Bowhunter. This is not dumping chemicals. The active ingredient is the same as the drops folks put on their dogs against fleas and ticks and we use a 1/4 teaspoon full or 3 drops in a can of chicken of which most will get disposed as ya run out of yellow jackets in a day or so with still chicken left in the tin. They would dump a greater volume f chemicals into the person that went to the Er for multiple yellow jacket stings.

Can not order it in Indiana apparently with out a kill bug license. They are getting bad it's time for them to go.

I've been fighting the yellow jackets and hornets for my fruit. I got stung twice by yellow jackets and twice by bald faced hornets last week. I have 4 little pockets of necrotic tissue to remind me of them. I'm going to nuke them as soon as I get the poison and proactively nuke them from now on.

Keith

Was my plan also. But...

Sharon:
We're in the woods in Bigfork, up against the Swan Range. The yellow jackets were so bad, it was impossible to eat outside and I wouldn't even feed the dogs outside. In just a little patch of woods I'm thinning, I hit 3 big nests. I had to leave for a week and before I did, I put out 5 traps with the Taurus SC, following the posted video instructions. Yes, I did have to buy a 20 year supply, but we had a real problem I wanted to get rid of. In the two weeks I've been back, I've seen one yellow jacket. Prior to that, we were having 3 or 4 a day getting into the house. I'm sold!

I found a place that shiped it to me. My wife bought 12.5 store brand chicken. I removed some to get closer to 10.5 oz drained 1/2 tea spoon tarus mixed put in cage and set out in to places. So far even though there are a lot of yellow jackets they are showing no interest in the bait. Maybe they need names brand chicken or maybe I should not have drained it.

Gene, good deal ! Just saw your post.

I know right where Bigfork is, and the Swan Range is one of my favorites to see and explore. Man what a scene you must have . The road between the Swan and Missions is one of the most beautiful I've seen .

Glad it worked for you.

PF, I noticed the same thing in general. This summer has been so dry that it seemed like they went from wanting protein to sugar/water based sources.

You used the right measuring . The water in the can is good ...because if yours are wanting more moisture than protein, the water can help, plus keep the meat from drying out. I added a bit of water to mine when evaporation took out too much. Also, you don't want to overdose on the bait mix....it can kill the transporters before they have time to distribute it into the nest.

I did notice here too, that they wanted the sugar/water in my hummer feeder more than the bait, though I did get some interest in the bait, but they weren't all over it , as other folks have experienced.

This reminds me of ADC info I learned on controlling carpenter ants. There are times in the year they are more protein based, and other times they only want sugar water. That's why I was told to get both types of bait and see which one they preferred.

I have been wondering if hornets are the same way. This summer has been terrible in historical dryness in all the western hemisphere. Though here still hold up well as to natural moisture from springs and big trees holding it and temps down.

If it doesn't work well now, just set up next spring when the queens start searching, no doubt for protein, and I bet you'll see progress.

Sharon I think your on to something . They have really been swarming my gator going after the spilled bee food. My finger are crossed I will see a reduction in their # tomorrow. I added a few oz of water to rehydrate the bait.

A week ago we cut up some watermelon that were bad on the vine and put them out for my bee's. A few honney bee's got on it but the yellow jackets had them covered. Also supporting they are after sugar now.

At my hunting club we mix Seven dust with pancake syrup. No evidence that it works. Seems like a grape drink draws them the best.

I won't use anything that will attract honey bee's. It's hard enough for a new bee keeper to keep them healthy.

Shows to me they too are wanting the water/sugar .

If honeybees were not attracted to this too, your have those hornets cold. So would I.

I love honeybees. They are my favorite insect. They make the world go round.

What is so good about this meat based bait, is that it makes a nice exception of bees, who aren't interested in the meat.

see my post about substituting apples for chicken.

I have found many nests this summer with the bushhog. Once I find the nest, I pour a quart to a liter of used of cheap vegetable oil down the hole. Kills the nest fast!

Bush hogs should be called Yellow jacket nest detectors. Those things work real well at finding them. The tricks to get rid or the yellow jackets before finding them with the bush hog. I found it was a whole lot less irritating doing it that way.

Trapstickman has located two yellow jacket nests so far on his property recently and has received a total of five stings. He is never happy when he locates a nest.

found one european hornet nest, got 7 stings, if given a choice woul take yellowjackets any day!

Trapstickman is the best He always has adventure .

I am wondering why this bait won't also work with Baldies and those European hornets. I hope so.

I saw a documentary some years ago about them, when they were called Japanese hornets. Same species , just different names. A fascinating part of that movie was how the local honeybees handled them when they try and invade a hive. Those hornets are horrible in killing whole hives of honeybees. When the scout lands on the box hive threshold, the honeybees don't mass up and go out to meet it. They mass up inside the entrance and wait. The scout goes in, and begins killing the bees, one bite and they are in half. Soon the whole mass piles on the scout and they literally smother it.

If they go outside on the ledge, the scout cannot be succumbed that way and can escape to fly back to it's nest and report.

The documentary stated that honeybees in this country do not have that adaptation . Instead, as they do with other invaders, they flood outside on the ledge and attack in their way, which doesn't work with the feral invaders. They fly back to the nest, report and soon enough of them go to the hive and kill the bees.

That documentary was sobering in that info alone, much less the electric shock of their sting.

I surely hope the bait that works so well with yellow jackets also does it's thing on Baldies and those terrible European invaders.