Don’t you have to make the depth of the beer great enough to drown the slugs? If its too shallow, do they just enjoy wading around in it? It’s been a long time since I’ve tried that trick, but as I recall it works.
I don’t care about the slugs, we have hedgehogs for that. We use beer and syrup in plastic bottles to drown Asian hornets. They are destroying the honey bees at a fearful rate, and with our neighbours we are killing hundreds of the hornets every year. The bee keeper in our village counted more than a thousand in his traps last year. And he still lost three hives.
Da'Dad 12 months ago
Are they particularly good swimmers?
Tyge Premium Member 12 months ago
It’s just The Angels’ Portion. 8^ )
Jesy Bertz Premium Member 12 months ago
C’mon, Arlo! Put a head on it.
Rhetorical_Question 12 months ago
Slugs and Snails, beware? Janis wants no survivors.
j_m_kuehl 12 months ago
Line the Bowl rims with Salt?
nosirrom 12 months ago
But don’t they deserve a going away party?
AnneFackler 12 months ago
More in the bowls, less in you, Arlo.
Just-me 12 months ago
He’s gotta finish off the unused portion of the beer.
NotQuitePerfectTommy 12 months ago
Don’t you have to make the depth of the beer great enough to drown the slugs? If its too shallow, do they just enjoy wading around in it? It’s been a long time since I’ve tried that trick, but as I recall it works.
HappyDog/ᵀʳʸ ᴮᵒᶻᵒ ⁴ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᵘⁿ ᵒᶠ ᶦᵗ Premium Member 12 months ago
This whole notion is foreign to me. It looks like a waste of beer.
Bill The Nuke 12 months ago
for slugs just use the cheapest beer you can find.
MuddyUSA Premium Member 12 months ago
If he keeps sipping he’ll have the hangover!
mistercatworks 12 months ago
The yeasty smell attracts snails and slugs. Non-alcoholic beer works just as well; they get just as dead.
cabalonrye 12 months ago
I don’t care about the slugs, we have hedgehogs for that. We use beer and syrup in plastic bottles to drown Asian hornets. They are destroying the honey bees at a fearful rate, and with our neighbours we are killing hundreds of the hornets every year. The bee keeper in our village counted more than a thousand in his traps last year. And he still lost three hives.
Ceeg22 Premium Member 12 months ago
They just have to be deep enough to drown, but not too high that it sloshes when placing them
mafastore 12 months ago
So this is something people really do? Put out beer to kill slugs?