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5. Buy a bait instead. It's a little plastic tube. You tear off a tab end, exposing a honey like liquid.

Reply to MIButterfly (Original post)

Mon Jul 13, 2026, 06:48 PM

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Once they find it, they’ll take it to the hive, feed the queen and the hive dies. Spraying doesn’t get to the hive.

I’ll try to find a photo of it, it’s also cheaper than spray

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