Wasp and Yellow Jacket Traps Just in Time for Summer!!

I went to a friends house and was talking to her when I happen to mention I was having a bee problem. She said she use to have a bee problem, till she started making her own Bee Traps. Well I had to see them so I could make some, and then I just had to stop and tell all of you how to make your own also!

First off keep those old plastic soda pop bottles! I know another save it project. Each bottle will make a quick and easy trap!

Cut the top of the bottle off just above where the label is. This gives you two halves one is a funnel shape the other is like an oversize vase. Next punch 4 holes in the top of the bottom part just near the place where you cut off the top. tie 4 long strings to the top of the bottle, one in each hole and then tie the strings together to form the hanger. Take the funnel shaped part and face the neck of the funnel down inside the bottom part. so you have it inside the bottom and the cut edges are even. Staple them together. Thats all there is to making the trap. Now you need to add sugar water to the trap to attract the bees, or a little sweet drink (diet drinks do not attract them very well) Place them about 50 feet from where you have the bee problem so it draws them away from the area you wish to keep clear of bees. I placed a piece of netting from a orange bag over the bottle to keep a hummingbird from finding its way into the trap! just something that the bees can get through.