While trying to deal with our mare, I was chased out of our
barn by yellow jackets last night. Seems they’ve taken up residency in
our hay. We were able to remove a small nest late last night, but only about 10
of them were in it, and today we see there are more buzzing around. We don’t
want to spray anything that would ruin the hay and we don’t know how far
into the hay they’ve gone. Does anyone have any knowledge about a safe
way to lure them out & trap them? I did set out a trap with the attractant
in it, right near “their” hay, hanging from a bucket handle, but so
far, they seem to have no interest in it other than to make sure it’s not
a danger to them.
