I made a trap out of two-liter bottles but they weren't interested because there are too many blooms on the shrubs. While we were at Lowe's on Saturday I saw a display that promised it would keep yellow jackets away. I picked up a package and was loooking at it when another customer came by and picked up a package. We got talking and she said she had come to the store specifically to purchase this item. Apparently her parents have one hanging up and they haven't had any yellow jackets all spring. That was good enough for me to be willing to try it out. I grabbed two packages (for a total of 4). They are supposed to be hung between 6-8 feet off the ground and about 20 feet apart. We have two hanging in the front yard of the duplex - one by our entrance and one by Aunt Marianne's. We also have two hanging in the back - one near our back door and one by the garage.
They just look like big hornet nests. And yellow jackets are afraid of hornets so they stay far away. No chemicals, no sweet and sticky liquids with dead bugs floating in them to deal with. HOORAY! I also know I'm not attracting more yellow jackets to the trap (which I always worry about when I put out bait).
The first day they were up we still saw several yellow jackets flying around, but when I was out today I didn't see one yellow jacket outside of the garage. I don't quite know how to get rid of the ones that are trapped in the garage, but Rob and I figure they will probably die and then we will just vacuum them up. Emily just came over and said she saw one yellow jacket, but compared to last week when she was afraid to get out of her car I think that's a positive result.
Two green thumbs up! I'll have to revisit this over the summer, but so far, so good.
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