Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/10/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It is Jim, it is. Stay safe Amities Philippe 2016-10-02 20:44 GMT+02:00 Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>: > Hi Philippe, > > I've tried many solutions, including pouring in gasoline and tossing a > match, but that was a long time ago. This guy removes them for free, and > has a market to cover his expenses. Seems like a win-win to me! :-) > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > On 10/2/2016 1:11 PM, Philippe Amard wrote: > >> Thanks Jim >> >> We regularly have them nest in and round the house. >> >> I have photos of the guys smoking them dead - no mercy here - but they're >> on my other machine. >> >> I'm very happy nothing happened to you - remain on the watch as ours >> usually return once a fine location has been found ... >> >> Amities >> Philippe >> >> >> 2016-10-02 19:31 GMT+02:00 Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>: >> >> Several weeks ago, I discovered a Yellow Jacket nest in my back yard. I >>> kept a wary eye on it, but worried that my lawn maintenance guy might get >>> stung. >>> >>> On Friday, the local newspaper, The Tullahoma News, ran an article on a >>> Winchester, TN resident who traps Yellow Jackets, Hornets, and Guinea >>> Wasps, and freezes them, eventually packing them in dry ice and shipping >>> them to the lab of AKL Source Material in Pennsylvania. There, the venom >>> sacs are extracted by hand and used to create anti-venom. I gave him a >>> call and told him about my nest. He arrived yesterday afternoon as I was >>> watching a football game. >>> >>> I decided to document the process. The first photo shows the nest >>> entrance as I found it, essentially a hole in the ground laid bare by the >>> passage of many insects. >>> >>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Yellow+Jacket+ >>> Nest.TIFF.html >>> >>> Pete Waldenmaier's "BeeBusters" truck. >>> >>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Bee+Busters+Truck.tif.html >>> >>> The vacuum trap, essentially a tank vacuum cleaner with a special >>> collector trap. >>> >>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/The+Vacuum+Trap.tif.html >>> >>> The trap in position at the nest hole. >>> >>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Trap+in+Position.tif.html >>> >>> Final adjustments. >>> >>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Final+Adjustments.tif.html >>> >>> After about an hour, the insect stream slows, so Pete hammers on the >>> ground to disturb them, and more start flying out. The vacuum captures >>> most of them immediately. >>> >>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Hammering+on+ >>> the+Ground.tif.html >>> >>> His truck is filled with support equipment, including a freezer and >>> bottles of carbon dioxide. >>> >>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Support+Equipment.tif.html >>> >>> The final product is a bottle of Yellow Jackets. >>> >>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Yellow+Jackets.tif.html >>> >>> Pete stuns the insects with carbon dioxide before placing them in the >>> freezer to die. To be usable, the insects must remain frozen until the >>> venom sacs are harvested at the lab. >>> >>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Stunning+with+ >>> Carbon+Dioxide.tif.html >>> >>> While he had this operation going on at my house, he had a parallel >>> operation going on about 15 miles away. I'm told there are only about 40 >>> of these collectors nationwide. >>> >>> Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated. >>> >>> -- >>> Jim Nichols >>> Tullahoma, TN USA >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >