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Old 07-08-2006, 03:50 AM posted to rec.gardens
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Default Wasp problem
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What do you use as an attractant for the yellow jackets. I bought two
traps and used some stale beer in them, but they didn't seem
interested. They come to your hamburger pretty quickly, but that
leaves a mess in the traps (joke).


During the Summer yellow jackets are mainly meat hunters...they feed
insects to their larvae and in turn the larvae turns that into a liquid
diet for the adult. Towards the end of the Summer, their diet changes
from mainly proteins to sugars since for the most part they quit raising
new broods for sustaining the current colony. Early Spring, sugar such
as soda and juices can help catch the early queens...you might try
canned cat food or tuna fish during the Summer, but it can get to be a
mess and then once again back to soda and juices after mid August.
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Lar

It is said that the early bird gets the worm,
but it is the second mouse that gets the cheese.
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