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During hot dry summers when yellow jackets interfere with raspberry picking, I have found a 5 gal bucket, water, a pint of crushed raspberries, 1.5 T of liquid dish soap and a cup of sugar hold the answer. The trap is crude but alluring to yellow jackets. Put the crushed berries, soap, a gallon of water in the bucket. Place the bucket where yellow jackets seem plentiful. They go in, get a little soapy water on them and drown. If you get more than one or two curious honeybees in the trap - ADD water. Bees won't be attracted to a weak solution. The traps have lasted until first frost or when the bucket is to full to drown more. I usually allow the yellow jackets do their work eating insect pests until they start eating the raspberries. By then most pest populations are dying off. Pat Mulligan z 3 Palmer Alaska Keep your kids safer online with Windows Live Family Safety. Help protect your kids. |
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