[Vision2020] Bees

[Janesta]

Very cool! In all my years of living in Idaho, I've heard a lot of
interesting home remedies for pests, but never this one!

Consider it passed on!

Janesta

On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 2:40 PM, Jay Borden <jborden at datawedge.com> wrote:

> Take a shallow pan and fill it with an inch or two of soapy water… (Dawn,
> etc)... enough soap so that it froths up a bit.****
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> Put it near/around your swarm.****
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> Sit a distance back with your favorite beverage and watch the yellow
> jackets fall into the thing… it beats any yellow jacket trap I have tried.
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> When the buggers come in to get a drink, the soap lowers the surface
> tension of the water, causing the yellow jackets to fall into the pan and
> drown.  ****
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> We just came back from camping this weekend from the middle of Washington…
> and used this trick to kill well over 1000 of the creatures over a 48 hour
> period.  ****
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> Makes for good TV in the middle of nowhere.****
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> Jay****
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> *From:* vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:
> vision2020-bounces at moscow.com] *On Behalf Of *Ellen Roskovich
> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 06, 2011 2:15 PM
> *To:* janesta at gmail.com; ringoshirl at moscow.com
> *Cc:* vision2020 at moscow.com
> *Subject:* Re: [Vision2020] Bees****
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> *Not very many berries on the mountain ash this year, so I was hoping
> for a mild winter.  However, the yellow jackets are insane this year.  Never
> have I seen so many nests  and I don 't remember them being so nasty past
> summers.  Got stung numerous times and chased into the house last week.*
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> *Ellen A. Roskovich*****
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> Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2011 12:23:16 -0700
> From: janesta at gmail.com
> To: ringoshirl at moscow.com
> CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Bees
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> An old wives tale, or true?
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> Lots of bees, wasps, and yellow jackets... means you all are in for another
> hard winter!
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> Look at the Mountain Ash trees, if they are pregnant with berries, it means
> the same thing...
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> On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 11:07 AM, Shirley Ringo <ringoshirl at moscow.com>
> wrote:****
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> We've had lots of yellow jackets lately.  Luckily, I found three big nests
> before they found me.  Only one sting so far.
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> Shirley
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "lfalen" <lfalen at turbonet.com>
> To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2011 11:14 AM
> Subject: [Vision2020] Bees****
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> Yesterday I was clearing out some dead bushes and trees from the bank
> behind the house. I ran in to a nest of yellow jackets.By the time I made it
> to the house I had about 12 to 13 stings. Six or so came in the house with
> me. I had a few more stings before I killed them. I stayed inside for awhile
> and watched out the window. The air was full of them. My right eye is still
> about half closed. I do not remember yellow jacket stings bothering me that
> much. These must be some hybrid version.
> I am not sure where their nest is, so I am done with that project until it
> gets cold or until next year.
> Roger
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