the comments section on one of your videos so I just wanted to inform people how cheap they can get the tubing for! I love your passion, btw. Very informative videos.
Thanks!
Thank you, I am watching this video and saw your comment. My job has bb and unfortunately I brought them home. I didn't know where to get the tubing. God Bless you!!!!!
The 800 dislikes is from pest control companieslol.great vid
Most likely the people who didnt want to listen to sonebody talk for 5 minutes, then the entire time in making the shtuff...
I bet you couldn't. I bet you're not as smart
Indeed sir, but I think it would take away from the value of the tutorial if one were simply speeding to the finish line, I believe mr. Williams was going purposefully slow so that even the least handy of viewers would be able to complete this project, and most importantly to have a crystal clear understanding of why this method works..
Agreed!
In these days of madness it could be some secret cult of bed bug lovers. lol
Amazing result!! It's extremely helpful to find bed bug and I strongly recommend this trap the others.
Very informative and I do not complain about that length at
all.
Thank you
People like you Mr. Joel Z Williams is exactly what makes a country great, your contribution is absolutely priceless. Lucifer hates you.
Thank you for this helpful, informative video! I will be making this trap because I like the way you show it and explain it so as to make it very simple for the average (unhandy) person like myself to make. Ignore the negative and only take the positive comments because your goal was to help people and I'm one of the ones who appreciate & was helped by this. Thank you again
Wow! This trap works like a charm! My adult stepson ended up with an infestation in his room, which grossed him out so bad that he couldn't deal with it properly. After doing little for 2-3 months or more, he pretty much powdered everything in his room with DE and flew the coop, staying at a friend's house. His "pets" came out to our living room looking for food since their normal prey had left. That was when I personally had to get involved. After using the gold medal trap overnight in his room, the entire bottom of the shot glass is filled with a layer of dead bedbugs. I put a small amount of DE in my pitfall trap, as it was the closest thing I had to talcum powder. I am in the process of bagging up all my stuff in my living room, as other videos I have watched have explained that getting rid of them completely involves making spots they can hide non-existent and treating those you locate, including outlets and base boards. It is a work in progress, but this trap is so much better than things sold to deal with bedbugs. Thank you so much for this informative video, and keep up the good work!
What is DE??
@@rozanewyorklife155 Diatomaceous earth.....its a powder.
When bugs contact to it ,dehydrates and die.its only for crawling bed bugs...
@@rozanewyorklife155 Sorry, I have been using an alternate account, and just saw this now. DE is diatomaceous earth. It's the microscopic skeletons of diatoms, which are supposed to be sharp to the bedbugs and dry them out as well.
I have had the bb's. I wish I had this info at the time. I did get a steam cleaner and steamed the mattresses and frames and box springs every three days. I also washed my drapes and blankets then ran them in the dryer. I have wood flooring and used roach proof powder swept into the flooring, let set for 24 hours than vacuumed up. Be sure to empty your vacuum or change the bag immediately afterwards since they can hatch in the bag. It was nightmarish but finally got rid of them. I don't let anyone bring in blankets or clothes to avoid a reinfestation. Also, clean any thrift store purchases before you bring them inside. Again, great trap and very detailed instructions. Thank you.
4:08 to fast forward to actual important part. You are welcome.
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Tooth paste is a good alternative to the silicone.
Also i do believe most people have drills now days.
This is great video. I can imagine this trick will help lots of people
I watched this video about 4 or 5 years ago. Here I am again. Great content.
It absolutely works! In addition, Mr. Williams clearly spells out the fundamentals so that people can improvise as we did. I have a friend whose apartment is full of the blood-suckers, and she had a few of the things mentioned, I got her the dry yeast, we used sugar, and a Gatorade bottle. Not having the tubing, I cut a small hole and used a bendy straw to insert into the shotglass. The straw didn't reach the ground, though, so I improvised by putting the shotglass in the middle of a small pile of clothes. I came back the next morning and voila! The glass was full of the creepy crawlies--happily, many were nearly-invisible babies. We used a small bottle, so we only needed about a 3rd of the yeast. Luckily, as an experienced bread maker, I know exactly what he meant by it having to be the right temperature. When you see the foam, it's fermenting. As he mentions, make sure that you leave room for expansion. I am of the opinion that his small-bottle technique works best and we plan on using many more in different rooms. Refrigerate the yeast to keep it alive; give it plenty of sugar to ferment and I can't imagine a better, safer method. We also put down borax, which dries them out. DE is a highly dangerous element and if you breathe the hard, sharp crystals, they will cut into your lungs and create scars. Thank you Mr. Williams!
I get that smaller bottle traps work better since the solution is probably more concentrated. But, for the sake of my paranoia, if I wanted to go with the bigger bottle traps, would it be OK to add more than Mr. William's advised amount of yeast and sugar?
@@Tit0Matic I'm not sure, since I didn't try it, but I did see that a shot glass will fill up and they will climb up on each other. I put in a little baking soda at the bottom and that worked.
It took a while to get them under control. Good luck!
I am up at 3 am researching how to battle these horrible insects. I found this video, it is the best information I have found yet. I will be building a Williams trap today no doubt! Thanks, Joel Williams!
Dude you realy have a talent for instruction, please don't let it go unused.
My friend, "Poor People's Advocate", Lord bless you! This has been a 5 YEAR battle for my family and I thought it would get better when we had to get rid of....ALLLLL of our furniture with these nasty little beasts! Nope! I came across your channel and got wise! Thank you so VERY MUCH, Mr. Williams! We're all living in a fallen, corrupt world, but that doesn't mean we have to put up with it! You cared enough to help your fellow neighbors and your wisdom has been shared to share with others. Only the Lord came make it as right by you as fitting to the kindness, friend 🤟♥️✝️ Hey, seriously, you pray for a way to rid yourself of these critters and then, you find The Poor People's Advocate 👐
When your bed bugs are all gone that CO2 tanks will make someone's indoor plants very happy. :D
😄 ohhh yeah!
Haha or we just use a exhale c02 bag
Yes I used to make the same thing for my indoor plants ij had in my closet when I was young
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I'm a land lord of almost 30 years and I never had a bedbug problem until last week. I had the place sprayed on Saturday, the tenant text me on Sunday she saw two crawling on her wall.😖 At this point I'm not sure what to do. Will give your way a try. NOT trying to go bankrupt getting rid of them or loose 13&16 years tenants because the upstairs tenant gave them to the down stairs tenant and now it's my responsibility because I own the property, said the guilty tenant. I am willing to do whatever it takes to to a point but bedbugs don't suddenly appear after living in a house 16 years unless someone brought them there. I really appreciate your efforts and hopefully this will work for me. Thanks again.
Thank you so much ! May the universe pay you back 1000 fold !
thanks so much
Lowe's has the tubing it's 23 cents a foot. I made the 2 liter ones and have a few in them in them now. 5 pounds of sugar went fast at 2 cups per 2 liter. I orders the dust poofer from amazin today along with the powder. Did shipping for Monday. I made one suffer by fire needle. Will keep you posted. I also ordered some chemical traps and the synthetic de powder the name starts with a c.
Use a small kids toothbrush to do taps and spreads of the powder. I had only 2 hours rest and countless stress over these the last few days. I used steroid cream on the bites. I got up every couple hours and inspected my son's area which was the first area.
You’re an absolute saint. I’m ordering all needed products right now, I’ll be back in a few days to report back. Thank you
How did it go??
I wanna thank u soooooo much. Im a person of little means. This helps me so much. Thank you and God bless You.
My grandmother - who I KNOW everyone says this about theirs - was a very special person. She had NO health problems, and aside from being old (95), she livednalone and wasn't even frail. No walker... nothing.
She died from bedbugs, and as this man says, it has NOTHING to with one's cleanliness, (in my grandmother's case she was IMMACULATE), and aside from going to the store and doing chores in her neighbourhood, she was a homebody.
This is very painful for me to recall - and it happened about a decade ago this month. I'm doing it solely so no one ever has this happen;
I discovered them one Sunday when me mother were going too meet up and spend the afternoon with her (I'm not gonna go into details - just the basics). When my mother arrived, I grabbed her as she came in the apartment and told her. I told her NOT to tell her mother (she did), and I said it's SO bad, we MUST do something IMMEDIATELY.
I could hear my grandmother - very upset - thinking it was due to her... For the next (I can't believe this) several weeks, I kept saying, 'well?' to my mother. She didn't understand. She wouldn't listen to me.
Finally, she tells me she found someone, and this is what's going to happen; he's going to come on Monday, and whille my mother sits in the lobby with her mother, the man will spray. Then, grandma goes home, and the following day, it's repeated.
I said this sounds nuts - you CAN'T have grandma go right back in to a freshly treated apartment.
She wouldn't listen....
Sigh.
Tuesday, I got a call from my mother; 'have you spoken with Grandma, today? She hasn't answered the phone'.
The minute she said this, I KNEW what had happened. I felt sick. 😔
I have to stop there. I think you can figure out the rest.
I miss her SO much. She was fine. FINE, just -, as she, herself would say, 'an old lady', that's all.
Bedbugs are terrible, but they ARE treatable. I don't know much about this gentlemen, but he does say they're designed to be non-toxic.
That's good.
Please; keep the area well ventilated. Don't be embarrassed to discuss this with others - please!
Make sure you don't do what my mother did - and try to look for an 'easy fix' for her mother.
It is tragic. We don't speak about this - and never will. I feel I sometimes have to speak to people so hopefully no one will lose a loved one (even the 4-legged kind).
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Have a safe and happy holidays and a good new year's. 🎄🕎🎉🥂
So sorry to hear about your grandmother. I pray for your loss. Thank you for contributing to the comments I'm sure your grandmother's tragedy will help prevent future deaths. Thank you
What a heartbreaking story. I am so very sorry for the loss of your grandmother and what you're family has had to go through. Thank you for sharing because this (along with a few other comments) definitely helps me realize that there is no "quick fix" to this problem and from what I've read it can take months to get rid of them all. I am going to try my absolute hardest to not use pesticides as I have fur babies as well. Take the time to heal and know your grandmother is always with you in spirit. Feel her, and speak with her 💝💖🤗
If you haven't given your life to Jesus, now would be a good time. You care about people and it's great that you are wanting to speak out to help. Sharing The Gospel with others is also a very great cause.
Death and sickness come from Satan, the devil. Jesus came that we might have life more abundantly. Jesus is the answer to all of our sorrow, depression, sickness, and death. In him, we find eternal life. Maybe you should share this with other people also, if you haven't already.
Take care.
I'm so sorry for your loss.
Sooo sorry for your lose.
I subbed because you are a great speaker/explainer/teacher. Very thorough and graphic. I’m hoping if I use this method I can determine if there are actually bed bugs that followed us home from travel.
thanks for your kind words. means a lot to me.
Ya know,I made one about a yr ago. Take and cut the two liter about right where the neck starts to form say maybe the shoulder. Turn it upside down and and fit it to the rest of the bottle. This way,Once she falls over the edge..she won't be able to crawl out and will continuously slide into the center in turn making her drop into the fermenting solution. She won't be able to release the pheromone or even have time to. She will crawl straight over the edge,slide down it and fall right into the center,then down into the water and be stuck and essentially drown. Just a thought,I caught quite a few this way too. It's the same thing,but different design. Yours actually creates a focal point for the co2 which is awesome,I'm just trying to think of a way to get them to follow indefinitely and get screwed. Perhaps a very small amount of water sugar and yeast in the bottom of the shot glass. possibly have another container that the tube runs into the side of that they can crawl up...with some kind of substance in the bottom that kills or severely incapacitates them immediately. I know with the knowledge you have,you can definitely come up with a not only gold...but Platinum trap ...tha Bedbuginator or something..LoL
+Jon Carr Impressions use boric acid for them to fall in.
+Gossip and Glam . Boric Acid won't work on bedbugs because they are blood obligate insects. You are in the presence of a master. I suggest you research your comments and vet them for reliability before you post them. I do not suffer fools quietly. Boric Acid may work on a cockroach, but will never work against a bedbug. I just told you why. Can you figure out why you suggestion is false with regards to bedbugs?
I didn't say anything about using boric acid to kill them I said put them in the trap to fall in.
I am fully aware of what these things do, I said boric acid because that's like torture to be trapped in something like that.
I don't want it to just fall into the trap, I want the thing to suffer the way it made me suffer-boric acid will cause dehydration to it's body and it will disintegrate.
Boric acid also causes infertility which is great just in case one gets away, yes they are "blood obligate" but if they walk on or in boric acid they will die.
They have to walk through the acid to get to you.
I'm not going to use just the Co2 I'm going to do things in conjunction so I can attack them from every angle, everywhere they turn for refuge it's going to be a serious problem for them.
I want them to feel discomfort and exhaustion. I hate bedbugs.
Gossip and Glam . sorry for being so harsh. I see now that there was a reason why you suggested boric acid. My apologies.
I want you to know how much I appreciate you. You are the reason I love humanity...thank you for being you!
Awww, so sweet. Thank You very much. Just made my day.
my family has had bedbugs for a while now and it has been driving me crazy. i cant be alive without being itchy and the exterminator said he can do the job but that they will most likely never end. i am going to try this. it was very informative!
Let me know how it goes. I'm also making three of these for my sister my mother and I.
I also bought d.e from Amazon that we put in every crevice and corner possible.
Brother, you are a great Humanitarian!! Thank you for this help! And you've posted written instructions!? Incredible!! I'll be updating soon as I've tried SOOOOOO much and they keep coming back... Months of hassles and my family is suffering! My wife and kids getting bit up is killing me!!
Its a year later and I am wondering how you and your family are...are they gone? Praying for all of you..let us know.
Thanks for the hope brother. Anyone who hasn't dealt with bed bugs, ill tell you....it makes you INSANE
Yes it does
Im going insane ☹️no sleep hardly jumping itching everything
Yes. We need peaceful sleep. Good luck everyone. We got this.
@@howardstrauss275 diatomaceous earth. bed bug matress cover and a tyvek suit can help you get sleep while you figure out how to deal with them
@@DrMurdercock I have been trapping them in piles of laundry around my bed, and then freezing them. They (it?) bite every other night. The numbers are right down. It is time for the traps while I sleep elsewhere. But thanks for the advice.
My sister runs a boarding house and after battling cockroaches for a year she thought everything was ok. About a week ago one of her residents came out of his room with bed bugs crawling on him. The residents are responsible for cleaning their own rooms and are also told to report any kind of a pest problem should they arise. Imagine the horror she felt when she went to inspect his room and found it completely infested with bed bugs crawling on just about every visible surface. She was going to have an exterminator come out and heat treat the room. This was going to cost a small fortune. I told her to let me explore other options and after much time online I came across the 'Williams method' and it sounded right by all the things I had read about bed bugs so I made the trap as suggested with a few tweaks of my own. 1) I used 1/2 inch tubing which is twice the size.
2) Because I used larger tubing I doubled the yeast and sugar so it would really pump out the co2 . 3) Because I used larger tube I had to tape so construction wire (2 length's, 1 on each side of the tube) to keep the tube from rolling back and tipping the shot glass. I also used the recommended talcum powder. I set the trap at about 7:00 pm and came back 12 hours later and let me tell you the shot glass was 1/2 full of bed bugs of all sizes. I doused them with rubbing alcohol, then put them in a sandwich bag (ziplock of course. The bed bugs filled the bag from one side to the other and about an inch high. Now the second night only about 200 bugs. I reactivated the trap by boiling water in a large pot 1/2 full then placing the bottle in the hot water and on the third night nearly as many as on the first night. I will be keeping this vigil for one month straight and then we go in and clean the hell out of that room. To be on the safe side we are also setting traps in every room of the house to see if they have traveled anywhere. Thanks for the excellent advice. This trap really works.
Poor people always make a way out of no way I love it. There are always a better way than all of the toxic poison that companies use. I will definitely try to make this and hopefully get rid of the little monsters.
Hey bro did you get rid of them I think I have them 😭
@@Thelilantjr you tried?
@@jasonclark7461 gonna make my traps tomorrow as soon as the rest of my supplies come from Amazon. Will update on comments I see asking for results
@@Tit0Matic its working or not?
Hey so when making a hole on top of the soda bottle if you poke the screwdriver from the inside of the cap it is MUCH easier 'especially for women' ;)
I just wanted to say your videos and your effort mean a lot to me. During the first month I encountered this problem I felt so defeated, I thought I was gonna be fighting them endlessly and it wasn't until I saw your videos that I started to feel hopeful. I'm certain now I will end this attempt to take over my sanity and home. And if I don't get rid of them on this try then I'll just try again. But thank you for inspiring me to not feel sad about my situation and actually do something. Keep doing what you're doing you're great!!!
That's awsome. Thanks for leaving a kind remark.
You could use match stick light one and blow it out then dab it to make a hole.
If you have a Soldering iron its easy peasy. About 2 seconds. Makes perfect holes in plastic.
@@shannon3711 the yeast and sugar produce carbon dioxide, which is the same gas we exhale, not carbon monoxide.
Why not use a 1/4 inch drill bit and make a perfect hole, doesn't need to be glued.
You are a real Wonder and blessing to me! I am a great grandma that is barely alive and then a wheelchair, determined to live independently! I just have one hand available but I think I can do this. However, before I do, I'm going to put a mixture of tea tree oil baking soda and peppermint oil in the cracks of my lift chair. I'm thinking that this repellent will keep the critters out of the cracks. Then I'm going to do this method of yours because I think it's great! Thank you so much for all you have done! I can't tell you how much I appreciate you. Wish you were my neighbor!
Great info. Watched your other plastic wrapping video too. Not sure if you mentioned this (maybe you did) but I heard someone else say that the CO2 will not work on critters that are already in the mattress. The CO2 works mainly for critters that are in the room but haven't made it to the bed yet. Hence one big reason for wrapping the mattress and box spring in plastic.
Thank you so much for doing this video! Thankfully, I do not have bb's in my home, but if I ever do...I'm going to be making these traps! Love listening to you! Thanks again!
Dear Joel - THANK YOU - I have almost been in tears today after 4 years the bugs came back. I obviously didn't catch them all the 1st time. I feel so "dirty" having them here in CA - as it is pretty rare here. I am afraid to have friends stay over and I am even more afraid to tell them that there might be bed bugs in my house. It has been SO awful. I've seen your improvement video and I am off to the dollar store. I put some of that powder in the bottom of my traps. It's also helpful to read other people's comments. THANK YOU!!
Yeah it's crazy. Sometimes those eggs can remain viable for up to 2 years. Well at least you have the benefit of knowing what to do this time. And thank you for your kind words.
The "Williams Method" Co2 Bedbug Trap. Please get this free information out to anyone who is suffering from bedbugs.
So when some poor folks got bb you go an help em understand how to win the fight? That's all right big dog!!
Joel Z. Williams all jokes aside..did u could maybe make this and put o that tv show..bed bugs trap 2 bed bugs traps for only $19.95 ..like those tv ads..dude thaks you showed pl ...with information and u know about this..ididn't know bedbugs are somewhat blind or have poor vison ..i thought theya re like mosquitioes or drawn in my co2 carbon dixoide.. so does diameacteos earth (DE) works ..and or vacumiing with baby powder or foot powder that got talc in it?
No, I don't make any money really. I don't make people watch the commercial ads before they can see the videos. I think that is unethical to profit off of the suffering of poor and disadvantaged people. I do make a little from the TH-cam partnership but it's nothing to brag about. I wish more people would watch the ads and like and subscribe but I won't stop giving them info for free because of greed. I know what it is like to suffer from bedbugs.
Sorry, I learned recently that the bedbugs aren't actually blind. An entomologist just corrected me and informed me that they have small compound type eyes, kind of like houseflies.
DE is terrible against bedbugs. It's slow, requires weeks to work and is a harmful respiratory irritant. Choose CimeXa or some other amorphous silica gel instead.
Vacuuming is really a waste of time. If it makes you feel better then good, but the experts say most bugs are never going to be in the carpet if they have a nice boxspring instead. Thanks for your post.
Joel Z. Williams ur comments is positive and informational , i just thought they wy u made it its cool bed bugs trap cool u go to store and purchase if ppl dont know how to make..or if u had a book or "bedbugs" app for iphone and android ..but its always positive when u help ppl out thats real kind and very helpful
Well, I want to build an app, but I'm not a coder. I would like to have an app that people can download for cheap and use it to track their infestation and give them helpful steps on how to proceed. I just need a guy or gal who would be willing to donate their time and expertise, for no profit. There's not been any takers. Everyone is out to make a buck.
Joel, THANK YOU. We moved into a house THE LANDLORD KNEW TGE PREVIOUS TENANTS HAD A SERIOUS BB INFESTATION. It was soooo bad THERE WERE MILLIONS AND MILLIONS. Can't tell that whole story at this time. I'm 68 years old, NEVER SAW A BED BUG IN MY ENTIRE LIFE until 2 years ago. The first night we slept there we were getting bit. Oh boy we thought they were baby beetles from the big elm tree beetles. My son CAUGHT SOME from a nest he found in his room. And took them to the pest control. That's how we found out what they were. I built your Traps and caught thousands. Well we moved AFTER A YEAR AND A HALF OF BEING IN THAT PLACE. WORST NIGHTMARE OF OUR LIVES. We did end up bringing some with us but not very many. Thought we had gotten them all. We must have missed EGGS somewhere. And just saw some for the first time in 8 months. So I built 2 traps with bottles and flexible straws. Put by the bed and caught The tiny babies about 20 or 30 and about 10 that were about 1/2 grown. Making a few more to put in the living room. They work great.
Do you have any further videos of results where you actually show trapped bedbugs from testing this method? (Here in 2023)
Great Info!!! My G/F said after a week of just plastic sheet plan and floor spray thought the bugs to be all gone.... so I made this CO2 Kit up and Last Night set it up and this am Had 5 in the Trap!!! She was Like Ohhh!!! I used CimeXa in bottom of my trap for bought it....Didnt want them to get out Just DIE! I had sprayed my room floors and bed frames and such with Cynoff.....then been covering bed with plastic...found few dead ones in bed under plastic but less lately! But CO2 really showed still have a Bunch to Kill! I used Brown Sugar and seems to work good.... I also after seeing one other post you did on the Ear Wax so I put two swabs ends with wax on them in bottom of trap...I also got Both the Walmart hose line and the home-depot hose line ....I used the hose line at Walmart for was easier to bend aquarium line then the stuff at home depot and think can easily heat with hair dryer to straighten if needed too....I plan to make two more traps Today!
Thanks for all the Great Clips you Post Mr Williams!!
Dave Sykes That is a great success story. Thanks for sharing that with me. I am currently writing a book and I would be interested to see if you would like to help contribute your story?
Joel Z. Williams I basically know what you have shown me... (thank you) I dont know what I can do to help but if can sure... I am thinking of getting a few sealed oil filled heaters ( think safer then some heat sources) and then bake the room also.....wish I could find rentals of them...but haven't looked yet.....also having the co2 kit on for 5 hours I didnt see any in trap or near but in am after slept in room is when saw that it worked....also saw one on the wall over kit it so may have to do the tape with baby powder to keep them from climbing to get to us.....
Dave Sykes Well, mostly I would like your permission to use your story and perhaps some pics of your traps. Please email me at joelzwilliams@gmail.com so that I can send you a photo release and more. Thanks!
Joel Z. Williams I went up to the guy I buy my pest supply from to show him the dead ones in a zip lock bag from CO2 trap....he checked them all under the microscope... He was like Wow! That CimeXa really Killed them Dead Fast!! He said think of a horseshoe crab shell find on beach....That was all that was left ...a dried out shell! I told him I had used it with the CO2 set up in the bottom of the glass with tube part and he was Like Wow! Great! Keep doing what your doing he said...So I hope I can eradicate them all soon....guess traps will tell me when I get them all or so. Got three set up in the house now....
Dave Sykes Awesome. Yeah I would keep on doing what you're doing. You have busted their egg-laying cycle wide open. Attack full force now. Quote from Nick Nolte in The Thin Red Line, "The enemy is on the run, we can't lose the advantage...It's high ground by nightfall!"
"were gonna take one turn of the scissors"
Him: Turns scissors 58 times
Wish I knew this when slept at that college dorm. Cool to see the comments are giving positive feedback. Thanks a lot!
You could also spiral wrap the 2 liter bottle with the exhaust tube, secure the opening at the bottom of the 2 liter bottle with tape or a rubber band, then place the bottle inside the center of an open top 12x12 inch wide by 2-3-4 inch deep (or bigger) metal or glass cake pan or glass bowl, then cote the sides of the cake pan with baby powder (which is slippery so they can't crawl out), give the bed bugs a ramp to enter the trap by taping a paper towel to each of the four sides. When you find them in the trap, show them no mercy and kill them. Bed bugs are evil. I was hoping to find something like a lizard that would patrol the bed area and hunt down the bed bugs and would kill the bed bugs by eating them.
Gecos...
HEEHEE I found this one by accident a few years ago. I have a hobby of making Artisan wine. While fermenting, you want it in a cool, dark place. There is no such thing as cool in Florida, but I was finding a concentration of bugs in the closet in one apartment I moved into. I added a hose to the vapor lock into a styrofoam cup with about half water and a squirt of dishwashing liquid. Next morning, I had a thick layer of bugs in the bottom of the cup. They float in plain water, but sink if you add detergent. Four gtallons of wine with a high tollerance yeast often works for more than two months before it stops and the wine is ready to siphon. I wasn't catching anymore bugs a couple weeks before the wine was done.
Take the cap off of the bottle and set on a wooden block for a more stable cap. Great presentation! Thank you!
how long does it last before you have to mix up another batch?
Thank you so very much for this, sir! I am in the midst of professional treatment for "a few bed bugs". Not even an infestation yet and I was getting bitten so badly that I had to take antihistamines to deal with the allergic reaction I had (skin rashes and throat closed up). They are coming to spray for a 3rd time today, it feels hopeless because the interceptor traps, mattress and box spring covers plus professional treatment cost me my savings and then some and it doesn't seem to be helping them much. I got bitten again several times yesterday while doing yoga on my bedroom floor at 6 a.m. I havent slept right in 2 months. This video has given me a glimmer of hope. Your instructions are concise and easy to understand. Thank you again!!!
🥺🥺🥺 are you doing better love
Anytime you’re getting but that much and there’s enough to notice them, there’s an infestation. There’s no such thing as a few bed bugs by the time you get bit up that much. You’re allergic to them and you shouldn’t be tricked into believing this snake oil salesman would really help.
If you have questions, feel free to ask. I’ve been doing this for over a decade and it sounds like there’s pyrethroid resistant bedbugs in your home. You shouldn’t have to treat three times in two months. Either they have no clue what they’re doing or the bugs are resistant.
Hi Joel! We have bedbugs at work and I just made 2 traps (thanks to you) which I will keep you updated on our situation. You my friend inspired me and gave me a way to fight! Thank you!!
Awesome!
Aquarium tubing also works. You can get it at a pet store or even Walmart in the fish stuff dept.
thank you!
One night with the trap and we had 87. We are now adding another trap for additional room. Then each room after that. Moved out staying with family.
Woe lm going to have to make some traps thanks for your input.87 in one night that's great!!
@@ronaldmason6039 All trapped over 500.
@@ronaldmason6039 Before we used traps we had Terminex come in and check. It was free. We elected then to trap and kill them. Traps were always present as we packed to leave in plastic bags for later dryer high heat kill any in clothes. Meanwhile bed bugs were dripping from the ceiling onto tenants downstairs. Also to add insult to injury landlord was trying actively to sell us the property. Never telling us about horrible history of this very old building with bedbugs. Landlord only wanted to teach us how to live with them. Having bed bugs in a dwelling makes it not habitable by law. Landlord thought we were stupid.
I my name is Deborah Williams and I just watch your video the the first time and thank you. I have a bedbug problem. I have ordered alot of product off Amazon none of them worked I have to return the products and return my refund I really appreciate it iam going to try your way to get the bedbug gone from my house thank u again I really appreciate your help and advice and support 😊👍
Thank you for your kind words Ms Williams. You are exactly the fan base that I was attempting to reach when I created these videos.
"There is no shame because 4 and 5-star hotels have them..."
How do you think middle-class folk get them? F-ing hotel stays. And the planes, which are riddled with them.
Good idea 💡 tnx
Will be making this in the morning...Thanks a lot really appreciate it...
Wayne Parker, please post a daily update with the head count (how many bugs did you catch).
Michael
Thanks