Customer Reviews for
Alpine Yellow Jacket Bait Station Kit with Onslaught

7 of 7 people found this review helpful:

   Best Yellow Jacket Bait
August 22, 2011
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After trying everything else we could buy locally to get rid of our yellow jacket problem, we tried Alpine's kit. It seemed expensive, but you get a multi-year supply with it. It really works. Within three days, the problem was solved.

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7 of 8 people found this review helpful:

   alpine bait station
September 1, 2011

0 star is the rating I would give alpine, have been using for weeks but the wasp are worse and yes they are eating the bait but not being killed, waste of money.

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4 of 5 people found this review helpful:

   Really worked for me
September 18, 2011
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I tried the water-filled bag traps from my local garden store (the bags with an attractant where the yellow jackets crawl in but can't find their way out), and although the traps seemed to accumulate a lot of yellow jackets, my problem persisted. I found this product had been mentioned by a professor from UC Davis and decided to give it a try. I tested several kinds of bait and found they liked fish/shrimp cat food. I mixed a half-recipe, only 6 oz to start out and replaced it after 2 days. After 4 days the yellow jackets were gone. The bait stations are a little messy (and smelly!) to clean out afterwards, but I can't argue with the effectiveness. My wife and I can sit in the backyard again. As was mentioned in the FAQ, it can be a challenge to thoroughly mix so little poison with the bait. Using cat food helped because it was smooth and not lumpy. I also used a little extra water: I added the poison to a teaspoon of water, stirred, then carefully sprinkled the poison all over the bait, then thoroughly mixed for several minutes. So little poison is used, the supply should last for years. I give the product 5 stars for effectiveness but 3 stars for the care needed in mixing the bait, and the messy cleanup. 4 stars overall. I definitely recommend this product and will absolutely use it again next year.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful:

   Not seeing any reduction yet.
August 22, 2011
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We had a bad infestation,not seeing any reduction yet,giving some of the Onslaught to our neighbors to see if that helps.We do see the meat bees removing bait,so a good sign!

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful:

   I Don't Know What They Want!
September 7, 2011
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Either the wasps here in N. CA are too smart or they don't eat anything! I have tried the following with and without the bait on it with no interest from the wasps: raw chicken, cantaloupe, beer, tuna in water, catfood, a sweet glaze, soda. So I can't tell if the Onslaught Alpine Yellow Jacket bait station is good or not.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful:

   Use attractant too
June 9, 2012

To get yellow jackets to swarm to the bait station, simply use some of the Rescue brand yellow jacket attractant (you can put some on a cotton ball, for example). This is the attractant used in yellow jacket traps. The attractant is very effective at luring yellow jackets. The bait and insecticide to the rest.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful:

   Is this enough
July 30, 2012

I do not see how you can mix 1/4 teaspoon of onslaught with 10oz of bait! thats two 5oz cans of catfood and 1/4teaspoon can not mix with that amount of bait There is going to be alot of bait that has no onslaught in it no matter how much you mix it. can someone exsplain that to me? If it were liquid I could see it, But on a solid like catfood there is not enough at 1/4 teaspoon.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful:

   Yellow Jackets be gone, I hope!
September 24, 2011
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I purchased the Bait Station Kit and was impressed with its ease of use. The Yellow Jackets were immediately taking the Onslaught mixed bait back to their nests. I mixed the poision with some finely chopped crab. Still waiting for the results.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful:

   Onslaught Yellow Jacket Bait Station
September 12, 2011
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This product is amazing. We were inundated with yellowjackets - so many, in fact, that we couldn't use our swimming pool during the day! Our cat couldn't eat her food in peace; swarms would surround her bowl, so we started feeding her indoors. I found the onslaught system online and ordered it. Though it took a few weeks, the number of yellowjackets decreased with each use, rendering our pool area useful again. The weather has now cooled but I will be ready in early spring to set up my onslaught system next year, and wipe out the nest BEFORE it becomes a problem. Thank you, Onslaught!

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   Yellow Jacket Bait station... very effective
September 29, 2011
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Last year at our annual 'cider fest' event the yellow jackets were intolerable. There were dozens swarming around our cider press all day and four of our guests received stings. After researching online we decided to give Onslaught a try. We were skeptical at first since we didn't see much activity at the bait stations. The day of our event was sunny and warm and we were fearful of a repeat of the previous year but to our delight only a very few yellow jackets were seen and no one was stung.

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0 of 1 people found this review helpful:

   Seems to Have Worked
September 21, 2011
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I had a significant reduction in Yellow Jackets after putting out the bait stations. I grow wine grapes and the bees were so bad, they appeared like a cloud in the vineyard. I did, however, spray with Venom the following day for brown marmorated stink bug control so I can't say for sure which was more effective but I will continue to use the bait stations next year for sure.

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   Better delivery method
August 22, 2012

Only 4 stars for now until I see a drop in the yellow jacket population. I am actively using this kit however, the jackets were more attracted to my hummingbird feeders with homemade nectar than they were to the cat food. Besides I practically gagged when I changed the cat food every 3 days. I now use onslaught with the homemade hummingbird nectar. You can get the details of this recipe by Googling homemade hummingbird food (4 water to 1 sugar boiled together). Then follow these directions: 1. add about an 1/8 tsp of onslaught into 16 oz of homemade nectar in a glass bottle labeled “bee poison.” 2. cut a clean household sponge into strips and insert the strips into the bait stations 3. position the cut sponge close to the holes in the bait station. I found the bees can get in but cannot get out and soon die without leaving with poisoned nectar. 4. Soak the sponge until there is about 1/8" to 1/4" of liquid in the bottom. This keeps the sponge moist and full for ~ 2 days. 5. Hang the station away from your hummingbird feeders. 6. Pour more poisoned nectar over the hanging bait station. This attracts them even more. 7. Watch and enjoy as the suck on the sponge and leave for their nest. 8. I’ve only done this for 3 days now and have not seen a drop in the population yet. But, they are more active now at the stations than they were with cat food.

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   Yellow Jackets
September 26, 2012

I tried this product and I’m sure it would have worked if only the buggers would have taken the bait. They would not enter the bait stations. I also tried it on baited paper plates near the entrance to the hive, but the yellow jacket would not stop to investigate. I tried chicken, fruit, fruit juice with no luck. It did kill a lot of flies though.

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   They're still here . . .
October 1, 2012

I have a systemic allergy to yellow jackets, so I am VERY interested in killing them all. They liked my choice of bait (tuna) and carried off pieces of the bait after Onslaught had been carefully mixed according to directions. I've cleaned and re-baited the traps five times so far, so why do I still see yellow jackets on my property? I'm awaiting the next approved pesticide for these critters, hopefully something more potent that will make them all go away.

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