Cinnamon Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 I can tell you that the Lakeland Wasp Attractant,put into a wasp catcher,really,really works Catches a fair few flies too,although the wasps are my main concern - they have been out in force this past week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 Thanks. I have six home made traps around the beehives baited with fruit juice,jam,mushy fruit and cat food. Cheap as chips and catch hundreds. The lakeland version might be more attractive around an outside seating area though. No body would eat in my garden if they had to share the table with my traps ......yuk ....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyChickenLover- Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 Not too many wasps here but certainly a lot of flies. Don't really need a fly catcher though, chickens just eat 'um . Flat cola with the top of the bottle cut off is a cheap alternative. The wasps are attracted to the sugar and fall in, but can't get out again because the coke makes their wings wet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted July 26, 2010 Author Share Posted July 26, 2010 Mine ignored coke,Dr Pepper & lemonade,even laced with syrup, but the Lakeland stuff had an almost instant result. This time of year they should be looking for proteins rather than sugars,which is why cat food & sausages can lure them in,but this pretty coloured liqued is much more pleasing to look at & smell It also has the bonus of being unattractive to Bees Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abwsco Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 I "think" I've only seen one wasp this year so far. Not many bees either though And before you say anything Sarah I don't want yours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 Same here for wasps Every type of bee imaginable in my garden (they love my borage ), but can't recall seeing a wasp this year, there must have been one or two though, just haven't seen them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jess1merlin Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 I put some sultanas out for the young blackbirds a few days ago and in no time they were covered in wasps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donald Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 Hi Someone recommended this to me! Am going to order one. We have been plagued and they are not yet got fruit drunk so at least they are friendly at the moment Donald http://www.amazon.co.uk/ExecutionerTM-Swat-Mosquito-Swatter-Zapper/dp/B000MU2MJA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted July 27, 2010 Author Share Posted July 27, 2010 I have also ordered this .....THE WASPINATOR, which I have heard very good reports about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 Oh Cinnamon send it back. It's basically a pretend wasp nest. I have a friend who tried it in her apiary and the wasps sat on it in between forays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted July 27, 2010 Author Share Posted July 27, 2010 I will give it a go first - the wasps around here are terribly thick A neighbour has used it with great success - in fact that may be part of the problem in my garden at the moment...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 We had a wasps building a nest in the side passage just before we were going away! Knocked it down into a box + it seems to have done the job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 Here's another idea pinched from a beekeeping forum A mouse/rat trap with a dollop of jam on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 How does that work OSH? I can only see a flat tray with jam on it! How does it kill them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 It's a mouse/rat glue trap. You put an amount of bait in the middle and the glue does the rest. If glue can halt a rodent it sure can immobilise a wasp. You can buy the pre-glued paper traps,they are not expensive, but for an even cheaper option you can buy a tub of rat glue and make them yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluekarin Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 I bought a couple of waspinators but they don't seem to be doing much as we still have loads of wasps in the garden - I will try blowing up a balloon in them to see if that helps by keeping their shape better. Actually, it seems to be really early to have so many, as I am sure its closer to September that they all start coming our to sting, er, I mean play. Its a good idea with the mouse trap, but much as I don't like wasps, I lthink the idea they starve to death on a sticky bit of card really horrible I wish there was some humane way of deterring them from gardens, without harming them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted July 30, 2010 Author Share Posted July 30, 2010 Reading the Waspinator blurb,it says that they won't work if there is a nest with a queen already in the vicinity. I must say that my one does seem to have had an affect That said,the 3 wasp traps I have in the trees,full of the attractant are full every evening Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essexgary Posted August 2, 2010 Share Posted August 2, 2010 Hi all, re the rat glue thing - how come bees don't get stuck to it? I was thinking of using it next to my hives but cant figure out how I would keep them away... Gary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 2, 2010 Share Posted August 2, 2010 Urm, I just wanted to quickly say that I was quite surprised to find this thread. As on so many of the other threads I've seen people post this and that about how bad animal cruelty is, yet here is everyone discussing how to best go about killing another living being, like it's acceptable because it's smaller. I'm not saying this for a reaction I am just genuinely and honestly as surely cruelty is cruelty no matter the size or species of a living creature? That is all, please feel free to ignore my ramblings... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted August 2, 2010 Share Posted August 2, 2010 Haven't seen a single wasp yet, but the plum tree is laden with fruit and I am sure they will be around soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted August 2, 2010 Share Posted August 2, 2010 Now you come to mention it, C, I haven't clocked any either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted August 2, 2010 Share Posted August 2, 2010 I am just genuinely and honestly Don't be until you see this perhaps? Watch it all. Imagine going down to your hive one morning and finding such carnage. Wasps rob hives and take honey and grubs to feed their young. A lot of us are defending our bees. Are 30000 bees less valued than a few hornets and wasps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 2, 2010 Share Posted August 2, 2010 Don't be until you see this perhaps? Watch it all. Imagine going down to your hive one morning and finding such carnage. Wasps rob hives and take honey and grubs to feed their young. A lot of us are defending our bees. Are 30000 bees less valued than a few hornets and wasps? WOW that was incredible - thanks for that link. I had no idea hornets could do so much damage to a bee colony. Hornets are quite rare in the UK though aren't they? Do you know if our smaller wasps cause the same level of carnage? I still find it difficult to see the line of what is right for us to kill and what is wrong for us to kill, surely it's either all right, or all wrong? I don't know, perhaps it's a question that there isn't really an answer to, or one that changes depending on what species we want to preserve. I just feel that every action has a consequence and that somewhere along the food chain, the balance will be disturbed and surely allowing one breed to flourish could cause another to plunge into extinction and in reality that is no different to discrimination? Don’t get me wrong, I do understand where you’re coming from re the honey and bee situation, but morally I think it’s still a difficult one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted August 2, 2010 Share Posted August 2, 2010 I do think it wrong to kill anything wantonly and I wouldn't dream of any action against wasps in my garden and I can't see why they disturb people so much. I left a nest alone in my wall last year. I DO have traps in the apiary, however. Wasps can cause severe problems to weak colonies. You are right in regarding hornets as relatively rare, they are confined to wooded areas in the south. I once found a hornet nest in a tree in Bushy Park where they let me get close enough to the nest entrance in a tree to get this snap. They are not aggressive unless threatened. The Asian Hornet is the one responsible for the massacre in the link. This very aggressive wasp is already in France but not yet reported here in the UK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyChickenLover- Posted August 2, 2010 Share Posted August 2, 2010 Great photo OSH I would have run a mile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...