Trapping Wasps, Hornets and Yellow Jackets, Best Bait, Mixture and lure Protecting Honey Bees.
There are more yellow jackets and European Hornets around this year than any year I can remember.
I have several trap types out and continue to remove them by the POUND! I'm not sure if this wasp "bloom" is prevalent throughout the region, but I've received calls almost daily about the "bees" in someone's yard... only to discover they are really wasps. Even the European Hornet (in the wasp family) is showing up on the side of homes and occupying trees in urban areas. Nothing like it before, at least I can't recall seeing so many here in the northeastern United States.
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Apple Juice, sugar, a dab of grape jelly, vinegar and a couple of drops of dish soap will yield full containers in just a couple of days.
FORMULA USED HERE:
1 cup of apple juice
1 tablespoon of sugar
1 tablespoon of apple vinegar (repels honey bees)
1 teaspoon of grape jelly (concord grape jelly)
After all is placed in your feeding pan, drip 3 droplets of Dawn Dish Detergent to break the surface tension.
Done... empty often or they will just walk over the bodies and drink without sinking in.
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It was fun in August, to test some traps and make my own box-traps, but the traps are overfilling in record time.
I'm wondering if this is the case in other parts of the country.
My honeybees are holding their own just fine in the apiary, even though wasps are on a constant patrol and attempt to exploit any hive opening.
I have all of my beehives closed down with entrance reducers to help the bees defend their resources. Now that the Autumn forage is greatly reduced, the pressure is on foragers to get those remaining resources.
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That yellow jacket in the backround at 0:48 was a jerk, he just went and pushed his friends to their deaths! It was hilarious though
Ahh the simple pleasures...
Lol
3 of them o.O
She was just deciding who needed a dip in the pool. It's actually pretty funny to watch.
Frederick Dunn Yep, I'm pretty sure that she met the same fate lol. Thanks for the upload.
"Wow, look at this pool littered with the drowned bodies of my siblings. I think I'll have a drink."
Or... they push each other in and ask how the water is!
They like the favor
@@FrederickDunn "hey Carl how's the cider? Carl? Aww he's really getting that good cider so he can't tell anything to me"
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Drink the blood of their comrades
Wasps: "Oh no, they are drowning!!" Also wasps: "Anyways, let's drink."
*wasps*:Omg they are taking a dip and relaxing in the cider I want to do that but it’s full all of em is chilling Another wasp: nah they dead. Anyways how was your day John?
@@MrJam-ff7juits okay we'll respawn tomorrow
"Worst hot tub party ever" -Yellow Jacket
HAAAAAAAAA.... HILARIOUS 😂😂
Hot Tub Time Machine 2 was pretty terrible too if we're all gonna tell the truth this morning.
Looks like you got some flies as collateral damage lol, but they're what are called acceptable losses
How is that acceptable? They are still living things. They don’t bite you. They just try to escape your house and people think they are trying to murder you when in reality you kill it. Well then I can’t honk the same way, a person getting killed in the virus is also an acceptable loss.
The Science Man Get a life
@@swargpatel7634 wtf is wrong with you
Josman Heath nothing is wrong with him you just have to see the world as he does and you will find out that nothing is wrong.
@@swargpatel7634 because some Hornets can be aggressive. Be it you eating an ice cream outside and then suddenly get attacked by a swarm
Who else wanted that giant hornet to fall in so badly....
Me...
Well a hornet did end up inside the juice and a wasp was using it as a raft lol
@@matthewmartinez3145 that's epic
*Same here baby girl.* ಠ◡ಠ
Why? ;__;
"The reason I'm speaking so calmly is because all of my aggression is being exerted through the death's of these flying bullets as they sink into my death-trap. Yes. That's right. Drown. All of you. Tell your insect God that Fred sent you."
omg lol probably so true!!!
This needs all the likes.
All Insects, Animal and yes even humans like you have their place within Nature..
@@martinaspin4503 tell that to the mothers with diseased children due to insect bites tell that to those with parasitic infections tell that to the 1000 or more killed by stings give us all your address so i can bring allvenomous and diseased insects to you!!!!!!!
Lol
I like how they see that the pool is literally full of their dead friends and the wasps go "yeah, looks fine to me!"
0:49 Gangster Wasp came from the right side and knocked 3 wasp in to their death 😎🚬
Yep, it was like you get in.. and you and you get in!!! Enjoy the swim!!! Then it went on to drink.
That's how rival gang wasps beehave.
ahahahahaaaha such a troll wasp, like "sup guys I push you just for fun"
Gabriel Engram 😂😂😂😂
NEOsent mX o yea lol i will change that mr
These are vicious little creatures. I was pruning some dead flowers stems from several flower bushes I have on my yard. I was unaware these little creatures would build their nest at ground level. I always thought if anything, their nests would be hanging from a branch on a tree nearby. My mistake. I stepped on one nest. They are vicious. The attack was instantaneous. They followed me into my home as a run for my life... I had several attached to my shirt, shorts, and socks and they kept stinging me until I was able to remove my clothes. In less than 30 seconds, I was covered by them, and was stung over 50 times. Not a fun experience. If you don't know what you are doing on your yard, stay away. That is my advice.
And that Mario, is the classic yellow jacket wasp experience. The hidden in-ground nest that you discover by being stung.
Indeed. Not a pleasant experience at all. I was lucky, I suppose, I am not allergic.
Man!! This brought back memories.
Same here though in a forest while picking blueberries, no clue just instant swarm of them
Good or bad memories?
The ladybug at 1:15 walking atop their corpses like Doomguy lmao
Where
@@preioh yellow ladybug on far left
And the one smart yellow jacket using the hornet as a raft.
Way to go brother Thank you for being concerned about the honey bee appreciate all your efforts
Thanks, Fred...set up 2 of these bowl traps yesterday...a few seconds later they were swarming...I left them alone for a minute, came back, some dove in, left, came back a minute later, more dove in. Great recipe! It works!!
Glad there's no honey bees, we must protect each one
The one wasp using the big hornets corpse as a life boat though lol 😂
This video is a clear sign I need to stop watching youtube and get on with my day. Thanks strange wasp killer guy.
I'm almost there with you, man. Just got through watching a thrilling Indy 500, then switched on KZhead to watch hornets, wasps and yellowjackets get slaughtered. YESSSS!!!! Got a bunch of chores to do....well, maybe. This is better.
I like when science is used at home. Using detergent to decrease surface tension is a beauty in simplicity case to me.
I developed a prejudice against yellowjackets in my youth in Pgh., Pa. From the age of about 9 I had to mow our large yard, which had about a dozen old apple trees and cherry trees, and four seckel pear trees. Fruit on the ground. Yellowjackets on the ground. A dicey place to be mowing a lawn using a walk-behind mower. I was so happy when my dad got a riding mower. I never got stung using it.
Perhaps more than any other insect, wasps are badly in need of a change in public opinion. As well as having fascinating lives, they are extremely important in the environment and face problems similar to those of their cherished, but often no less annoying, cousins the bees. As the summer approaches its end, many will wish for it, but a world without wasps would most certainly not be a better place. They may not make honey, but nonetheless wasps have just as fascinating social lives as the celebrated honeybee. Vital role Wasps are also just important in the environment. Social wasps are predators and as such they play a vital ecological role, controlling the numbers of potential pests like greenfly and many caterpillars. A world without wasps would be a world with a very much larger number of insect pests on our crops and gardens. As well as being voracious and ecologically important predators, wasps are increasingly recognised as valuable pollinators, transferring pollen as they visit flowers to drink nectar. It is actually their thirst for sweet liquids that helps to explain why they become so bothersome at this time of year. It's time we stopped asking "what is the point of wasps" and start to appreciate them for the ecological marvels that they are.
Thank you very much for reminding us of wasps' crucial role in the environment. You are certainly right about the importance of educating public opinion, for example the people who, when they see a wasp nest, see only something to destroy as soon as possible.
Yellow Jacket Wasps are Satan's minions!
0:49 ( Top right of screen) *The wasp comes up from behind 2 of his buddies and pushes them in the drink* 😂 ☠️ 🪣 🐝 🐝 🐝 💨
Sounds like he’s calling a golfing tournament
Your voice. You should paint acrylic landscapes with brushes & knives on canvas👍
Bob Ross...part deux
Hi, Frederick. Some improvements. 1. Use a wider rimmed bowl or a bowl with a thicker rim that won't allow the giants to hang on to the edge. 2. Coat the upper edge of the bowl with cooking oil. so that both yellow jackets and giants will more easily slip into the water. 3. Don't use water at all, just use cooking oil. Sprinkle a few ounces of ground chicken or other meat on top of the oil. 4. Using oil or soapy water, cover the bowl of liquid with a board with a meat style cat or dog food slathered on the side facing the liquid. Both yellow jackets and giants are carnivores. Leave enough space under the board for the giants to go under and bite the food. Both yellow jackets and giants will try to fly away. They will collide with the liquid. Thanks for sharing! Stay healthy!
Yes, I'm very familiar with the chicken/meat... even cat food methods. Since that meat spoils and draws lots of flies etc... I personally don't use it. All of the wasps/hornets are drawn to nectar/sugar syrups and this was just a convenient setup that happened to end up being used as a trap... the clear bowls came with the stand and are actually intended as bird drinkers/baths. Easy cleanup and the dish gets emptied several times a day to keep up. I leave the large traps to Shawn Woods and other master-trappers :)
You'd think with all those bodies, just one would say, "Guys, something's not right here!"
Lmao the ladybug just casually strolling across a sea of corpses. What a savage
LOL
0:49 Check out the one in the top right. He just pushes like 3 of them in, and then feeds while they swim towards him.
Likely a "she" actually.
Brutal
Just like humans
Brilliantly done Fred & thanks for sharing👍🏼
if you cut a large hole in a lid it creates a lip ring around the edge and they have to fly in or walk in upside down to get at the feed increasing the chance they slip up.
Excellent idea!
Thank you for showing us this! I couldn't help but to notice your energy is next level! 😂
great advice. with the loss of honey bees, and trying to stay away from insecticides, i added anise hysop to lure them back to our gardens but what was lured in are seriously aggressive yellow jackets. i got stung 4 times simultaneously (on my chest - with no shirt) last summer; walked up on a nest i didn’t know was there. (certain mumbled profanities are omitted from my post at this point...) i’m glad you added the vinegar to ward off honey bees, what a great thought. this should help very much in 2019. thanks alot for sharing!
cool experimental wasp & Giant hornet killer. It's especially good that you've given thought to sparing the beneficial honey bees .
Our town has a problem with yellow jackets this year, I've been attacked every single time I've left the house at least once. This was good to watch
I've been looking for a way to battle these creatures. I can't waite to try this method. Thanks from Somalia 🇸🇴
Thank you for showing us all on how to get rid of yellow jackets and still save the honey bees. Nice work fella too. VF
Omgosh, the European hornet was huge.
But they are a very rare species and not such cunts like yellow jackets. European Hornets are peaceful to humans unless you annoy them
That´s sad in their nativ enviroment they get extinct and in the U.S. they going nuts! But this is always the problem with invasive species! Btw. do you want some Racoons or Gray Squirrels in return?
smartacus88 You’re actually right. There are less and less European hornets here in Western Europe. But what we DO have more and more here are Asian hornets, which is much worse than the European ones. They attack and eat honeybees, and are very aggressive towards humans. But this summer, it was mainly the yellow wasps that were everywhere, millions of them. I wish they’d all go away, except the Honeybees.
The Asian Hornet is cool too
Yes it is strange, In the UK the European hornet is particularly rare, and usually quite a sight as it's contrast in size to our native yellow jackets is somewhat significant. There is no shortage of those bast*#£'s however !
I like the wasp that pushes his friends in like, yeah we suck. lets all die together, drink the coolaid!
:40 ladybug walking over to the sound of marlon brandos "the horror"
"hey everybody here is dead!" "DAMN! , must be some good shit. Let's go get some. "
Asmr: catching yellow jackets
Even flies
"Hey look a pool full of my dead sisters... Let's drink from it!"
Thanks Fred! Gonna try this tomorrow
Catching the queens in the spring has helped my yard tremendously! That is the key. I caught 3 this past may. I have only seen a few yellow jackets in my backyard this year. Good idea for a trap!
Hornets and houseflies, that’s a good trap right there
Thank you for this invaluable tip. I’m sharing this with a friend in Alaska who is having trouble with yellow jackets.
They die as comrades
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Yes
You're literally everywhere
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Probably should've put some baby oil on the rim so they'd slip in.
I think silicone spray would be better, baby oil would collect dust.
ffjsb or that WP-40 thing
@@mememaster9393 That's what I used to fight them back when i had to remove nests from around the restaurant I worked at. Just hit-em with WD-40 and they near instantly die. It blocks oxygen from getting into the bugs and because of their high usage they suffocate within seconds
@@panzerwolf494 Paraffin works too!
I had a wasps (England), yellow jackets (US) in my garden last year. Honestly, they were no problem. They took out a lot of garden pests. But I understand the concerns from parents with kids. The Asian hornet is still rare in England, which we need to control to keep our honey bees safe. Thanks for the tips on how to control these species. 👍
I will do this today. Thanks!
Wonderfully narrated ... considering the subject matter. ✨🏆✨👍🏼💕
Tanks a lot for that very usefull video, will definitly try this out. I noticed the same kind of insects flying around in my yard, in France, and me not being particularly versed in beekeeping, this will help me a lot to "clean out" my garden because i've noticed that the bushes that both these yellow jackets and hornets visit are deserted by bees. The 50°f tip is also a big step in making sure i don't accientally kill the very few bees we have there. Again ,thanks a lot.
Perhaps more than any other insect, wasps are badly in need of a change in public opinion. As well as having fascinating lives, they are extremely important in the environment and face problems similar to those of their cherished, but often no less annoying, cousins the bees. As the summer approaches its end, many will wish for it, but a world without wasps would most certainly not be a better place. They may not make honey, but nonetheless wasps have just as fascinating social lives as the celebrated honeybee. Vital role Wasps are also just important in the environment. Social wasps are predators and as such they play a vital ecological role, controlling the numbers of potential pests like greenfly and many caterpillars. A world without wasps would be a world with a very much larger number of insect pests on our crops and gardens. As well as being voracious and ecologically important predators, wasps are increasingly recognised as valuable pollinators, transferring pollen as they visit flowers to drink nectar. It is actually their thirst for sweet liquids that helps to explain why they become so bothersome at this time of year. It's time we stopped asking "what is the point of wasps" and start to appreciate them for the ecological marvels that they are.
"Look at all these dead wasps!" *Continues to drink and fall in* "Let me use them as a raft"
Lol! That Gangster wasp someone mentioned literally pushed 3 to their death & proceeded to drink! What an absolute prick/punk! I hope it died too! Serves it right!!!
@@orlandojohnson5742 Yes!
Thank you for this interesting tip. I have used another formula this last Spring (Sardinia-Italy) to catch the queens at their first flight, so to avoid them building more colonies, but the formula attracted also the butterflies and his is no good. I certainly try this one and see if it works here. In fact, in my experience, I found out that insects, which are not at all stupid as someone can think, have indeed different tastes, probably depending on different food they find in different areas of the world. in the rest of Italy they are fond of beer and sugar and this formula attracts them perfectly. In Sardinia it simply does not work because they are fond of spiced red wine. Alas, butterflies seem to like it very much as well. Wretched wasps do love my grapes in the vineyard. I need getting rid of most of them, also because I am planning to start beekeeping and I don't want them around. I will try this formula immediately! Btw the trap I used is called TapTrap and is a very simple but effective one. I will try both traps with same formula to see which works better. Thank you!
I used to live in Pescara. The hornets there are no joke. They are literally the size of a clipper lighter, sound like a helicopter and they have dirty yellow and black stripes the width of a finger. I ran so fast the first time I heard one flying-terrifying.
Fantastic vid.. thanks for sharing this method. Much appreciated. 👌😎👍😁
Those are pretty miserable to be stung by. Great idea it appears. Thanks!
Your method and other open-feeding methods like, with meat, are so much better that those plastic store-bought ones, and less expensive too. I regularly catch 200 or more per day using a chicken bone with a little meat on it.
The homemade traps certainly do work nice.
thanks for sharing the knowledge
This works to trap fruit flies in your house as well, though apple cider vinegar diluted in water with a drop or two of Dawn is all it takes.
I used a method to get rid of some very nasty ants (a technique which I learned from a nearby monastery, since they used it but for wasps so that their bees could be safe), which is basically taking some boric acid, mixing it with sugar and water, and leaving it around their trails. It takes a while to kill workers, that way they can take the substance back to the nest, feed it to the queen, and bam! Dead colony! The monastery used a mixture of meat+boric acid, which has a similar effect as the mixture that I made.
"Jimmy, I think you already drank to much for today, let's go home... Jimmy?"
Thanks for sharing this. I have 6 hives and have issues with EU hornets and yellow jackets every year competing for the sugar water i put out. I will definitely try this.
Big help. Thank you. We have seen an increase in yellow jackets the past few years.
Ridiculous.. same here in Central CA
Thank you so much for this information. I am in Somalia and having a hard time fighting these bee yellow jackets. I put mouse trap clue on a board and smack them with it as they fly by the bee hives, but your strategy is much better I see. I will try it. Awesome 👌
Thanks man I have a pear tree wasps are attracted to this year, and I've tried using chicken, pineapple juice, haven't worked as well as the apple juice. Don't even need to set up a bottle trap and this is the most effective method. Today I've noticed these giant european hornets with red heads, one got caught. It is much bigger than a black hornet.
I love how at minute 00:48 the yellow jacket comes along and bites 3 of his friends on the butt while they are drinking and startles them to the point that they fall in to their deaths! I love it! I wish he’d go all the way around the rim of the bowl and do that to all of them! I clapped and cheered and laughed so hard when they fell in, that I almost peed my pants!!
Thanks Fred....put two traps out when I left there were yellow jackets drowning no honey beez. I used raspberry jam. It's going to rain all week so I put the traps under cover. Hope I got the one that stung me yesterday 😊😂
A much longer video of the same bowl would be greatly appreciated.
Wasp: "Everybody's dead for that juice. It must be freaking good. Ok let's have a sip!"
That was a beautiful sight!
This does put a smile on my face
I use mountain dew and dish soap.
It's beautiful, I looked at this for 5 hours now
Thx for protecting the bees
Wow! Awesome! Thanks for sharing!
You're welcome Lynda :)
Good one. You might like to try placing a board about 10cm wide across the top of the bowl, with fish or other yummy wasp bait on the underside. Wasps will land on top, walk under to eat their fill, then as they dip down to take off, they go for their last life's adventure.
1:22 that lady bug bottom left corner.. "fml"
...you have the most soothing voice...
Very good work sir.
When one flew by I heard it in my headphones and my face feels like death
Yeah, there needs to be a warning/ disclaimer for us using headphones to watch these kind of videos. It sounds like a wasp/ hornet is RIGHT IN YOUR FACE OR ON YOUR EAR. I almost jumped 3 feet off my sofa.
@@roadrocket7 mmm crunchy
No insects were harmed during the making of this movie.......
true, very very true...
On the other hand bunch of devils were drowned
Time flies when yer having fun😉😉😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
Right now I’m on a journey as we had European hornets move in 2 days ago in our oak tree. I certainly love your concept.. I have had wonderful results using boric acid for mice and rats. I’m pondering using it in the mix....I’m going to give it a try. Also getting a mix of canola oil and dawn/fabuloso to spray the outside bark. I had them in my BBQ shed and painted it with used motor oil in the Fall and they haven’t bothered it since nor been back but I’m not putting that on my live oak tree. Thanks for your video, I’m giving it a thumbs up....
0:49 wasp literally became a traitor lmao
impostor :D
W among wasps: imposter
I have noticed a big overabundance of yellow jackets also and have been looking for a good way to kill them off. Thank you for your timely video and instructions. There seem to be a lot more grasshoppers than usual also but at least they don't Sting.
At least our chickens are nabbing the grasshoppers that are low enough for them to get.
Nice I can see you've caught wasps, flies and a hornet
Thank you. I'm going to try this.
I do the same thing for fruit flies, but with a bottle neck. I put Saran Wrap over the opening and poke a hole through the center. They climb in, but never out.
Thanks for explaining what the soap is for! It's used in fruit fly traps, too, but I never understood why. Guessed it was so the sides of the jar/glass would be slippery.
You are so welcome!
Breaks the water tension so bees drown
@@BK-dy8jk *wasps
Detergent breaks the surface tension and allows the water to cover the spiracle and get inside the insect's respiratory system. Without detergent the water beads up and cannot enter.
Yes, I'll be using this! Had a real problem with weak hives this fall. Lost most of my bees. Probably, other things like mites but, I was unable to help because of health issues.
Why is this so satisfying?!
ty for this, I live in senior fed. subsidized housing and they will not get rid of foliage and stuff that attracks these things, so they are so thick, you can't walk out of your ground level place and there's only 20 units here without walking into something flying, either the wasp, hornet and some bees, and the yellow jackets are mainly through the grass. We wanted an industrial type of spraying, but they won't do it, and yet many of us are allergic and so afraid of these things, they go make nests in our cars at the sunroof, and anywhere metal is, or the coves or our outside where we sit on our ground level porches, we can only spray so much raid, but they're up in these coves outside of each unit, they spray alright but they don't get very many, this looks like a pretty good way, I'll try it.
Wasp Logic : if thou seest many dead mates piling up within a cauldron of sweet tasting candy juice, fear not, O bravest one - jump on in and drink merrily for life is no more worth than a good drink on a hot summer day. Wasp : Aite, Ima head right in.
A shop vac full of water with the tube and a long hose, with the mouth of the hose at the top edge of the trap, flick it on to suck up strays. Also would help your trap to have a transparent dome shaped top with three large side openings, that way if they feed and take off the may bounce back down into the trap.
Great idea. Gonna try this.
Agian this is another helpful video! I have a idea, to feed only during cool weather to keep honey bees out a guy could build a lid operated by one of those greenhouse automatic temperature cylinders which you could design so that as the temperature warms up in the mid morning the gas cylinder would close the feeder. Then possibly add alittle something to the liquid that would shut down the wasp's like a few drops of undiluted roundup... just a thought
0:35 Even Hornets are like "Arghpflfplff, go away, go away." Seems like reactions to wasps are the same for every species.
Lmao at :50 !!!! Thanks pal ya knocked us in the drink!!!!😁🤣🤣
Nice job!
yellow jackets eat caterpillars and the moths that lay eggs on your veggies that make caterpillars. Depending on your climate they will keep hunting the preferred prey until there is no more insects available. Then they have to hunt for fructose sources. Obviously their choices for nest locations can cause a problem sometimes. Had one the size of a football in a wood frame shed one summer. Hard to even mow the lawn next to the door on that shed. Watched a stellar jay pick a nest apart standing upside down. Was a very early nest with few if any workers yet.
Thank you.
Thanks for sharing.
Should’ve put a bigger bowl 😆 especially for that one big one that was drinking like it was his personal fountain