Rescue YJTR-SF4 Reuseable Yellowjacket Trap with Attractant
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Rescue YJTR-SF4 Reuseable Yellowjacket Trap with Attractant
Customer Review: Like Magic
Summary: 5 Stars
This trap was amazing. It was totally full of dead yellow jackets whithin a week of hanging it. I dumped them out, hung it back up and it continued to work all summer long.Customer Review: Great product with room for improvement
Summary: 4 Stars
These traps are very effective, no question about it. I'm perplexed by the reviewer who reports no casualties. I caught >200 yellowjackets (AKA "meat bees") within 2 days after baiting my 4 traps this year.
One piece of advice- the pheromone bait is never effective for 10 weeks as claimed. It may be a function of >90 F temperature (which coincides with heightened yellowjacket activity), but these baits never work well for me for more than 2 weeks. I recommend using small pieces of meat- raw, cooked, soaked in BBQ sauce, it doesn't matter. These little devils prefer food to sex, and meat is their ambrosia. I've done side by side comparisons with pheromone- versus meat-baited traps, and the meat generally catches 3 to 5 times as many in a given time period. Save yourself the $$$.
My second complaint is that the plastic becomes brittle after a couple of years, presumably from prolonged UV exposure. Thus cleaning old traps often breaks them irreparably, especially the little prongs that hold the perforated funnel-shaped basket into the main body.
With these shorcomings in mind, these are still the best thing I've found and I will continue using them, buying a couple of new ones every year with the money I save by eschewing the pheromone bait.
Customer Review: So far, so good!
Summary: 4 Stars
After hanging for two weeks, I was surprised and happy to see this works! The weather here in the NE has been very rainy and wet for most of the time but I caught eight bees (yellow jackets) so far in the short time it has been up during the warmer, sunnier days. It is VERY easy to set-up and get ready, easy to hang, no problems at all with set-up. It also does not look as bad as the horrible 2-liter soda bottle wasp traps I am having no luck with. This trap actually looks okay hanging up in the trees. So far I have only used the attractant supplied with the trap. I purchased the 10-week pod seperately but have yet to use it as this has been working well so far. I would definitely say this works and is well designed. Only wish it worked on wasps too as I have yet had any luck trying to solve that problem with other products.Customer Review: The Rescue Yellowjacket Trap
Summary: 4 Stars
I am allergic to the yellow jacket sting. I have two of these traps hanging in my trees front and back of my house. Let the purchaser be informed, that these traps will not to lure the entire nest into the container, unless maybe it is placed next to the nest. It does capture and hold the critters so that I might have an inventory and feel for how big an infestation I might have in my yard. It uses a chemical lure that has to be replaced about every 2 weeks. So far I have been able to find replacement lure at Ace Hardware and Lowes Home Improvement stores. The traps are used over and over, only the lure is replaced. I have tried a "bait" trap that uses fruit juice, such as apple, but I could not see how many bugs were being captured. I will keep the Rescue Re-useable Yellowjacket trap all year long.Customer Review: Great trap for Yellow Jackets, but only Yellow Jackets!
Summary: 4 Stars
I have used these traps for yellow jackets around our yard. They only get yellow jackets, but that is all I am after with this. I have one out almost all year. They catch some all year round, too. We live in an agricultural area between Sacramento and Lake Tahoe in California. Since I am allergic to stings, I rely on these to keep me from too many encounters. We like to eat outside and once these are up, it is possible. If we do not have them up, there are 10 or more yellow jackets buzzing us and making it impossible to eat.