On Tue, 26 Mar 2019 15:07:17 -0700 (PDT),
scfredv@gmail.com wrote:
The problem you folks are dealing with are wasps and yellow jackets, not honey bees. If you put out a sweet poison you are killing honey bees. Put out a poison mixed in a high protein bait (cat food, obviously). Suspend it somewhere your cats cannot
reach it like from a metal hanger and you will eliminate your problem.
Yellow jackets now come in two varieties, the traditional US jacket
with the bright yellow stripes. They'll eat meat when nothing else is available but they much prefer sweets.
The german yellojacket's colors are much more subdued than US jackets.
They are very aggressive and will attack in swarms They build their
nests above-ground, usually in rotted structures or tree forks. Their
sting is much more painful than the US jackets.
The solution is Fipronil, a long delayed acting insectide that is the
main ingredient in FrontLine cat flea treatment. NOT FrontLine Plus
and NOT dog treatment.
The idea for the long delayed characteristic is so the workers take
the Fipronil back to the queen which is eventually killed.
About 5 years ago we had a horrible German yellow jacket and hornet
invasion. On a jar lid I mixed a bit of ground beef with a single
drop of Fipronil and on the other side I did the same with some honey
and another drop of Fipronil.
Within 3 weeks this area (about 50 acres) was sterile for stinging
insects. It's taken this long for them to start to recover. I'm
already seeing enough of those critters that I'm going to do another
treatment before it gets hot.
John
John DeArmond
http://www.neon-john.com
http://www.tnduction.com
Tellico Plains, Occupied TN
See website for email address
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