[Leica] [OM] IMG: Bee Busters at Work

[Jim Nichols]

Thanks, Nathan.  A skunk had been digging at the nest hole overnight, so 
the insects were mad.  Pete wouldn't allow me any closer.  I got some 
more details on a prior visit.

http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Yellow+Jackets.tif.html

http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Stunning+with+Carbon+Dioxide.tif.html

http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Support+Equipment.tif.html

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 9/25/2017 11:58 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> What a line of work!
> Nice image, but it would have been interesting to see some closer views.
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> Nathan Wajsman
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>> On 24 Sep 2017, at 19:22, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:
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>> I spent a couple of hours this morning observing Pete Waldenmaier, aka "Bee Busters", extract a nest of Eastern Yellow Jackets from my back yard.  The insects are quick frozen and shipped to a lab in Pennsylvania to be used to make vaccine used to desensitize people who are very sensitive to the stings of these insects.  Pete says the nests are very large this year. This one showed signs of digging around it, so a nightly-visiting skunk has probably been at work.  I have seen evidence of some kind of nightly visits.
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>> I learned a lot about stinging insects during the time the vacuum cleaners were gathering the Yellow Jackets.
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>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20170924-DSCF5510.JPG.html
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>> Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated.
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>> -- 
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
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