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Grandpa Kipp's Sure-Fire Yellow Jacket Trap!
AOJ Field Notebook ^ | A while ago | Grandpa Kipp?

Posted on 07/01/2014 2:56:00 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion

My grandpa turned me onto this sure-fire yellow jacket eliminator about 50 years ago when I was just a youngster. I've observed its efficiency in removing all the yellow jackets from our campsite in a matter of a single day and before the week was over the entire campground was free of these hostile pests that make camping and other outdoor activities miserable. This method is NON-TOXIC and for the most part pet and wildlife friendly due to the harmless components that are used to build the "system." There are quite a few commercial products on the market to eliminate yellow jackets but this one doesn't cost anything and I can guarantee its an extremely effective way to rid your yard or campsite of the yellow hoards in just a day or two.

You will need the following components:

Plastic dish pan or wash basin. A tablespoon of liquid dish soap, preferably non-scented. 3 sticks about 13 inches long. 2 or 3 tie wires. A 3 or 4 inch piece of wire. 12 inches of string. A piece of raw fish.

Make a tripod out of the sticks and tie wires as shown in the photo. Bend the short piece of wire into a hook shape and attach the string. Add about 1 or 2 inches of water to the dish pan and mix the liquid soap in the water. Stir SLOWLY - you DON'T want any soap bubbles floating on the water. Insert the fish meat on the wire hook. Tie the string to the top of the tripod so that the meat is hanging ONE HALF INCH above the water level in the pan. Do Not get soapy water on any portion of the fish!

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1 posted on 07/01/2014 2:56:00 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

2 posted on 07/01/2014 2:59:02 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion ( "I didn't leave the Central Oligarchy Party. It left me." - Ronaldus Maximus)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion; waterhill; ixtl

Willing to try it....


3 posted on 07/01/2014 3:01:51 PM PDT by Envisioning (It's the Jihad, stupid......)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion; Kartographer

interesting


4 posted on 07/01/2014 3:02:21 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

interesting.....so how does it keep the yellow jackets away I wonder....


5 posted on 07/01/2014 3:02:32 PM PDT by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

Wow! I’m very allergic to yellow jacket stings, so if this works, it would be incredible.


6 posted on 07/01/2014 3:03:49 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion
I have used one like this:

Cut-off top of two-liter bottle inserted back into the lower half. For bait, I have had good luck with Mountain Dew. Can also put a chunk of meat down there. A drop of soap helps drown them quicker.

7 posted on 07/01/2014 3:04:11 PM PDT by Rio (Proud resident of the State of Jefferson)
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

“so how does it keep the yellow jackets away I wonder....

They fall into the water and drown.


8 posted on 07/01/2014 3:04:15 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion ( "I didn't leave the Central Oligarchy Party. It left me." - Ronaldus Maximus)
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
-- so how does it keep the yellow jackets away I wonder... --

It's the inverse or hollow pyramid principle. Pyramid shapes will sharpen razor blades, repel biting and stinging insects (and poisonous snakes), and attract unicorns.

9 posted on 07/01/2014 3:07:32 PM PDT by Cboldt
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To: Rio

I’ve used that; I used a little RC Cola as the bait, with a little liquid soap. Worked great.


10 posted on 07/01/2014 3:08:20 PM PDT by AnAmericanAbroad (It's all bread and circuses for the future prey of the Morlocks.)
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To: Cboldt

Yeah, but you wouldn’t want to turn it upside-down. For one thing, you’d be knee-deep in unicorns.


11 posted on 07/01/2014 3:08:50 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Rio
A drop of soap helps drown them quicker.

I want them to drown slowly and painfully.....LOL.

12 posted on 07/01/2014 3:09:13 PM PDT by Envisioning (It's the Jihad, stupid......)
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bookmark


13 posted on 07/01/2014 3:11:02 PM PDT by mad_as_he$$
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To: Rio

Thanks!


14 posted on 07/01/2014 3:11:10 PM PDT by MUDDOG
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

oh duh lol


15 posted on 07/01/2014 3:12:10 PM PDT by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

So what do have for bee’s?


16 posted on 07/01/2014 3:15:24 PM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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“So what do have for bee’s?”

honey bees? or gigantic bumble bees?


17 posted on 07/01/2014 3:16:10 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion ( "I didn't leave the Central Oligarchy Party. It left me." - Ronaldus Maximus)
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

The Yellow Jackets eat some Fish - get thirsty - drink some water and while swimming drown.


18 posted on 07/01/2014 3:17:39 PM PDT by TNoldman (AN AMERICAN FOR A MUSLIM/BHO FREE AMERICA.)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion
A piece of raw fish.

Hot dogs work quite well.

19 posted on 07/01/2014 3:18:54 PM PDT by Doomonyou (Let them eat Lead.)
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To: Rio

That 2-liter trap will work with flies also if you use a piece of putrifying meat and water as bait.


20 posted on 07/01/2014 3:18:57 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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