Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/10/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, George. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 10/2/2016 2:10 PM, George Lottermoser wrote: > +1 - very interesting indeed > > a note off the iPad, George > > On Oct 2, 2016, at 1:49 PM, lluisripollphotography <lluisripollphotography > at gmail.com> wrote: > >> Very interesting and well documented, we have usually these wasps here >> and as far as I know there are not such prevention care? >> >> Lluis >> >> >> >>> El 2 oct 2016, a les 19:31, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> va >>> escriure: >>> >>> 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. > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >