Aww Crap Thread Reminded Me

.30WCF · November 17, 2021, 10:14:22 PM

I have hives that the covers don?t quite sit flat on the top feeders. I catch lots of yellow jackets.
I never could get all the sugar to dissolve on the last batch of syrup. When I came back from my elk hunting trip I had a bunch of YJs dead in the top feeders. The 3 hives and 2 nucs looked good. I did dump out the dead YJs and dry sugar and put the inner and outer covers back on.

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rast · November 18, 2021, 08:38:10 AM

Wow. What kills them in there?

.30WCF · November 18, 2021, 11:14:15 AM

I guess they got stuck or got in the syrup when it was still wet????

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Nyleve · November 18, 2021, 04:24:37 PM

Yikes.

.30WCF · November 18, 2021, 04:59:31 PM

That would have been a bad day to check the syrup and flip the lid off with no veil like I often do l, if they were still alive.

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The15thMember · November 18, 2021, 05:32:25 PM

Looks to me like you just accidentally made a very efficient yellow jacket trap.

Kathyp · November 18, 2021, 07:55:21 PM

QuoteLooks to me like you just accidentally made a very efficient yellow jacket trap

No kidding! I want the specs on that!

Michael Bush · November 25, 2021, 02:21:31 PM

The problem is it could have easily become a bee trap... I've seen that. A leak in the cover and the bees get in but bounce off the top and drown in the syrup by the thousands.