Hornet traps.

[gardening-girl]

What is the best thing to put in a hornet trap please?
Last year we used jam & vinegar for wasp traps,can I use the same?

 

[Midland Beek]

Warning: Wasp/hornet paranoia thread.

 

[gardening-girl]

No paranoia at all. Just a polite question.
There has been a warning on the South West news re hornets.

 

[MuswellMetro]

No paranoia at all. Just a polite question.
There has been a warning on the South West news re hornets.

https://secure.fera.defra.gov.uk/beebase/index.cfm?pageid=208


What bait should I use?

At the end of hibernation emergent hornets have a raised energy requirement and show a preference for sweet
foods. In early spring such food resources are comparatively rare in the environment, so this means that sweet
baits are highly attractive for the first captures of Asian hornet queens. French beekeepers often use a mixture of
beer and sugar for this purpose. Other effective baits include sweet mixtures of wine, sugar, cassis, and water.
You can also by proprietary brands of hornet (wasp) trap bait from many garden centres and DIY stores. At the
height of the beekeeping season, when predatory worker hornets are seeking high protein foods, consider adding
raw meat or fish to the bait mixture.

 

[gardening-girl]

Thank you.

 

[MJBee]

If you add a bit of banana to MM's mixture it will start to ferment and that is even more attractive to hornets, bees, however ignore it.