In one of our gardening classes as Alden Lane, we learned that white flies are attracted to yellow gold colors. A great way to rid your garden of them, without getting anything toxic on your plants, is to cover a board of some sort that's been painted this yellow gold color with a clear plastic bag that has been sprayed with a product like "Tangle-Trap Sticky Coating" and then remove the fly laden bags when they are carpeted with flies and no sticky stuff is left. It really works!
Of course being me, and believing that all things functional can be decorative as well, these adorable beehives are the "fly catchers" my husband made for our garden. We recycle our clear plastic produce bags which slip easily on and off the beehives.
You really do catch more flies with honey!
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