Should I put soda (Mountain dew, etc) in the jar if I'm just interested in catching bees? (not wasps) Will it help attract the bees?
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For carpenter bees only, I wouldn't put anything in the jars as it could attract wasps, ants or other insects. The trap works great! Just got home and checked my traps and have another 15-20 bees in the jar and not drilling into my deck anymore. Couldn't be happier. You just need to hang the traps where the bees are and they will find it.
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It is not necessary to put anything into the catch jar if you are just wishing to catch carpenter bees. Only use pop/dish soap if you want to catch other stinging insects. The carpenter bees are attracted by the holes in the trap (they mimic their nesting holes).Tony, Chrisman Mill Farms
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I did not for the carpenter bees. But for yellow jackets, etc. I say yes you should.
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I did not use anything since I wanted to get rid of carpenter bees. Works great for that.
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No, I didn't put anything in mine. Mine has only caught wood bees. Make sure you hang it where it won't swing too much or it won't work.
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I believe they will work with hornets, etc. For bait, I put some sugar water in the bottom and than add a couple small pieces of some sort of protein. I use either bits of bologna or hot dog. I'd think any meat would work.
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I had thought the same thing. I have since read that bees only travel so many miles from the hive. I assume that if everything is organic in this range, so would the honey.
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I'm not thinking it will attract honey bees. Like I said, it did attract deer flies and lots of other insects but most were really small ones. The only large insect that it caught was a butterfly and it actually got away but left a large part of one wing. We used to have honey bees. I'm not sure it's tacky enough to hold a honey bee. And like someone has said, it doesn't put out a scent that would attract them, I'm guessing.
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There's no one thing that attracts all of them. Look on YouTube for some homemade traps. P.S. don't kill bees!!! Bees are our friends.
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In your freezer??? Why would you put it in your freezer? But the answer is no, that's not how it works. The "bait" is a special chemical that attracts the yellow jackets (not bees--bees are our friends!) into the trap. They go up through the hole in the cone in the center and become trapped and die. When it gets full of wasps, make sure that they are all dead, and then empty it into the trash. It is reuseable, although you have to replace the attractant maybe once n the summer. It's just a few drops on a cotton ball.
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I don't think so. I think it has almonds and other yummy stuff in it They almost become addicted to it. It does not attract ants either, I think if I put out something with molasses and peanut butter in it I would have an ant and yellow jacket problem. I do use a "Rat Zapper" for my critters too. It is really cool. I do put a small piece of cracker with peanut butter on it and the deal is done. I dispatched 5 rats in one evening. I think it was a family. I just kept emptying it and before long I had another one. It is great for mice too. I bought it from Amazon too.
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I have no answer to the question of how the bees die in the jar. I can only speculate that they expire due to heat or exhaustion. The are not physically able to climb the glass jar or fly straight up back into the trap. There is nothing needed to put into the jar to catch carpenter bees although I have heard through my customers and through personal experience, that if you stun one of the males and put them into the catch jar, it attracts other bees.Tony, Chrisman Mill Farms LLCWood Bee Gone carpenter bee traps
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We put soda like Mt Dew and about 5 drops of liquid dish detergent in it and it works beautifully It also catches wasps and yellow jackets.
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We have bees here but I have never noticed them flying around the fly traps. Never. Just flies crawling and flying around the traps.
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I have yet to find a dead bee inside, have eaten the granulated pollen for many years and enjoy it however not everyone may have an acquired taste for it by the teaspoon so do recommend you add it to a shake, cereal, or other combination if you have any worries. To me it has energy properties instead of using chemical store bought pills and this is natural.
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They may be different types. Try using several different traps, one with wasp bait, and another with hornet bait and also make some bottle traps using the fatal funnels and fill those with beer.
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I re-filled the feeder 2-days ago and there were small dead flies inside, but I have never seen bees at the feeder. bees fill up at bird bath. the opening is to small for small wrens that fed at my old feeder
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Same thing happened to me also. My husband got one to actually work in a really old glass hummingbird feeder bottle. But as far as putting them onto a soda bottle..forget it. Stuck with 11 more ..would you like them??
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Hi, Carissa: Bees will sit and drink, I haven't found one that they don't find but depending on the bee, have you tried bee catchers? The reason I like it is because you unscrew the bottle, the top lid pops off and it's wide open for cleaning. If you ever find one they don't bother be sure and post on Amazon.
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It starts slowly, but once a few get in the jar it picks up some. I think I caught about a dozen last year and only a couple so far this year. Carpenter bee powder on their real holes might redirect more to the trap, but "a few" is more like it.
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They can help deter them, principally because most bees are territorial, and they don't want to hang around where more aggressive wasps might be nesting. :-) No guarantees, but it seems to have helped out. Also we do put up other bee traps in the perimeters of our yard, which do catch a few various kinds of bees (but not nearly as many as before we put up those fake wasp nets). Last year I did see them available also at Ace Hardware stores here in Spokane, WA...