ugh yellow jackets invade my dinner tonight

[dis2cruise]

ok eating dinner outside on my patio deck then all of a sudden not one but three yellow jackets are flying all over my food. I can handle one but three and with my luck I would have been stung. So, we grabbed our dinner and ate inside.

Is there a product out there that they are attacted too and then die or something I could make up??

 

[JessicaR]

I hate that too! When we were in Mexico they had small bowls of syrup/honey around the perimeter of the restaurant. Seemed to keep the bees from invading us very well!

 

[The Mystery Machine]

You can buy yellow jacket traps.

Also, as an FYI, I was stung by a wasp twice this week (he was going for a third) and I used the remedy of meat tenderizer on the stinging sites and holy smokes it worked like magic.

The papin (from papaya) in the tenderizer actually breaks down the protein in the poison, sort of like an anti-vemon. You make a paste with water and the tenderizer and apply.

Now DH ran to the store to get me some so it was fresh. Let me tell you, in a matter of 30 mins all I had was a tiny dot where I was stung. This was after I started getting red.

Just thought I would share.

 

[pixiewings71]

We have a yellow jacket trap on our patio. Easy to find, we got ours at OSH or Ace or something like that, they also have them at Home Depot & Lowes.

 

[JerseyJanice]

Those SOBs! I usually take them out with my shoe.

 

[overlyspoiled4sure]

I like to leave a shallow bowl filled with regular mountain dew, a splash of water & a splash of dish soap on the deck. The wasps are attracted to the soda & the soap makes the solution "wetter" & the bees drown. Works well! Good luck!