Bed Bugs Traps DIY | Video Tutorial

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Hello and welcome to this installation of products for peaceful operations my name is Joel Z Williams and I am called the poor people's advocate people in my neighborhood know me by that moniker but more importantly what I do is I try to teach people how to construct bedbug traps that will help them in a real-world situation I think I can teach you how to build something that will cost less than $20 and it will rid you of your bedbug infestation chances are that if you're looking at this site right now you have a bedbug infestation first thing I want to tell you is it is not ashamed to have bedbugs there's four and five-star hotels all over the world that have been bug problems so don't think that it is a mark on you don't think that it's an indication of how clean or dirty you live it has nothing to do with that the bedbug can care less how clean your apartment or your home is they are interested in your blood and for that reason bedbugs have an exploit that we can take advantage of and that is their means to find their blood meal they use basically they're blind so they use what we would best describe as a sense of smell to find their next blood meal they do that by sensing the level of co2 in the air around them and heat they also use they can detect temperature so we're going to attack the co2 every person that breeze every time you exhale you're putting co2 into the environment around you that is a beacon to bedbugs to come to dinner it's like ringing a dinner bell so what we're going to do is I'm going to show you how to put together a lord using some yeast some water some sugar and you're going to get this thing together and it is the gift that is going to keep on killing you can be at work or at school and this thing will be constantly emitting co2 gas into the environment telling better buzz hey come to dinner and when they come they're going to crawl up into the lure to the pitfall I'm sorry at the bottom of the lure they're going to fall into that pit fall and they're not going to be able to get themselves out of that now I am going to make some I'm going to make this a little bit more fun than last time I need to hear back from people who are making these traps and having success stories so what I'm going to do what with Institute is we're going to we're going to make it like the Olympics we're going to give a gold silver and bronze so what I would like to do is if you have constructed this trap and you have gathered 25 bugs put them in a ziplock bag take a photo of it send it in you're going to get a bronze if you collect 50 you get a silver if you get a hundred you get a gold so today what I'm going to do I have the resources and I have the proper materials I'm going to build a gold medal worthy trap right any of these traps are going to be effective though I'm going to show you and later how to make a bronze medal level trap but I think the dirt all of them are effective but what I'm going to do is I'm going to show you the best trap that money can buy the best trap you can make and I want you to look at it and incorporate the designs into your own version your income may not permit you to build the same trap that I'm going to make but I'd like you to see the best it can be and then make your trap accordingly all right well let's begin okay here we go basically what we have here is the combinations that you're going to need to make your water yeast sugar mixture we're going to begin with the yeast it's got to be an active yeast doesn't matter what brand but it's got to be an active yeast the reason for that is because what they've done here is they've been capsulated the yeast actual fungus that is the yeast Spore they put it in it's still living but it's dehydrated and so what they've done and they've made it where you can this will keep for a year at room temperature in ten years if it's frozen and the reason why is because it's surrounded the fungus is surrounded with dead dead cells so you need to gently rehydrate it to get it where it's going where it's actively going to convert the sugar and water into alcohol basically and that's going to create the fermentation process and so what I am going to do is this is this one packet or actually this works out to be about 2.4 teaspoons and so this is one 1/4 ounce 1/4 ounce what we're going to do is we're just going to go ahead and this is lukewarm water and that's another thing I wanted to talk about the reason why the water needs to be lukewarm is because you don't want to create thermal shock you're gradually rehydrating this actively living organism and it's kind of in a dormant state so what you want to do is be gentle with it when you bring it back to life you're going to reintroduce water to it and you're going to you know wake it from the day so speak so what we're going to do is we're going to look at our sugar here this is just regular pure granulated sugar and we're going to take one tablespoon this is a regular tablespoon we're going to take one tablespoon of sugar and add it to a 12 ounce glass filled halfway with lukewarm water again the reason for the lukewarm water we don't want to shock or create a thermal shock with the active yeast that is in in the yeast packet I'm going to pour the entire yeast packet in there and then we're going to stir it up vigorously and this is sometimes in baking terms they call this foaming the yeast I call it the Kickstarter because that's really what it is this is going to take about ten minutes for it to rehydrate those feed cells okay get that going really good all right now this is a one gallon pitcher of water it has been filled halfway which makes it 2 quarts of lukewarm water lukewarm is a fancy way of saying about a hundred degrees Fahrenheit or forty degrees Celsius about the temperature of an average human being again think about it like you were going to make a baby bottle if you're going to make a bottle for a baby you don't want to shock the baby you don't want to give the baby a bottle that's very cold or very hot you want to get it given a bottle that's roughly about the room temperature a little higher than room temperature actually so this is lukewarm water and the water that was in this 12 ounce glass was also lukewarm and so we're going to let it sit here for about 10 minutes and we're going to let it get that foamy head and we'll know that it is converting that sugar that we put in there we'll know that it's converting that sugar through the fermentation process by the bubbles that wolves show at the head all right let's sit back and watch that process a cure okay good now you can see why I only filled that glass halfway full you can you can see that that Vickers East has the active East has activated that sugar and water that lukewarm water and has created a fermentation process we got a nice frothy head that's exactly what we want that means that that active yeast is fermenting that sugar at a very good rate of speed that's what we're looking for now what we're going to do is we're going to bring the the lukewarm water to the forefront this is the pitcher of two quarts full of lukewarm water what we're going to do here is we are going to add two and a half cups of sugar now the thing about sugar is the more sugar you add the quicker the reaction is going to be and the more co2 you're going to generate so if you are looking to have this trap last for two to three weeks I would advise using two cups of sugar that would be a very good catalyst for demonstration purposes I'm going to add about two point five because I really want this thing to kick I really I really really wanted to generate some co2 really quickly because I'm going to use a balloon demonstration but so for normal application two cups of sugar is going to be fine and you're going to add that to your lukewarm water two quarts of it or half a gallon take your stirring spoon you're going to make sure you stir that all up really good dissolve all that sugar in there this is going to act as your base now with our kick-started yeast sugar at water this is known as the proof we're going to introduce that to our base and as a matter of fact we're going to be very efficient we're going to use all of that we can we're going to get all that residue we can everything that we possibly can get into that let's mix this up really good kind of looks like a lemonade doesn't it and it's warm to the touch that's critical 100 degrees Fahrenheit 40 degrees Celsius that way don't have a massive die-off if you put cold water in there you're going to shock it you're gonna it's called thermal shock you're going to kill all the actively yeast you're going to prevent that or you're going to at least blend that fermentation process and you don't want that now here's a little trick that I give to people especially women you're going to need to put a hole in the top of this 2 liter bottle sooner or later you're going to need to put a hole in the center of it a lot of people come at it very amateur astigmatism and they come at it and then you know they make a really amateur istic let me show you a little tip we're going to do use technology and science this is a little two and a half inch drywall screw simple screw will do you find the center of that thing make sure their cap is on there tight find the center of that bad boy and with a regular screwdriver you can create that hole fairly easily without a lot of horsepower and you're not going to cut yourself shreds in the process just make sure you're kind of in the center of that cat and as you can see I've already made it into the interior of it now once you got that hole started then you can start routing it out then you can start making it bigger but I don't recommend that you make this hole too big I like tight aperture means tight gas escape egde and that works to your advantage so once you have that hole started of course you can ream it out with it with it with the pair of scissors you can make that hole bigger if you if you need be that's how you do it safely as I you so you don't cut yourself to ribbons in the process alright now that we have that going what I want to do is a demonstration that this thing is creating co2 gas I get a lot of naysayers on the internet that don't believe me that this sugar water yeast mixture produces adequate co2 gas so what I'm going to do I'm going to do a time-lapse I'm going to use our our lure basically our base in our yeast I'm going to show you that this thing does create co2 you you okay good we're back now I wanted to take a minute so you can see the balloon has filled with gas so that's letting us know right there that this thing is generating well and that works out good so I don't know if you remember but we talked about building gold silver and bronze metal level traps so let's take our mix here let's build a gold medal-winning traps now what I did is I went out and I got some quarter inch tubing now this is quarter one quarter by 0.1 seven Oh vinyl tubing costs about $3 for this roll I got it on Amazon for a 20-foot roll this works best I believe because it allows you to project your co2 gas wherever you want it sometimes you have a bed that is low to the ground there's no way you're going to be able to fit this bottle underneath your bed so using this tubing it allows you to put that co2 directly where you need it that's that's handy so I'm going to cut off the strip probably about two feet because this stuff is so cheap you don't have to be precise when you're crafting it you just have to use it too you know when you get to your destination then you'll trim it to size so yesterday we went over how to make that hole using the screw makes it a lot easier now we're going to wring that out I'm going to take a pair of scissors take one portion of this that one time of the scissors and get that hole a little bigger and you want it where it's not pinching it's not going to pinch the hose but you want it where it's going to make a pretty snug fit quarter a quarter inch in diameter outside diameter okay I think we got it good enough and if you have to it's always better to err on the side of too small and too big okay leave we're right where we need to be okay so as you can see when I'm yanking on that that's that's pretty pretty taut it's pretty hard to come out of there and that's good because here's this thing is going to move around a lot you know you're going to be having it under the bed and things like that I recommend because I filled this bottle way too high I'd normally just pour some of it out normally you would probably have it right to about there and that that will give you sufficient you don't want to get the tube wet you want to have it not in the liquid that defeats the purpose all right so we got that in and what I wanted to show you is this silicone this is called RTV some people call it but it's silicone and it's essentially a sealant and so what this is going to do is make this this thing airtight and that's we need that because that co2 gas if it's seeping out anywhere but through the through the hose it's not going it's not going to go where you need it to go and and that's going to create problems you you know you don't want that seepage you want to put it right where you need it and this this little applicator to it it makes it handy to get a nice bead on it you just cut off a little little portion of the tip right at the end here and maybe a little bit more than that about like that and go ahead and I should have done that before I put the cap on but you're going to seal it up you're going to make it gas and air tight this takes about 24 hours to cure but it will immediately start closing off that hole and it also seals it shut now if you don't have the money this costs about four or five dollars for this - I think that's way higher than you should you should if you don't have this laying around don't worry about it like I said we're dude this is the best trap we're doing the gold medal level trap here in a pinch you could use a glue gun you could use even strawberry jam dried when it dries it will make a very good seal so don't feel like you have to go out and spend a whole bunch of money I'm just I have the resources now so I'm going to build the best trap ever and then you can you know improvise in and make a lesser trap but this is going to be a world-class trap okay so we got a good bead good solid good salt let when that cures that's going to make it airtight and that's that's good because now that we have that let me show you what we're going to do with our pitfall now there's probably nothing more deadly throw in a more deadly pitfall than a simple shot glass and let me explain it the mechanics behind that why that is when the let me wrap it first we're going to create a ascension platform or a ramp we're going to give the bedbugs away to climb up this shot glass we're just going to wrap it in a regular paper towel I just want one wrap around really that's sufficient how we get it down a little bit more you don't have to be and exact you know you don't have to make it an all-day project I'm just trying to be as neat as I can because I want to look good for the camera but you're going to using the rim of the glass you know position your scissors along it and trim it right to the to the neck and this is where a lot of people make mistakes here if you're not careful you're going to make it difficult for the bed bug to get over the lip like for example I'm purposely going to screw this up so that I can show you what not to do now as you can see when bedbugs travel they're typically in a feeding train just like a train on the railroad tracks of the first car is the locomotive and he's that female is typically a female she has three glands three slots under her belly and there she's there known as a semi semi semi o thermo simio foams is what she's putting out there mixture of care moans and pheromones and so they're since they're using their their largely blind so they're using scent to get to where they're going now when she's laying down that track the bedbugs behind her are going to follow her in a direct line and that's good that works to our advantage because what's going to happen is she's going to crawl up the ascention platform let me use something brighter here pencil she's going to crawl up the ascention platform here this the ramp she's going to get on his fabric makes it very good for bedbugs to crawl up hold it up here for the camera so you're going to set this part on the ground she's going to crawl up here and she's going to go all the way up to the lip and she'll probably hesitate a little when she gets to the lip what's going on here she'll notice that this this is it's kind of rounded but the co2 that is in the bottom of this shot glass is of such a concentration that it's basically going to draw them in and once you get that first bedbug go over the edge because as I said she's Joe and she's dragging her abdomen she's laying down a track for the others to follow the others will the momentum will carry them all into that pitfall now here's the deal some researchers at the University are actually was a united states department of agriculture the USDA did some studies and what they found is that bedbugs have what is known as a an alarm pheromone so what's likely going to happen is when she gets down in here or any bedbugs get down in the pitfall they're going to start releasing a an alarm pheromone basically telling other bedbugs there's danger don't follow me go away right and so that's why it's so essential to get your your tubing to get your delivery of that co2 so powerful where it overwhelms the co2 gas in here is overwhelming their hunger is being true overwhelmed by the alarm trigger so it's basically saying there's a warm blood meal nearby we need to hurry up and get this oh but by the way there's some danger if this co2 gases of such a high concentration they will ignore the the alarm pheromone and keep continue coming in so that's a science for you okay now so we have this and so you can understand why that's good so you can move it around you can get this thing under your bed you can put it wherever you want to go now you may not have the resources to get that gold metal level trap so I'm going to show you another alternative and and remember we've already we already have our base mixed up and it's very simple it's one full packet you go over that again one full packet of yeast for two cups of sugar in two quarts of water half gallon that's the mixture all right I get a lot of people calling me about that and they are constantly asking what the flick the ratio that's all you need to remember one part yeast two parts sugar and two quarts of water and you got it going on all right now with the I find that these things are easy these little plastic things are easier to get under your bed get into tight situations and so you can use scissors to make your hole here I've just I'd like to do it right at the neck of the bottle that's where it tends to be a little bit more firm and like I said before if you are not careful you can really hurt yourself if you're not careful with with knives and whatnot so I want you to exercise some caution when you're doing this process and I prefer the the screw and the screwdriver if it's thick plastic I think it can get through here with just an exacto knife we've already got a hole started here but yeah are you very careful in this process I've seen a lot of people cut themselves pretty deeply trying to get that done in a hurry but take your time do it's a safety first no it's not going to do anybody to get it you got bad bugs Anna emergency room built all right see if we can read that out with the scissors and like I said we have here this is a going to be a silver metal trap intermediate trap because I'm still going to use the hosing that to be so that it's still going to qualify as a mid-grade trap alright smart as holes vinyl tubing okay and like I said since we have the sealant remember keep it out of the liquid you don't want it to get down on the liquid but that's like that's the concept here and of course it's not full of liquid so it's it's not going to hold up on its own but you if worse comes to worse you could take this to the bed or something like that but as you can see you can this tubing that's why I prefer the tubing over the straws because you can get it you can direct this wherever you want it it's a lot more and it's just knit you know you don't have to of course it's not going to cooperate you don't have to be you can cut this thing to length so essentially you can put it right where you want it if you have a stubborn Kington like mine you can get that bad boy right where you need it and so that's that's important though now if you this is the bronze medal and rim again use since you have the silicon you can seal that up that's I want to do that right now you can seal that bad boy up and make it water airtight watertight put a bead of silicone around there and like I said when this drive it will be very firm and it'll keep that keep that from pulling out as well keep it steady alright now for if you don't have the resources to if you can't afford the tubing then you can use a flexible straw and a flexible straw will work just like the other just how you know in the neck just like we did the other one but that it would be considered a bronze medal okay and I'm not going to go through that process I'm pretty sure you guys know how to put a hole in the bottle so essentially you can use that you can use the rubber one you can use a flexible straw to get you where you need to go I recommend in these pitfalls you probably would use multiple you could put three or four of these and just I mean make that gas so rich in the bottom of that shot glass that they can't you know I can't deny it they have to come around it now some some tips and tricks remember the ramp is not going to work if the bedbugs can't crawl up it they can't crawl up glass alternatively when bedbugs fall into the pitfall there's something you can add to the inside of that pitch ball to make it even more deadly and it's simple ads baby powder top gun powder this is the secret weapon you get some technical sides of that glass are already slippery enough but you add a little bit of talcum powder and this thing is deadly they can't get out and for sure they are going to exhaust themselves a lot faster and a bedbug is like a little battery once it you know the blood that it has sucked from you is their energy and if they're in here spinning around trying to get out they're going to exhaust themselves really fast and die so that is a you know some people put a tip a dab of Vaseline right in the center that's also good petroleum jelly that's deadly I mean they get it on it makes it very difficult for them to move around it kills them so that's basically what I want to talk about now um I think I have one more thing I wanted to add and I kid it eludes me right now oh I know it was if you are don't have the means to get this rubber tubing there are all just use your imagination there's all kinds of stuff that you can use it will work and I just used the flexible straw and this as an example I want you to know that these are prototypes these are to get you thinking about what you can do if you understand the basic concept yeast sugar water you've got let's do that one more time one part just one of these squares one quarter ounce of yeast two cups of sugar and two quarts of water and remember that kickstart the process I taught you remember to proof it up get it to UM get it to where you're not going to thermal shock it and and you should be fine and feet give us some feedback let us know how you're doing with your traps I'm very interested to know how these things are working out around the country and I think you live it's work for you again this is the Williams method of bedbug co2 generator trap and lure combo extremely deadly extremely Lethal and this thing will knock out your bedbug problem thank you.