First it was bees, now it's pear wine and fruit flies, dammit.

[Detroit Hoser]

Actually, I heartily approve of pear wine. It's the fruit flies which thrill me less, although I'll take fruit flies over bees any day.

[Bee update: It's honey-stealing season and last week Edna went out to the hives to gather the thingies that hold the honey, because it's time to extract the honey. Somehow or other she pissed off the bees in a royal way that the little fuckers actually attacked her, with a couple of them finding their way into the bee hat thingie! She only wears the jacket part of the bee suit because the entire jumper is horrendously hot to work in, so the bees stung her through her jeans, managing even to work their way down into her boots. Now do you see why I don't go anywhere near those little bastard's hives? It was bad enough that one was still in her jeans when she came in the house and went flying around with Larrie The Female Kitten chasing after it. Goddamn I hate those bees.]

Anyway, my question is: What's the best way to quickly eradicate fruit flies. I don't care about catching them and setting them free. I want them DEAD. They'll contaminate the wine if even one gets in there, and you know how I feel about my alcoholic beverages. I prefer them uncontaminated.

I've put apple cider vinegar in bowls but I don't know if there's supposed to be more to it than that. Google tells me yes and no. I hate Google, but not as much as I hate bees.

And ideas for mass annihilation of fruit flies?