How to Kill Wasps the Green Way
Wasps are natural pest killers. They eat other insects around your house, helping you to have less of a problem with other crawlies. The only time they are difficult to manage is if they are getting in your house or are too close to your doors and outdoor pathways. Using pesticides can be bad for your environment, and simply squashing wasps makes them release a pheromone to attract other wasps. You can build a water trap cheaply and safely that will help you reduce the number of wasps around your house. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
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Making a Water Trap
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Cut the top of the two-liter bottle with your knife around where the bottle curves.
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Take off the lid of the two-liter bottle.
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Put jam or peanut butter on the outside of the bottle neck.
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Fill the bottle halfway with water.
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Place the top of the bottle inverted into the bottle. Tape the top in place with two pieces of tape.
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Place the trap in an area with high wasp traffic four feet above ground for best results.
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Remove wasps from your trap daily. The wasps will be attracted to the bait you put on the bottle lid and will climb into the bottle neck, but they will have a hard time getting out and will eventually drown.
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Tips & Warnings
Use a protein-based bait such as peanut butter in spring and early summer, and sweet bait like jam in later summer and fall.
Removing dead wasps from the trap is important. If there are many dead wasps floating in the water, then wasps that enter the trap may be able to float on the bodies.
You can add a few drops of dish soap to the water to make it more difficult for the wasps to swim.
To deter honey bees from entering the trap, you can add 1/4 cup of vinegar.
Make sure all wasps are dead when emptying the trap.
