We've struggled pretty badly this year with getting small swarms of fruit flies in our house whenever we try to gather compost on our kitchen counter. It's never really a problem in the spring, fall or winter....just summer.

We use this BioBag kitchen counter bin and so far, our only solution is to put out small bowls of apple cider vinegar with a dab of soap in them. But we're at the point where we probably just can't keep compost on our counter anymore.

So maybe it's a big duh, just take out compost throughout the day. But I figured I'd ask and hear if anyone else has had any better luck here.

For context - we're located in the middle-ish of North Carolina, USA. We've also got a septic tank system and regardless of flies flocking to our compost bin, they also tend to hover around any area with a sink.