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Grandpa Kipp's Sure-Fire Yellow Jacket Trap!
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Posted on 07/01/2014 2:56:00 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion
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To: Mastador1
We’ve used them to gas one of our barns for wasps and we just lit off the whole pack of six. For a small shed maybe just one would do it.
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posted on
07/01/2014 4:36:49 PM PDT
by
MeganC
(Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.)
To: Mastador1
To: Rio
I've used the commercial versions of that - the problem is, although they drown the yellow jackets effectively they also seem to attract every single yellow jacket within half a mile. So rather than one or two in your yard all of a sudden you have a couple hundred buzzing around, making their way toward the trap. And in Northern California, there always seemed to be a limitless supply...
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posted on
07/01/2014 4:46:22 PM PDT
by
Mr. Jeeves
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To: Billthedrill
OK, this is weird but they don't bother me either. No kidding. Yeah, that's weird. Infrequently, they land on my head, and walk around in my hair..I've run my fingers through my hair when after about thrty seconds, and they fly away, but I've never been stung.
I think the last one I shooshed out of the kitchen two days ago, probably road in on my head.. (BTW, I'm in Texas, but I don't have "Big Hair"..I think that is a Dallas thing.)
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posted on
07/01/2014 4:48:55 PM PDT
by
sockmonkey
(Of course I didn't read the article. After all, this is Free Republic.)
To: Rio
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posted on
07/01/2014 5:00:12 PM PDT
by
Bigg Red
(31 May 2014: Obamugabe officially declares the USA a vanquished subject of the Global Caliphate.)
To: Cboldt
Pyramid shapes will sharpen razor blades, repel biting and stinging insects (and poisonous snakes), and attract unicorns. Be derned.
Always wondered why my really good bourbon decanter worked that way too!
To: sockmonkey
They are nasty little punks. The husband and I were sitting outside once in the fall, and one landed on his arm and stung him immediately. He had not made any sort of movement after the landing, either.
One went down my shirt and stung me in the chest while I was in my laundry room. Hurt for about 2 weeks.
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posted on
07/01/2014 5:04:42 PM PDT
by
Bigg Red
(31 May 2014: Obamugabe officially declares the USA a vanquished subject of the Global Caliphate.)
To: aMorePerfectUnion
There’s a trap like this for mice too. Rather than a piece of fish you have a tin can suspended over the water. Spear peanut butter over the can, mouse thinks it’s an easy meal, jumps on to the can, can flips over, mouse falls in water and drowns.
To: Mastador1
i say we nuke it from orbit, it’s the only way to be sure.
maybe a really strong pressure washer or two, or three.
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posted on
07/01/2014 5:27:19 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: Mastador1
If you are going to stick them under the shed, place them in a 3-4 foot long pipe with the end outside capped, so they can still belch out the smoke but contain the sparklers in the pipe, or your shed might burn down.
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posted on
07/01/2014 5:28:24 PM PDT
by
going hot
(Happiness is a momma deuce)
To: aMorePerfectUnion
No mention of "White-Faced Hornets"?
Said to be the worst sting in North America. :-(
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posted on
07/01/2014 5:36:54 PM PDT
by
Does so
("Miranda Warnings" and loss of "Common-Law Marriage" = 2 Big Mistakes...)
To: Does so
Bald Faced hornets. I was on antibiotics for a month after being stung.
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posted on
07/01/2014 5:38:07 PM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: going hot
or your shed might burn down. Roger that, I'm not ready to get that drastic yet.
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posted on
07/01/2014 6:26:38 PM PDT
by
Mastador1
(I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
To: aMorePerfectUnion
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posted on
07/01/2014 6:29:26 PM PDT
by
Skooz
(Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
To: aMorePerfectUnion
Chicken and/or raw bacon work well too.
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posted on
07/01/2014 6:34:07 PM PDT
by
Randy Larsen
(Aim small, Miss small.)
To: Bigg Red
They are known to like breast meat.
They will bite AND sting at the same time.
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posted on
07/01/2014 6:41:32 PM PDT
by
Randy Larsen
(Aim small, Miss small.)
To: Mastador1
Find the nest if you can and early in the morning before the air warms, sprinkle Sevin Dust down the entrance hole. Gone in 24 hours.
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posted on
07/01/2014 6:44:39 PM PDT
by
Randy Larsen
(Aim small, Miss small.)
To: aMorePerfectUnion
Sevin Dust in the entrance hole to the nest will kill them overnight!
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posted on
07/01/2014 6:46:53 PM PDT
by
Randy Larsen
(Aim small, Miss small.)
To: Mastador1
Rabid africanized bees that have made a hive under my shed. County wont touch them and everyone else wants $$$$$ to exterminate.
I, too had a problem until I sprayed them with Liquid Sevin. No more bees.
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posted on
07/03/2014 6:31:06 PM PDT
by
jy8z
(When push comes disguised as nudge, I do not budge.)
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