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Yellow jackets are sworn enemies of mine.  They always seemed to aggravate and pester me as a kid, especially when I was outside enjoying some crabs during the summer. 

 Get rid of yellow jackets by making your area less is to keep pet food and other sources of refined proteins indoors. Yellow jackets, like other wasps, really do enjoy protein, and nothing is packed with more accessible proteins than pet food floating around in a water dish. So, keep your dog’s or cat’s food bowl inside during the warmer months, or find a way to protect that pet food from foraging pests like yellow jackets and other scavenging wasps.

 Make sure awning and siding is properly sealed to get rid of yellow jackets.  Prevent yellow jackets from gaining entrance to the spaces in the siding and roofing of your home and building nests in your home.  Hidden wasp nests are very difficult to remove and may require the services of a pest control professional, but this can be expensive.  You may try throwing boiling water on the nests but be very careful because yellow jackets bite AND sting! Cold weather will eventually kill the colony, and then you can seal the entrance without driving wasps into your home.

 Attracters of yellow jackets: soda cans, humming bird feeders, sugars, proteins, and in this case, apples.  These things should be away from your area or should be sealed in such a way as to prevent yellow jackets from gaining access to the sugar. According to studies, yellow jacket populations with access to large amounts of refined sugars grow far more rapidly than colonies who only have access to their natural diet of nectar and live prey. When outside, especially in the summertime, keep a lid on your drinks and check them first for yellow jackets!!!!

 Mechanical, non-toxic traps are a good way to get rid of yellow jackets. Yellow jacket traps should be put out during the earlier months of the warm season. You want to set the traps before the queens begin their search for nesting grounds.  You will be able to prevent the creation of a whole yellow jacket colony by killing just one yellow jacket queen. Traps set during the first few weeks of summer still should keep yellow jacket populations at a manageable level.

Buy non-toxic yellow jacket traps

Springstar Oak Stump Farms Yellow Jacket & Wasp Trap

• Traps yellow jackets and wasps
• No chemicals or poisons
• Durable and reusable
• Plastic trap with screw on lid
• Easy to clean and maintain.  Yellow jacket remains make an excellent garden fertilizer.

An environmentally sound solution to eliminating summer pests, this yellow jacket and wasp trap is simply a plastic jar with ingeniously designed traps built into it. The trap uses only juice, meat, and an insect's own instincts to kill.  No dangerous poisons or toxic chemicals ared used in this product.

Safer Brand 00280 Deluxe Yellow Jacket/Wasp Trap

Attracts and traps yellow jackets and wasps. Fully-assembled and ready-to-use. Contains a food attractant. Pesticide-free and refillable.

Springstar Oak Stump Farms Yellow Jacket Trap

This is the slim jar version of the original The Oak Stump Farm Yellow Jacket Trap, which safely and efficiently catches yellow jackets and other wasps by baiting and capturing them in a transparent jar.

• This trap is more effective because it lets a few insects escape and return to the nest, they then revisit to the trap, bringing more wasps with them right into the trap.
• Traps are reusable, non toxic and safe for the environment.

Verdant Brands Yellow Jacket Trap Bait – 2 pack

• The yellow jackets get caught in the bait bottles!

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Rescue Yellow Jacket Trap – Yellow Jacket Attractant – Pack of 2

• Perfect for lawn, garden, boating, camping, and farm use
• Effective and responsible
• Scientifically designed
• Durable long-lasting construction
• Single attractant lasts 2-3 weeks.
• No harmful chemicals or pesticides.
• Refills Ace No. 74521
• Clear liquid
• Peggable blister Pack of 2