How To Make The Perfect Yellowjacket Trap

How To Make The Perfect Yellowjacket Trap
How To Make The Perfect Yellowjacket Trap is a KZbin beekeeping video that shows step by step instructions on how I build my Yellowjacket Trap. This is a whole season trap. Set it, a forgot it. You don't have to get the Yellowjacket out till the end of the Yellowjacket season, and that's when you get a good frost, or freeze. Then simply empty it, and put it up till next year.
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2 frame nuc measurments.
Bottom board is 5"x 21"
Sides 10 1/4 x 19 3/4"
Front 3 1/2" x 8 3/4"
Back 3 1/2" x 9 1/2.......
5 frame nuc measurments.
Bottom board is 9"x 21"
Sides 10 1/4 x 19 3/4"
Front 7 1/2" x 8 3/4"
Back 7 1/2" x 9 1/2.........
Top feeder box
Bottom 10 1/2" x 20"
Sides. 3 1/2" x 20"
Ends. 3 1/2" x 12"......
All of these measurements are based on assembling with 3/4" material such as Advantech...
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[@honestdad8944]

Just made and set out. Only mod I did was cut above the “fat” ring on the coke bottle and made the hole slightly smaller. It created a nice, natural stopping point. I also hot glued the seam. I hope this all works out for me. Thanks for the idea.

[@robertrose3068]

I have them in my porch roof. I got a bug zapper and a 1 hour video here of angry wasps, full volume, laid the phone next to the zapper. I beat on the walls too. 😁 I think it got over 50 in 1 hour. One even went zap-zap-zap-zap for about 30 seconds. 🤟

[@Sabrina-sz6ng]

I'm having the same problem with them in my porch roof!

[@Sabrina-sz6ng]

Yellow jackets are the bane of my existence! 3 years ago i was attacked while cleaning up the yard and stung well over 100 times! Now I'm presented with yellow jackets in the roof of my front porch 🙄 oh and hello from Dahlonega!

[@daniellimbeck3473]

NICE!!! 🏆 Thxs. 4 - Sharing. They 🐝 🐝 have been a nuisance every year. I like it. Also, the illustration was Simply, Simple. Kool to follow. I'm definitely gonna give it a go. I might add low cost 💰 💸

[@duncanjames914]

Thank you for the video. This looks like a great trap!

[@briroc26]

Cut a "×" shape about one inch in the lid and just stick the mouth of the bottle through , no tape no glue and sturdy fit . Takes about 5 seconds

[@johnbush3610]

Perfect timing, went to replace some feeder water this morning and found yellow jackets all over my hive. Ps. Flange

[@tomasjosefvela1]

I love this setup so much I rewatch this video EVERY YEAR!! Thanks for sharing, this trap has helped us especially when working beer tents at festivals, it really gets them away from the beer taps but even in our back yard when playing with the dog or having a bbq, it’s THE BEST!! Thanks for sharing!!

[@brianbrown939]

Great video ! thank you ! Super easy set up and on the cheap. Very effective in eliminating bees. 👍 Great video thank you !!!!

[@pappinr]

Brilliant! Making one tomorrow!

[@strugglingbeekeepermarkcot9642]

I need to make some of those thanks for sharing David.

[@alleyjoy2307]

Works great, thanks!

[@leesetser806]

411 campground is fantastic. Was just there. Thanks for the video, i will be making this trap asap.... Mangy yellow jackets

[@BaneMcDeath]

AWESOME! I am not a beekeeper but I hate these yellow jackets like the plague they are in my yard. I was going to go with a 5 gallon bucket and a funnel but this would be even cheaper and better. Very good. I know the small bottle trick works via same cut top placed on the bottom of same soda container but you can’t trap too many hornets in there. This is my solution so thank you very much.

[@reomarcilo4648]

Tq Friend..Gd Info 👍👍👍

[@ennipumpkin]

I really love what you do, im not brave enough to "bee" around wasps(that was the worst pun i have ever heard) but i really aprecciate that People like you Take care of them. 🐝👍

[@Sirflossington]

It was unbeelievable how bad that was

[@ennipumpkin]

@@Sirflossington i know

[@Sirflossington]

@@ennipumpkin do you get my unbeelievable joke

[@ennipumpkin]

@@Sirflossington oh crap, i didn't even notice it at first lmao, since when did i start beeing So dumb?

[@Sirflossington]

@@ennipumpkin I cant beelive you didn't notice

[@barbarawaters6514]

Great video. Thank you. Good yellowjacket is dead yellowjacket.

[@willvandermerwe9142]

For the mix. Water, sugar and jam. Mix it together and leave it for a couple of days. It works great. 👍🏻

[@quivalla]

I seen an old timer using bacon fat....I never seen so many jackets attracted in my life. It was a bad year. Not sure if you heard anyone using that or if it always works.

[@randybaumery5090]

Chicken , fish, cat and dog food work too.

[@MissAllyson707]

@quivalla do I just plop a scoop of bacon grease in the bin with the sugar water?

[@agirlandhercows501]

thanks for sharing

[@pamc.6237]

So the jackets can smell a hotdog under water? I don't get it. Wouldn't you have to put it above water? How is this trap configured inside when baited? A shot of that would be nice.

[@keithsullivan6942]

I made the flanges a little shorter and just put a few small screws in them.

[@johnsparks007]

Great video you're a good man

[@sidetrack6914]

Thanks for your video. I'll be watching all of them. I am trying to get over my fear of bees and found your page. You are appreciated! a I am not scared of honey bees....It all the rest of the stinging world! It is a debilitating and irrational fear that I'm struggling to get under control.

[@beautifuldurian]

Catch yellow jackets and meat flies simultaneously . 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@heavymechanic2]

I never had much luck using vinegar as directed with those DIY traps, but the Rescue yellow jacket bags are amazing.. Consider dumping the pheromone lure into your large trap, it makes me wonder if it would be better than rotten hotdogs?

[@randybaumery5090]

Pate' style dog food works too.

[@wadebarnes6720]

Instead of having the flanges cut it off even and hot glue it in

[@senatorjosephmccarthy2720]

Good idea, 👍, but leaving 4" of the flanges and gluing those will provide a lot of strength. And sanding the contact surfaces with 60 grit with greatly increase the adherence and endurance of it on the otherwise shiney surface.

[@michaelgibson6166]

Dont mind me, just complaining about how much that tape costs. :-)

[@cooperastro2690]

Froogle wank

[@nenaelliott8058]

If you were losing all your bees and your honey you'd realize a roll of the tape is a drop in the bucket.

[@cooperastro2690]

@@nenaelliott8058 damn yellow Jack's have been menaces this year

[@nenaelliott8058]

@@cooperastro2690I've been staying indoors most of this summer just trying to keep my distance.. but I can only imagine that anywhere there's something sweet or smelly you'll have a good amount of yellow jackets. My comment wasn't aimed at you though. The guy above you was coming about the price of silver tape. ... So I was being my usual sarcastic self. Sorry.

[@cooperastro2690]

@@nenaelliott8058 oh no worries! I knew what you meant I love the sarcasm :)

[@perezv5447]

I wish you would have posted a video of what it looks like with the liquid/ meat inside

[@temijinkahn511]

Wasp queens hibernate over winter. They start to fly at 50 degrees. Get your trap out as soon as your temperature starts to hit 50. The goal is to trap queens and early workers to eliminate the number of potential wasp nests in your area and those that do get established will be weakened as the worker population for the nest is kept low.

[@taraeymundson6383]

Yes wasps are part of the eco-system. A few are OK. But there are way too many here! They seem to be attracted to the underside of the wood sun deck above me? I need to make them go somewhere else!!! I think this trap is so smart, innovative, economical and simple. I will give it a try!

[@gazinta]

Use yellow tape or the lid, and orange sodapop inside parked next to a fruit tree will get many.

[@Vbluevital]

Thank You

[@nenaelliott8058]

Genius 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟🌟

[@davidhaught84]

Thanks Nena!!!

[@drophammer776]

Easiest trap: One, 2 Liter soda bottle of your choice. Cut top part of bottle off where side curves in towards top. Flip cut top upside-down, place inside bottom part of 2 liter. Glue or tape to hold both pieces in place. Pour a little bit of high sugar soda in bottle. Can do same with 20 oz plastic bottles . Remember to place and hang all over in your Neighbor's yard not your own

[@russmaleartist]

Once taped, why not use self-tapping screws with washers or screws with a nut and lock-washers through the tabs?

[@quivalla]

Boom!

[@quivalla]

You should build a complaint box next. Make the complainers feel better.

[@hollikircher5507]

Where do you suggest putting the trap if, at the moment, there isn’t an issue with yellow jackets? How far in front or behind hives?

[@davidhaught84]

I would put it at least 200 feet away.

[@donstanley8514]

We stayed at Carter’s lake in September 2019.beautiful place. Not far from you.

[@billc3405]

I think you have something good. But I feel I will use caulk around the the plastic bottle on both sides last longer be less expensive look better. And no flanges 🤣

[@REDMAN298]

Thnx for the idea. My neighbor got chased away yesterday by yellow jackets. He had a beer in his hand. That`s what I`m gonna try . I`ll get some cheap beer and pour it in. They should be giving away that woke bud light. bwahaha

[@benca6151]

What do you do for small hive beetle control?

[@celestecostello9304]

Thank you for the video it was very helpful since I have a major yellow jacket paper type nest in my open carport and I’m trying to find information how to get rid of it. Because this nest is in my carport and my ducks congregate about 20 feet away, I’m wondering how far away from the carport I should put this great yellow jacket trap and leave it? The ducks are curious and I’m afraid they may go over and start nibbling on the box like they nibble on anything they are curious about. But maybe they are smarter than I give them credit for and they realize the bees should not be bothered, I just don’t know..

[@charleswright8539]

Do they begin entering the trap with fresh hotdogs or bologna, immediately, or do you have to wait for it to begin to rot?

[@christinemcconnell3328]

Great Idea! Does this work for your whole backyard? We have about an acre around our house.

[@jonclemons1421]

Does this bait also attract mud daubers and wasps?

[@beartug]

Is it possible that one of them can escape via the way they came in? I read somewhere that if one escapes it will warn the rest of the hive

[@senatorjosephmccarthy2720]

9: 39. That's my view on it too; if they want to serve a purpose, they will be wise to set up camp outside of my yard and hunting areas. Also, 1/12 that much tape would hold the funnel securely by placing a 4" length across each flange, close to the lid hole. Then trim the extra flange length. Or plastic weld them for almost free. ThanX for showing, it looks effective; I'm going to make one. Please tell those yellow jacket, coyote, and wolf lovers, if they'll leave their address, I'll mail the carcases to them.

[@seven777hearts]

I have a nest of yellow jackets in the soil pipe of my RV. I have sprayed them but it isn't helping. Any suggestions on what to do to get them out of there?

[@gulliver1416]

What about using partially microwaved bacon mixed with the water and pouring in some of the bacon fat with it? Thanks for the video..

[@davidschexnaydre7012]

Do you have a similar trap for mosquitoes? Or would this one work for that? Thanks.

[@JarodShapiro]

Dave you should do some camping vids

[@LadyhawksLairDotCom]

I have leftover 3M aluminum foil tape I used to secure heat tape to the bottom of my snakes' enclosures. This kind of tape withstands heat, so it should do the trick, yes? I suppose I could cut the hole with a soldering pen, but mistakes would be more likely. I could use the pen at a lower temp so it wouldn't get out of control easily. Perhaps we should look for a thin lid so we can use a utility knife, instead.

[@bumblebeetuna2244]

Does putting the meat in the trap keep your honey bees away from it?

[@nursesteve2004]

I saw one where you use the same kind of tote, but instead of using the lid, you just lay a 2x4 length across it with some meat attached to the underside of it. The tote is filled with water and soap about a 1/2 inch from the meat. The yellowjackets land on the meat, take a piece, then try to fly away, they are too heavy, and fall into the soapy water, and drown. wish we had thought of something like that where I used to live as a 2nd grader in Oregon for a year or so.....the place had a BAD yellowjacket problem. I got stung several times and so did my dad.

[@taraeymundson6383]

I just watched the same video, but I thought this idea was good too. My bad experience was grade 9, helping my Dad setting up our huge tent on family vacation. I decided to pound the tent peg into a fallen log. Little did I know that I was pounding the peg right into a wasp nest. Suddenly they were all around my feet. I jumped straight into the air, screamed and ran. My Dad followed and we were both stung multiple times! I still have Post Traumatic Syndrome, LOL, not funny though really.

[@randygreen007]

Just watched Shawn Woods make that trap.

[@Joy14ever]

Same thing happened to me and my young son stacking some bricks against a garage. He tossed one and I got first, then he did by the wasp! We cried because it felt like a LIT TORCH on your skin that kept on burning!!! I didnt realize one wasp could continue to sting multiple times!!

[@tinaboggan2515]

I am so sorry, I can't imagine how much that hurt! I hope you are able to get rid of them!

[@FernvalleyFarm]

You said 4 inches of water , you said add sugar, How much sugar do you put in it ? thank you

[@yeeshatraveller]

How can u make sure the bees don't go in there?

[@stopthismadness807]

Honeybees do not get trapped in that? Thx.

[@neoben00]

Im worried if i make one im going to have to go near that mass of hornets from the last video

[@martywilliard]

Don’t the raccoons and skunks open this up to get the hot dogs? How do you keep them away?

[@garryverniest5893]

If you want to make that tape stick real well and look pretty, rub it down with an old credit it card.

[@putheflamesoutyahoo1503]

Your a duct tape hero!!!! Are those flange size pieces?

[@ChadnRanda]

I pray in Jesus name this works for me!!! Thanks for sharing, I'm so tired of getting stung everything I cut my grass...I have to be the one to do it because my husband is DEADLY allergic

[@mariegrace6762]

not sure Jesus will help, but the trap does

[@randybaumery5090]

@@mariegrace6762 I KNOW that Jesus Christ helps and answers prayer

[@rogerjodoin505]

Hot melt glue. Seems the sun will weaken the adhesive of the aluminum tape.

[@michaelgibson6166]

Are you using your feelings as your facts?

[@rogerjodoin505]

Michael Gibson lol!! Experience.

[@stufarnham]

Hi, David, looks like a good idea. Might work for a fly trap too. Stu

[@ticktock2383]

Heard they love Mountain Dew

[@garydunn3037]

My brother hit on the idea of half filling a bucket with fruit juice, and he caught just about a "Full Nest" of wasps with it. Once they smell the fruit, they head straight for the bucket and drown in there, because they can't fly out.

[@SteveDratwa]

thats the aluminum tape for airducts,,it dont dry out like duct tape an WAAAY better for extreme temp changes,,I was a licensed home remodeler,,KOOOOL

[@paulw2791]

Will this catch red wasps or hornets too?

[@jefferywilliams4533]

Have you had a problem with possums or racoons trying to get into these traps?

[@seedsandarrowsfrontier9224]

#savethehoneybees

[@lastphcm]

They found a third Asian Giant Hornet up her in the Pacific Northwest this past week. I expect there’ll be more. They recommend rice wine in the AGH traps.

[@Larryn7luf]

I am here in Kitsap WA and use to keep bees and have been thinking making a few traps. Wondering about the bait.

[@lastphcm]

Larry Carbaugh I am in Kitsap too. I’ve made no special traps. Just a two liter bottle with the top inverted like a minnow trap baited with sugar water and meat. I’d have to dig for the article where they said use rice wine for AGH, but it is out there.

[@Larryn7luf]

@@lastphcm Have you been a member of the West Sound Bee Association?

[@Larryn7luf]

@@lastphcm Oh, I am in Hansville

[@greendoorinvestments]

skip the tape and try cheap drywall screws

[@bradleywade1372]

Where can you find that tqpe

[@davidhaught84]

Got it at Walmart

[@taral6813]

ok kind sad if we have to trap them ,they kill bees or why we trap them while bee keeping ?

[@gazinta]

They rob honey, and are a nuisance during picnics or while cleaning fish. I don't mind sharing my hotdog or hamburger, but not with a creature that just visited some cow poop.

[@gazinta]

Each bee it kills never gets back to the colony to visit the nurse bees and deposit the pollen it collects.

[@taral6813]

Uncle Reggie am so sad hearing this .so wasp also right .here in australia yellow jackets not so common here but we have wasps so have to be careful ,yet i had wasp hives on my roof many place I lived and they became my friends and never hurt me nor my family . now am about to start bee keeping course in october ,and it is already quite a list learning how to prepare

[@gazinta]

@@taral6813 Yellow jackets are known as European wasps or paper wasps. They're not native to the Americas, and probably came here on a ship hundreds of years ago. Niether are honeybees, though. We brought them here on purpose. Meat bees is also a common nickname for them. The red wasps are highly aggressive. They don't even need a reason to attack.

[@gazinta]

@WaKing Pleb Bruh. Eastern Yellowjackets came from Europe. They weren't here. Lots of bees and wasps were here. HONEY bees are from Africa and Eurasia. Youre watching the history channel. I watch the same TV shows. You prrsonally have never seen those structures you speak of. Archeological evidence would discover ancient beeswax in caves if they were already here. Paper wasps are a little more elusive because theu live underground, and a year after the colony moves on, rainwater destroys the nest.

[@shirleysmith2044]

Flanges - ignore the "stupid" people. Your a big help and smart too. Thank you!

[@tahoe7779]

You mean "you're" don't you? Please don't call others stupid that are just giving good ideas as well. They are "all" good ideas for eliminating nuisance yellow jackets, & most people are thankful for the info. We are all looking for the same end result. Underground bees nests are the worst!

[@cmo0429]

Very interesting set-up. I just don't understand how yellow jackets can fly through a hole to enter/exit a nest, but can't figure out how to fly out of the one in the trap. Any idea?

[@Lazybfarmsllc]

Because they cant see the clear bottle. So they keep trying to exit against the lid where the hole is but cant.

[@randalpowers9785]

Probably the smell coming out of the entrance.

[@davidjones8942]

Also the bottle is a funnel, they get anywhere near the outside it funnels them in but to get out (and some probably do, but most don't) they have to find the little hole...

[@ticktock2383]

No flanges -- just tape all the way around the bottle . . . ?

[@jfoss1974]

That tape gets stickier with heat/pressure. Swipe it with a credit card or a drivers license. It will stick better and completely seal.

[@DaDunge]

And your bees don't get caught in this?

[@christinemcconnell3328]

Seems like duck packing tape would work also

[@tonybivens1945]

I know exactly where the 411 campground is I live on 411 in Madisonville TN

[@billellis3137]

I would think just meat (no sugar) would be best as honey bees aren't interested in meat, only YJ's.

[@toddjean9465]

Watch out man..the bees are watching...

[@thechariotcard]

Why are yellow jackets a beekeepers nightmare?

[@ironmartysharpe8293]

Instead of using that expensive tape You can use a hot glue gun to glue down the tabs or use Gorilla glue or contact cement , They have Gorilla glue that's waterproof and contact cement is waterproof as well and I'll bet it costs less than that metallic duct tape

[@stevenclarke2430]

what a drag just make the hole just st ick the bottle in bit of glue or tape job done in half the time and looking tidy

[@blakelycreative3171]

No results?

[@tonyobarr6540]

Why not just cut the bottle like you said then the like you said an just cut the hole a little smaller then the bottle stick your bottle in the hole an put silicone rubber around the bottle after it sticks you can’t pull it out an save a roll of tape wouldn’t take much silicone

[@gwc3721]

WHERE DID YOU GET THE TOTE?

[@davidjones8942]

Plastic totes are everywhere. Walmart, Homedepot....

[@15halerobert]

Thanks for the info but I’m a tent camper and can’t stand when the generator kicks on to provide a/c. That an’t camping watching TV in the A/C. But no harm meant. Your yellow jacket trap it awesome. It’s industrial in its affect. I don’t want to kill anything for no good reason. They’re all created by our Lord. But I pray the Lord forgive me but all yellow jackets must DIE ‼️

[@magg733]

Trap for asiáticas bees

[@Larryn7luf]

I have seen you make one like this before and wonder why you do not use a hot glue gun? Enjoy your video's

[@wandamanske8667]

How about hot glue gun?

[@bobbydelamar606]

...Flanges...

[@imrelentless9577]

I don’t understand why they can’t go back out? Doesn’t make sense can’t they literally walk right back out? Lol sorry new to this stuff

[@meganmcgowan5798]

Wasps aren't that smart. When you're a creature that has maybe 42 cells that make up your brain and 20 of them are dedicated to sex and 20 are dedicated to finding food, you aren't likely to be called Einstein

[@tahoe7779]

It works, that's all that matters.

[@Majorme2]

Hot glue gun would work also

[@aperson1181]

so you can add jam and cat food?

[@zn4a-pd1jt]

his hand shakes way too much. is he okay ?

[@donalddesnoo5303]

That tape works good under body filler for your car 🙄

[@turdferguson5300]

David you know how there's always some armchair ahole with a different way to do things, I hate to be that guy but... What if you cut every other flange a little shorter so they could go under the lid without pulling all the flanges through the hole. If every other flange was under the lid it would hold it down easily. I made a bunch of these traps from your first video using Harbor Freight funnels and they worked well. I didn't need to tape them down, just pop rivet the tab to the lid. Try this, leave some coke in the can mixed with a small amount of boric acid, drop a stick in the can so they can get out to take it back to the nest. Boric acid will kill in any amount, it will take about two weeks to start seeing a difference but it will kill the queen.

[@truthstands4ever]

I was thinking there has to be an easier way than all that tape, thanks for the additional ideas!