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Thanks, ealong, I bookmarked that for general info.

Glad I can give something. I receive way more than I could ever give. Oh,and congrats.

Ryan :

You must be one brave soul snatching wasp nests. I have a job for you this summer. There will be 20 or 30 plate sized wasp nests on our oxbow lakes and a couple of hornet nests for good measure.

Once 3 of us were fishing from a 14 ft. boat when one guy makes an errant lunar shot cast which by accident hits a large wasp nest about 30 ft. away. You have never seen 3 guys leap out of a boat into the water faster. It did not even matter that there were several 10ft. gators in the lake. They could not swim fast enough to catch us as we evacuated with all possible haste.

I collect a few hornets' nest each year, AFTER spraying with insecticide from a distance. Maybe I'll wash off some grubs and see how they do as bait.

I bushhogged a bumblebee nest once. Felt a pain on my shoulder, and when I pulled my hand back from checking it out there was a dead bee smeared on it. Looked behind, and there were about 40 of them circling the bushhog.

I turned off the PTO, put the tractor in low, and left it to make it's own way to the edge of the field. After running 50-60 yards, I looked back and one last, persistant bumblebee stung me on the lower lip.

Theo that brings back memories as a kid we fish with wasp grubs. Excellent bream bait

I wasn't looking for bait when I cracked open the wasp nest. I was working in the flower bed when they attacked me from under a window sill. One missed my eye by about 1/4". I was so mad I went to the garage, got a wiffle ball bat and with one eye closed started swinging. I managed to knock one out of the air and then knocked down the nest shortly before retreating like a sissy boy. I must stress the fact that this is not a safe alternative to insecticide nor did it increase my wifes opinion of my intelligence.

Ryan,
As kids my brothers & I used to knock wasp nests down with tobacco sticks in the barn & run like mad!
You're right. There's no better BG bait!