What is the best bait for a yellow jacket trap?

What is the best bait for a yellow jacket trap?

The foraging yellowjackets need the protein in order to feed their young. Canned white chicken meat is a very successful protein bait, preferred over pet food and fish. In the late summer and early fall, the yellowjackets prefer sweet baits. Sweet drinks like sodas or juices are effective.

What can you use to attract yellow jackets?

Since yellow jackets are pollinators, they can be drawn in by anything sweet smelling, such as a can of soda or juice cup left outside. They may also be drawn to perfumes. Yellow jackets are more attracted to gardens than flowers.

Are yellow jackets attracted to vinegar?

This vinegar, sugar water and banana mixture will attract yellow jacket wasps. It is not as attractive to honey bees.

How do you attract a yellow jacket trap?

Pour ½ cup of water into the bottle. Add the sugar and shake the liquid until the sugar dissolves completely. Once the sugar is dissolved, add the apple cider vinegar and shake well. Add the banana peel (decaying fruit attracts yellow jackets), and then more water until the bottle is about halfway full.

When should I put out my yellow jacket trap?

Putting yellowjacket traps out in the spring is a worthwhile activity (see tips here), although in my experience the queens are not as attracted as the workers to the bait in the traps. However, even if you only manage to trap a few queens you have eliminated a few nests that you won’t have to deal with later.

What do you put in a bee catcher?

Place a piece of lunch meat or a small hunk of hamburger inside your trap in the spring. Use a few inches of sugar water, water with jam, soda, fruit juice or another sweet liquid in the summer and fall months. Add a bit of vinegar to the mix to keep bees out of your trap.

Does apple cider vinegar attract yellow jackets?

Once the sugar is dissolved, add the apple cider vinegar and shake well. Add the banana peel (decaying fruit attracts yellow jackets), and then more water until the bottle is about halfway full. The yellow jackets will be more interested in the watery, sugary concoction than you and your food.

Does sugar water attract yellow jackets?

You can use juice, soda or simple syrup (sugar dissolved in water) to entice the yellow jackets to the trap. You can also use water laced with dish soap, although the wasps may not be as drawn to the trap without a sugary enticement.