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Use a Milk Jug for Trapping Yellow Jackets

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Date: 09/03/2008 Topics: Gardening > Pest Control | Pest Control > Bees & Wasps | Photos > Pests  
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Use A Milk Jug For Trapping Yellow Jackets
Use A Milk Jug For Trapping Yellow Jackets
I saw this tip in "Country" magazine years ago and use it every year to trap yellow jackets and hornets. I have this one hanging in the grapevine. The yellow jackets like the apple juice better than the grapes. Lures them right in and they can't get out.

Take a gallon milk jug and cut an upside down V shape in the side 2/3 way up on the jug. Press the tab in. Pour fruit juice ( I use apple) 1 inch deep into the jug. Put the cap back on the jug and hang. Insects enter through the hole and can't get out.

By Betty from North Carolina
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By Betty (Guest Post)
The milk jug trap with apple juice in it will attract and trap Japanese hornets, black hornets, moths, fruit flys, yellow jackets and lots of house flys. The grapes are all gone now but I still have 2 traps hanging on the outside post as I found it is catching so many pests. The more it stinks, the more it attracts but I do empty them out weekly and change the juice. That's when I have seen how many different insects were caught.

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By Kerri T. (Guest Post)
It works for flies, too. Best bait for flies is a bit of raw meat. Fish heads, fins, tail,. Raw hamburger. Meat trimmings. Doesn't take much. Just don't hang it near your door. Smells bad! The flies WILL find it. For disposal, dig a hole in the garden, pour them in, cover. Refill jug, rehang.

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By dietvanilla (100) Profile Contact
Also a great tip a friend gave you know those fat bumble bees that hang around your porch and stuff. Well if your porch and roof is made of wood look around for any small holes then stuff the hole with a piece of cotton and the bee will leave. It does work.

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By Allison5 (134) Contact
For flies, try www.fliesbegone.com -- the traps get loaded with flies within a day. Very gross, but it works.

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By Anna from Maine (Guest Post)
Would this work for Japanese Beetles? They are destroying my grape vine, plum tree, string bean plants and potato plants. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
asellars AT roadrunner.com

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By Cindy in Texas (88) Contact
What a great tip. This is one I must try. Thank you Betty.

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I like this idea. My mother in law tried the water in a bag for flies. It didn't work.

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By theseamstress (620) Contact
I wonder if that same idea works for pesty flies too? I think I'll try it. Thanks!

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