If you have problem with honey bees, contact a local honey producer, or apiaries in your local area, alot will come and remove the bees and queen for free (( a pound of workers and 1 queen last year cost over a $150 )) And they know what they are doing, and come with the proper protective equipment... And they will put those bees and a hive and take care of them, and not just kill them off, they might even give you a few free bottles of honey to try... (( Ask for some Comb as well it's very nice when it's fresh and dripping honey from a hive ))

Bee problem? Unless someone has avoided the news for the last four or five years he/she would know that the biggest problem with bees has been their disappearance - in such numbers as to have farmers and gardeners really worried about crop yield due to reduced pollination.

As a keen gardener, I was prompted to post an Instructable that required one do nothing. Lacking a picture, I did not do so. (I'm sure this situation prevents the posting of many ideas not requiring graphics)

I was about compost some kale that had grown shoulder high and that was loaded with blossoms about to turn to seed. Although in an urban setting, bees were very active around them, so I delayed the pulling of the plants until the blossom stage was finished.

I've also hung a couple of drilled logs to attract the benign and beneficial mason bee.

On the wasp problem, as a child, I recall getting stung on the tongue by a wasp that feasting on the same plum jam sandwich as I. There you go. Plum jam. Irresistible.

Little known fact: You catch more flies with vinegar than with honey!

Presumably, the problem with using pure sugar is that it doesn't have any smell whatsoever, so the bees/wasps/flies can't detect it from a distance. Vinegar probably works, because it has a strong aroma, and is a good indication that there is something sweet fermenting.

I've also heard somewhere about using beer for a wasp trap - possibly working on the same principle: the smell of alcohol (and CO2) is a good indication that there may be something sweet fermenting nearby.

In the spirit of Instructables - make a series of wasp traps with different liquids, and report back on which one works best! I would try sugar water, honey, white and balsamic vinegar, beer, and bouillon (for the meat lovers)...

Build some sinister flamethrower from a propane tank and steel plumbing parts. Those Wasps,Bees,or Yellow jackets are toast.

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Try using a mixture of soda and water. If you want wasps, try some meat.

why do you use capitals at the beginning of every word?

Hmm, which kind of bees? Honey bees, wasps, hornets, bumble bees, yellow jackets? I have personally watched one, then two, the 6 or 7 yellow jackets swarm to a small piece of lunch meat dropped at a picnic once (I thought this was weird until I looked them up :-).

Would concentrating the sugar water solution with more sugar help any?

Learn to fire breath.. Roasted wasps anyone?

Use Mountian Dew, when I was capming they were all over my open can of it.

A jam jar with some jam and water in it works well, as does coke and the like, tango and fanta work well. I've found that though a bug zapper attracts them they have annoying habit of surviving the zapping...