Will any of these types of hanging "nests" deter yellow jackets?
1827178
Not sure about yellow jackets but since hanging one of these I have not seen a wasp or bee around my house. They used to be plentiful around here. I have ordered several of these as gifts for neighbors after they comments on mine.
1827179
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...
130906
Many of the feeders that use gravity to fill attract bees. I have about 4 separate feeders this is the ONLY ONE that is not attracting the Yellow Jackets that appear in August in my area. I have year-round Hummers in Washington State and I am buying another one of these. My other feeders are useless until the bees go away. Do invest in a tiny bristle brush for the feeding holes the rest cleans up by hand.
1862661
They hang very nicely on each side with no nesting. I love mine - I actually bought two.
48431
We've had lots of yellow jackets this year and much earlier than usual. I bought this double chamber one from Amazon and had a smaller single chamber (model YJTR-SF4) that I bought from Home Depot last year. For some reason, the yellow jackets like the HD trap better. Maybe it's easier to crawl into or something. I've emptied it twice already. I've even swapped locations, doesn't matter - more go into the SF4 model whereever I place it. I replaced the lure with 10 week lure and it's really bringing them in.
2034082
Static cling. They last for a "season" (migrating birds are most likely to get in trouble with unfamiliar windows than your "regulars". I preplace mine each fall. And leave them for a year. They really help. If you have hawks, there will still be the infrequent incident as birds scatter quickly from the hawk, but they help in most "dangerous" conditions.
736194
Yes, just not from the straps, pick the nest up from the base. and obviously, be gentle about it.
1954432
Hi Susanne, Birder for over 50 years. I bought two of these houses for my wrens and chickadees hoping they would nest. The Wrens checked them out seems they do like them. I purposely kind of hid the house so they be protected and not seen by predators. Well to get to your question have not had opportunity to observe their nesting's, darn I love the little guys.
1481974
I did't hang them anywhere, I followed the instructions only, and put both egg cases into the 'habitat' sack. I placed them on a sunny window sill and let nature take its course. About the time I began worrying nothing was happening, I found oodles of baby mantis' staring back at me through their 'window'. GOOD LUCK
504537
I am not sure. I bought the netting to keep cicadas off my fruit trees, which it would have done if they appeared in our area (which they ultimately didn't this spring). Wasps are smaller than cicadas so might be able to get through the holes, but the holes are pretty small, so maybe this would keep them off. I just picked our sour cherries and they were remarkably insect free, and the cherries were very ripe, so maybe the netting kept them out. Sorry not to have a more definitive answer for you.
339433
According to the company information it will not deter wasps that have already nested but it does deter any new ones from establishing one. I find this to be accurate from my experience. The drawback is that you have to bring it In from the rain because it's basically heavy tissue paper. Better would be to make them out of a polyester fabric so they can be out regardless of the weather. The posted range is about two hundred feet but I would guess the wasps would have to have really good eyesight to be deterred that far.
1986088
I do not have trouble with bees or yellowjackets getting into this feeder. I hang it from a hook that hangs down from under the eaves. I don't invert it until I'm out there ready to hang it so it doesn't get any nectar on the outside of the feeder.
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Treat their nests directly with Drione to insure long term control. Use Suspend SC, Cyper WP or Tempo WP on decks, overhangs and fence posts in the Spring to stop further nests from starting. A little prevention will go a long way in reducing the amount of unsightly damage caused by carpenter bees.
137377
No. This is made out of plastic. It scares birds; would not deter an intruder. We also bought bird spikes made out of stainless steel. These, too, would not stop a breakin.
882409
I don't know if it would kill yellow jackets. I would use a spray in a can for that so you could put some distance between you and them. It is more of an insect repellent.
1811720
I'd call it more of a deterrent. The birds find it uncomfortable. Works better against smaller birds. I've seen some pretty big woodpeckers - don't know if they'd even notice it!
1293718
If you put these traps out sometime in spring when they start coming around you usually end up with the queen yellow jackets in the traps dead. We now have no nest. Keep them out until the end of the year when the're no longer around. Works great for the beheaded wasps, flies, nats...does not work for mud wasps
1954433
Hmmm I'm not sure about this. I hung three of them up in and around our property and because birds in the wild will build their nests ANYWHERE, I figure they surely ought to be able to make this custom-built HOUSE work for them. I think it's more or less, up to the birds themselves to build the sticks and twigs INSIDE of this structure so as to hold their little ones.