Homemade traps for hornets and wasps
Argus garden
The trap for wasps and hornets of this brand is a simple design into which fruit juice, beer or syrup is poured before use. After that, the device is hung no closer than 20 m from the nest and away from the location of people. This condition requires compliance in order to avoid insect attacks on humans.
The insects catching the aroma of sweet delicacy penetrate into the tank through a hole specially provided for this, however, the wasps or hornets cannot get back inside. When a large number of individuals accumulate, the device is disposed of.
Wasp Trap SWISSINNO
In a set with this design attached bait for catching hornets and wasps. It is placed in a container, poured with water to the specified mark, after which the mixture is thoroughly mixed. The prepared device is hung not far from the habitat of the pests.
On a note!
It is necessary to monitor the water level in the tank and top up if necessary. Maintaining a certain volume of fluid is necessary so that wasps, flies, or hornets trapped in it will drown.
Mukhoyar
This hornet trap is made from a bottle. A small amount of juice, syrup or other sweet drink is poured into the container. A cut is made in the center of the side into which a trap is installed, equipped with a special hole. On the opposite side, make a few more slots for better distribution of the flavor. Works design in a similar way.
Homemade traps
You can make a trap for hornets yourself. She will look like trap for wasps. For its manufacture using an ordinary plastic bottle. It is enough to cut off its upper part with a stationery knife so that a kind of funnel is obtained. After which it is inserted with the neck down into the container. And in order for insects to fly to the trap, a sweet bait is poured into it (the same syrup, slightly fermented compote or beer).
With an excessive number of insects, traps for wasps and hornets are set around the perimeter of the site, away from the paths that people walk.For a large area will need several such devices.
As stinging pests accumulate, traps are replaced with new ones, since it is not safe to clean the devices: a bite is likely. If there is nothing to replace the filled structures, then you can protect yourself at the moment of cleaning the trap using an insecticidal aerosol. It is enough to splash the composition into the tank so that the individuals in it die. And only then it is possible to open the structure and shake out its contents.
On a note!
For maximum results, the sweet bait is mixed with insecticidal preparations: Aktara, Karbofos or Delta Zone.
Instead of a bottle, you can use a glass jar, the neck of which is twisted with a lid. It is necessary to make a hole in it, turning the sharp edges down. Such a hornet trap with your own hands will be no less effective, and will not require additional investments at all.
A glass jar can also be used when it is necessary to catch a hornet in an apartment. Should not make sudden movements and seeks to kill the insect.It is enough to wait until it sits on any surface and just cover it with a can. Then, having carefully closed the neck with a lid, to release the "uninvited guest" to the street.
On a note!
If you need to get rid of wasps or hornets in the apiary, then as a bait it is better to use kvass or beer, which is not so attract the attention of honey producers.
What you should know
The probability of settling the site with wasps and hornets will be low if you start catching predators in late spring or early summer. In this period, only winters and individuals from the new brood begin moving. And if in time to get rid of them, then no one will threaten the owners of the summer cottage.
However, it should not be forgotten that in small quantities insects do not pose any threat, but on the contrary, are excellent pollinators of plants. Therefore, in the absence of a special need, they should not be destroyed.
Reviews
Homemade traps really work. He made them himself and put them in the yard. Only as a bait I used honey. The wasps rather quickly smelled the flavor of the treat and, having decided to treat them, were inside the bottle.
Nikolay, Odessa
I also decided not to waste money and built traps from plastic 5 l bottles. Such devices do not need to be too often cleaned from stray wasps. And so that the pests do not annoy or fly into the house, it is advisable to find their nest and get rid of it.
Vasily, Sochi