DIY Bed Bug Monitor - Sugar/Yeast C02 Trap 

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Cody Darnell that's the slippery slope of trying to pass bed bug fee's off to residents, the first issue is it's tough to prove where the bugs came from and then people stop reporting, I would recommend consulting with an attorney on the matter in regards to the wording in the lease

Cody Darnell Check your state law or landlord-tenant relations office (sometimes is combined with Fair Housing and Employment office, odd as that sounds. It was true in my case.). They're usually county, not state, offices. If in doubt, call the county agricultural extension and ask them. They're usually in charge of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) so they'll know everybody and anybody. Anyway, in my state, it's illegal for your landlord to do what yours is doing, and no matter what the lease says, the landlord has strict liability. In fact, should they decide to evict you as a result of a pest infestation or reporting one, my state gives the tenant serious control against the landlord. The problems are 1. knowing your rights, and 2. being willing to go the full course against the landlord if need be. I'd also look for another place during the intervening months if you're going to attempt to murder your landlord and when the cops get there. Oh, my! Did I say that? Anyway, what I mean is financially trying to murder your landlord. In other words, let's say he/she still gives you notice. You're better off moving than fighting, but if you need more time to get rid of the bugs before you go, do the paperwork necessary to stay an extra month or whatever. You'll get your money back later. DON'T take the bedbugs with you, for god's sake. It's not only stupid for you to bring them along with you to keep tormenting yourself, it's immoral - yeah, I said it - flat-out immoral to do that to anyone else. Then you can sue in small claims court at your leisure. Sue? For what? Getting your security deposit back, for one thing. He/she will try to blame you for the infestation to begin with, then steal your deposit. He might even threaten you with a countersuit to clean the entire apartment building because "you brought them in here." That's like saying it's your fault a fly flew in. They're bugs. They have no preference for tenants or homeowners, opera houses, or museums. They only need somewhere to eat, sleep, and make little bed bugs. Who knows how they got in there? Maybe he/she brought them in while inspecting apartments, for that matter. Don't be cowed. Just keep records, don't argue, don't yell, and - this is most important of all - pay your rent. You'll get it back in court. If you can't pay the last month on one, plus the first one on another, PLUS a new security deposit without getting the old one back (we're talking at least four months' rent here!), then leave the last one and move into the new one in a one-day operation. My judge destroyed my old landlord. Serious punishment. Also, before I left that residence - just to give him a little something to remember me by - I got the housing authority out there to inspect the faulty wiring, furnace, termites, and a lovely set of unsafe stairs. Around 2/3 of the problems I didn't even know about. The reason they were so happy to do this was because all my rent was paid in full. About 95% of the time, the tenant is withholding rent. Trust me on this: if you're paid up, they're happy to help you. Otherwise, they think you're trying to pull a fast one on your landlord, because many tenants try to do that. Scumbags make it bad for the rest of us. Anyway, the city condemned the building. I think a lot of this was due to how the landlord talked to them. He was a hot-head, and began calling one of the inspectors a lot of nasty names, swearing, etc. It made the inspector so angry, he came back out and found MORE stuff to cite that the landlord would have to repair. You might not be so lucky; that is, your landlord might not be an insane, greedy, loudmouth. In that case, you'll just get the one inspection. I got my deposit back, filing fees, law library copying fees, the cost of a book on landlord-tenant law, and double damages, meaning an additional two months rent worth of cash. When he stiffed me on the payment, I notified him by mail that I'd accept payment over six months at 10% interest, interest to be paid first. He paid five days later. I was told by former neighbors that it cost him nearly $20,000 to repair everything he was cited for, AND he had to remove the illegal rental area he'd put in. I didn't know that the house was a single-residency place. He'd tried to turn it into a duplex, but illegally. So not only did he have the construction expensive of illegally turning it into a duplex, he incurred even more expense when it had to change it back into the single-residence house it was to begin with. That, plus the termites, the entire heating system, most of the wiring, etc., and doing much of the work himself and with friends, still cost an extra twenty grand. Now that I've gone through it, I'm proud I did it, but I wouldn't wish court on anyone except him. He deserves it. I'm not making this up - within the year, his wife left him. Apparently she believed his story at the beginning, but when we got into court, and I had all that evidence, she realized he was lying. Then, when he refused to pay, it made her so nervous, the problems they'd already been having were maximized. Finally, a woman sued him for child support! I couldn't ask for anything better than that. His wife left him; he lost thousands, and he refused to pay child support. The mother of the baby took him to court, where HE demanded custody. Best thing ever: his mother was so thrilled to have a grandchild, and adored not only the ex-wife, but the girlfriend, that she testified against him during the support/custody hearing, saying he wasn't fit to have custody. The judge ruled on his back support and gave him supervised visitation only - at his mother's house. The ex got community property stuff, so she's half owner of everything, including apartments. The mother of the baby got her support payments. I got my money. An extra dessert I forgot to mention was that you have to serve papers on someone when you go to court. I knew where he lived, but he was being such a jackass about it, I chose to hire a county sheriff to serve his papers at his workplace, where he was a supervisor. A neighbor had told me how everyone at work despised him. I can only imagine the laughs and delight his co-workers and "underlings" got when that sheriff showed up and served him in front of everyone. Not one bit of this story is made up. In fact, I'm once again proud of myself and hadn't thought of this in years, because I've had such a professional and pleasant landlord all this time. Anyway, I hope this helps. And I hope he dies a penniless, lingering, death.

Well if its a law do you. protect your family. Some people are allergic to those bites and it they get bit in the throat they can get a swollen throat and thats an emergency room visit.

I would recommend wearing a wire and tricking one of the other neighbors into confessing then take that to the landlord

Bed Bug TV - If a found a burglar in my home, I might shoot him dead but I wouldn’t dance and gloat about. Your delight at watching a family crumble is ugly. Yes, he apparently deserved court action but I wouldn’t act like I’d won the lottery.

Can I asked a question do have did this person test how much co2 this puts out because this could kill you if the room you put it in fill up with more climbing to hights because it heavier than air so how much is actually safe. And by the way instead of useing yeast I found that useing vinger and tiny bet of tspoon barking soda creats lot of co2 that's kind I'm useing make the traps question how co2 is coming out can any give answer to that!!?

@@aaronmarkinson2670good idea but does the barking soda keep neighbors awake?😄

LOL!!!!!!!!

😄👍. Maybe add some fruit to the recipe. 😊

Too much water maybe. Or yeast.

you want to leave the lid slightly open

I think the whole idea is the tube will let it out gradually, but this did not work for my friend she was highly upset and crying. This thing won't go away. But read my comment up top or where ever you see my comment answer from the guy advertising this thing to follow. Stay blessed Hope my comment works. Its what I helped my friend with an idea that will help her sleep until she resolves her BB problem.

@@leeleelee8672 What tube? I didn't see any tubes on this video?

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@@Mitoubacklund same. They totally forgot that crucial step

I don't think sleeping in another room for one or two night will cause the bugs to spread as long as you don't transfer them to the new room yourself (on your clothes, a bag) or they aren't already there, you would probably be more attractive than the CO2 produced by the trap but for one or two nights it probably wouldn't matter

***** I stayed at a hotel about a week and a half ago and had suspicions of bed bugs because of possible fecal matter (about 3 pen-like dots on the mattress). I had the hotel check and they said they found no sign of bed bugs after I stayed, but I was still concerned. I washed my bedding and most clothing, and I have tried this trap for 4 nights now (2 of which I slept in the room, 2 where I slept in the adjacent room). Nothing in this trap, or on the interceptors I installed. How would you suggest I proceed with monitoring the situation?

***** It absolutely does matter - people who do this almost ALWAYS transfer the bugs to another part of the home. It's advisable to handle the issue where you spotted it for maximum containment.

I would put it near where you think the bugs are.....i.e. near the bed, couch, etc... you could place it on top of the bed bug I would be careful not to spill it as it would make a huge mess

Yes and technically you're brewing yeast also though there are optimal ways like brewing alcoholic beverages or for bread making or just to make yeast. Technically, more cost effectively you can brew your own yeast from flour and sugar captured from the air too. Search online regarding since there are a few different ways to "make yeast".

Also can make a batch of "Friendship Bread Starter"…. Google for a recipe.

They would have to tape the full 8 hrs to show anything, then condense the video in a 1 minute segment. They are not interested in doing that; no profit in it. But you have a great idea.

it typically only lasts for 8 hours (or so). Obviously you can reset the trap but the actual production of CO2 will go down dramatically after 8 hours

***** False! CO2 production will slowly go down in a period of 2-3 weeks as numerous earlier fermentation has proven. Get your facts right, Jeff, people are starting to find out you are ignorant and can't answer questions about traps.

close to wherever you think you have an issue, i.e. bed, couch, etc....

The original Rutgers article (www.ingentaconnect.com/content/esa/jee/2013/00000106/00000004/art00036 )does not mention a hole in the containers either but the orange stickers on the containers (in the figure 5 and 6) could indicate these holes.

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the measurements are in the description of the video above as well as in the video

+Bed Bug TV (Jeff White) please explain the lid - if it's closed completely how is the CO2 suppose to attract the BBs? Also would you do experiments with Tea Tree oils, Eucalyptus and lavender oils, and Rubbing Alcohol, and DE, please. These products claim to rid / off BBs. I found bed big after 3 days. I want to sleep and study in my own room !!!!! It's ruining my sleep, etc. and I am sleeping in the living qtrs (loft) and at times my truck!

it definitely doesn't last a couple of weeks, Rutgers research suggests 24 hours based upon the mixing ratio above

***** awesome...24 hours is at least better than 8! I'll take stock on yeast and sugar :)

+wolffreak33 what's critical is that the bugs have a textured surface to climb to get into the dog bowl and then fall into a polished well that they can't climb out, the angle to get in is less important than the texture, the trap area should be close to 90 degrees. I don't the container doesn't have to be exactly 4 gallons but I'm unsure of how small it can be and still work as demonstrated

Yes, the LOO is the best place as the Brits say.

I would kill em first, squish em, boiling water, crush em with a spoon, can you tell how much I dislike them. I wouldn't trust the critters to not climb out of the toilet.

it's producing the optimal level of CO2 for about 24 hours after mixing, after that it would be best to mix a new batch

brittany is correct, they can't access the wooden blocks and bucket due to the pitfall

BB are attracted to CO2 what we exhale as we breathe. So this trap creates CO2 and tricks the bugs to climb into the trap.

Leave it off. If you seal the bucket it will pop open or worse split open as you are producing gas in the bucket and the pressure will build and need to go somewhere.

cracked a little

I would recommend 1 trap in a normal sized room (10x10'ish)

It's a 1 to 5 ratio if it's 150 grams of yeast and 750 grams of sugar. One cup yeast to five cups sugar to 3 Quarts/Liters of warm 100 F water. Correct me if I'm wrong. One cup of yeast = 136 grams. One cup of sugar = 225 grams.

IM not Jeff, but professionals say that they are mostly where you sleep, and they come out between 2 and 5 am when they go and hide again. lol. smart f..kers.

unfortunately it's rarely that easy, certain bugs in a population may not respond to the artificial cues or never commit to the trap, therefore in many infestations monitors should not be seen as a control tool, only devices that can help you control a problem with other tools or a monitor

recommendations are to leave it slightly/cracked open

You obviously have the Internet. There are hundreds of metric conversion sites.

I stand corrected, even the 5 gallon bucket foamed over...

@@Christian-cz9bu Water level perhaps was too high. Maybe use less yeast.

I'm actually not sure, the best solution for rat mites is to find the source and eliminate it and clean the area the source was in, if you try it and have success please let me know

***** The answer is no. This trap has been designed for bedbugs and rat mites respond to different lures and stimulus. An entomologist should know that but Jeff White says he is not sure.

try Eucoclean, available on amazon.com or www.eucoclean.com

Only good for 8 hrs, but do this instead The size of the bucket and the quantity of sugar and yeast used in the video are unrealistic for a home, or apartment resident. Bed bugs are found in large numbers in bat caves. The CO2 they exhaust is very small compared to the human breath; thus you do not need a 4 gallon pail and a large quantity of sugar and yeast. I recommend using 2 cups sugar mixed with 1 tablespoon of dry active yeast (or the content of a 7-8 gr envelope) in a 2-litres soda bottle with warm water, still well before putting in bottle. Use a small drywall screw and screwdriver to make a hole in the middle of the cap and place a small glad bag over the bottle. The glad bag “guides” the CO2 down the sides of the bottle and into the tray. I use a large recycled lasagna black tray that accommodates two 2-litre soda bottles plus a SenSci trap with the Chemical Lure. IT LASTS 2 WEEKS not 8 hrs like the large pail recommended by Rutgers University. The SenSci Volcano Trap and Lure are optional; the trap still works well with Carbon Dioxide only. You can also sit the bottle son the inverted doggy bowls but be very careful about tipping them over, especially if you have kids, pets, and even your bed sheets may hit the bottle and tip it over; so caution is advised. A good idea is to use flexible tubing to direct the CO2 into the trap while the bottles sit somewhere else, a short distance away and protected from tipping.

I've heard diatomaceous earth works too. You can buy it at most healthy food stores. Or online I suppose.

KIM HAINES just leave the lid slightly open

pro tip : you can watch series on flixzone. I've been using it for watching a lot of movies lately.

@Royal Makai Definitely, I've been using Flixzone for months myself :D

Talcum powder.

I heard keep the top on and make a hole in the top with a tubing can help also a person said on this thread leave the tubing hanging but not near the trap because they can climb up and drop to the floor again.

not necessarily but obviously bed bugs tend to be active at night

Central 1/3 and to the left a little. 😁 Bed bugs will travel about 8 feet for a meal.

louie stanley There are two types of yeast which normal people use. One is nutritional yeast. You get that at a health food store, body-building gym, whatever. It's dead. The one you want is active, dried yeast - the kind used in baking bread. That's what makes your bread rise. When mixed with water, it begins to grow again, but it has to have something to eat in order to grow. That's what the sugar is for. The water brings it back to life (so to speak) and it eats the sugar. Bubble, bubble. It smells just like bread baking, and if you like that aroma, you won't mind this at all. There are mail order baking supply places where you can buy it in bulk, such as a pound at a time, much more cheaply than those little packages. Amazon sells it, too. Get the cheapest you can find from a reputable seller. You just need them to grow, not bake croissants or anything. As I write this, Amazon has Fleischmann's at $11 for two pounds. That's a huge saving over the packages.

in the video I'm just following the directions that Rutgers University provides as they developed the concept. Yes you can probably scale it down but if you use less yeast/sugar you will create less CO2

I agree with this because it makes more co2. Attracting more bugs

It foams up big time.

By burning your home down and everything in it or get DE Earth and poof it everywhere with a powder duster.

Not sure...haven't tried or tested different yeasts

@__Rafael Mondonedo__ Yes, instant yeast works, as any other yeast. Fermentation is an old process and well documented. You should ask real experts instead of Jeff White

***** Yes he does as Ciclecto in Bedbbuegr.com He is in league with the worst poison-pushers, the ones that are making a profit from people bedbug demise. That's all he is interested in, playing games and making a name for himself, worthless! And you, you seem offended that I give him some of his own medicine, well I don't care about you. You are nobody and your opinion doesn't matter. I have one million views of my videos and you have none. You can whine all you want and nobody will listen to you. I am better than you because you are doing nothing to help people. You cannot stop me and you won't, no matter what you whine about. I would rather be a Frenchy than a nobody like you.

+Lyn Downes "too", Ms. Numpty.

working on it...we're launching a new product line called SenSci Activ (bed bug lure) and Sensci Volcano (monitor) in the next 1-2 months and we hope this starts to fill that void

Also ...why are all of the pest control companies pushing *HARMFUL,USELESS,COSTLY chemicals...when HEAT kills them forever...eggs and all. ?

If you turn on the heat, the bugs flee to a cooler area. And they are capable of fleeing inside of a wall, inside of a cabinet etc. You need to lure them to their death. They want their meal and are not real smart in intelligence.

Palmina D'Alessandro heat is a good treatment option but it can be expensive, a "traditional" approach using pesticides and other non-chemical products can also be effective but tends to take a little longer to get rid of every bug depending on the degree of infestation, comparing heat and traditional services is like comparing a luxury car and an economic one, both get you from point A to B it's just a matter of what you can afford and the add-on's you want

***** but the chemicals don't kill the bugs but rather only relocate them ...the bugs have become immune to the pesticides. Fact. The heat treatment is LESS in the long run. The company wants to make money and keep coming back therefore they push chemical "treatments"

that would work just be aware that if you plan on re-using the container you may have a very difficult time getting the glueboards off of the container, if you put the container directly on the glueboards good luck get getting them off

I'll be the first to admit I'm not a yeast/sugar/cooking expert so I'm not sure I can answer your question, I just reported what researchers at Rutgers University developed

Well I am going to try it and see what happens. From bread making I think if I feed the yeast with some sugar it should stay alive. I have my first ever expousre to bed bugs and I am doing everything I can to get them out of my house..Hopefully 6 months from now I will be able to say yes they are gone. It seems they are only in one room at this time. I am treating this like they are in the whole house. It is all out war and I plan to win.

patti mincher Hi, Patti! I am dealing with this new issue too and I would love to know if you added more sugar and yeast to the water and if it worked. Also, if you did, would you tell me how much yeast and sugar you used with the amount of water also? For now, I am going to try it as shown and hope for the best....uuuuuggh...No sleeping until this is gone...

I'll take a guess and say the precise numbers of the ingredients will mimic the amount of oxygen of a human adult for 8 hours. Please up date your progress.

@@pattimincher4201 me too! 60 yrs young first ever. Omg all bit up on nights that I'm so exhausted that I DO fall asleep. Lol

anytime

you have to remake it every day

i heard it last 2-3 weeks especially with all those sugar and yeast you are using.

Give me a couple weeks and I'll show you how to make one that lasts roughly a week. Search for bedbug beacon X.

KIM HAINES no idea but something doesn't sound right, I'd have to see it myself to provide an opinion

+KIM HAINES I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING IN THE TRAP, BUT I HAVE BEEN BIT.

+kimayah smith I have been using Diatomaceous Earth food grade. This seems to be working. The sugar and yeast was a waste of time and money.

Thanx Kim Haines, I'll try that before this gets out of control.

+Kim Haines and Kimayah. I have been using diatomaceous earth as well, but the thing is that the bugs are not attracted to it. On the contrary, they will avoid it if they can go around. I would suggest that the reason you two are still getting bit is because I have found the bugs favorite place is to stay ON the bed rails and small bed crevices where you cant see them so if you're still using the bed and apparently still breathing, they are smelling you and you're easier to reach then the trap. In my case, I quarantined the one bedroom and no one is in there so I am going to try this trap now to get CO2 in the room. I also spread a dusting of Diatomaceous earth (Home depot 9.00) all around the perimeter of the room walls and all around the bed legs. I closely inspected the bed frame first after removing the boxspring and mattress and sealed both of them in matress covers(Walmart 30.00 each)

BB are drawn to CO2 because it's what we exhale when we breathe, the trap has nothing to do with the BB exhaling CO2, So as he said the bucket mimics the exhaling of 1 1/2 people to draw the critters to the trap.

@@skeptic3332 Pretty sure he was referring to the amount of CO2 the bats exhaust not the bedbugs. And while one bat does exhaust less then a human, maybe the difference lies in the large number of bats all exhaling at once rather then 1 human to 1 bat comparison? Something to consider?

yea with some bed bugs as a protein source.

Very helpful. Thank you. Can you elaborate/explain the “re-activate section? “RE-activate? Thank you

Is it equal parts baking soda and vinegar?

@@FlaschDJ Active Dry Yeast needs to be reactivated, which is done by adding it to warm water. Follow directions on your yeast container.

@@mollyh8410 Baking soda and vinegar does make CO2 but it doesn’t last as long as the living yeast which keeps on producing, 24/7. For many days.

You thought that was complex?

I am American, and I use and understand metric measurements perfectly.

Yes, he said so in the video. It is only emitting CO2, which is what we breathe out and what the bugs use to detect where the human is as it only lives on human blood. It's a bug booby trap.