Wasp Trap Picture.

I have been amazed at how active my wasp trap was in twenty four hours, there must be a nest close by. Some of the wasps were large too, queen wasp size but we don't usually see them until about June. Even nature is mixed up due to the strange weather patterns.

The packet is what you purchase, it holds four fittings I call them daisies. I tried green and brown bottles but found the firmer plastic difficult to handle, the lemonade bottle worked just fine for me. I can really recommend this product, great for the kids too, older ones could follow the instructions.  Give it a go.

Wasp Trap

There is a new wasp trap on the market that can be purchased from Palmers garden centre in Taupo so I am sure it would be available in other branches as well.
It comes in a packet which contains four daisy shaped pieces. You can use a lemonade bottle or similiar and by cutting a plus shape about three quarters of the way up the bottle the daisy fits into the cut, one each side, instructions on the packet. The centre of the daisy is the opening. I poured two cans of beer into my bottle, tied a string around the neck and hung it by a peice of wire from a camellia bush. This I did about mid-day and late afternoon decide to see check it  and was amazed to find I had caught about 11 wasps, drowned in the beer.
Palmers have assured me that their trap which has been out for some weeks has never caught a bee,  they just don't seem to enter the opening.
This seems to be a winner, do look for one in your garden centre as it is so simple to set up.

Wonderful Rain

We have had a wonderful overnight rain and it is still misty rain so remaining damp.  The wind direction is swinging round from North to East but I am hopeful that we may get a little more.