Homemade Bed Bug Trap With Yeast. In a large bowl or bucket combine 15 pounds of sugar 13 pound of yeast and 6 pints of warm water. The trap in question partially pictured here involves mixing sugar yeast and water into a solution which is then propped up on an upside-down dog bowl.
We bought some used furniture and got a whole lot more. The trap in question partially pictured here involves mixing sugar yeast and water into a solution which is then propped up on an upside-down dog bowl. For the next 6-8 hours the bucket will produce low levels of CO2 that will lure bed bugs towards it.
The yeast and sugar solution will give off carbon dioxide which will attract them to the trap.
To make CO2 you need. Once they successfully climb the dish to get to the source of the carbon dioxide they will drown in the water. The researchers used the following formula. We bought some used furniture and got a whole lot more.

