Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/09/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator > <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> On 24 Sep 2017, at 19:22, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote: >> >> 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. >> >> I learned a lot about stinging insects during the time the vacuum >> cleaners were gathering the Yellow Jackets. >> >> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20170924-DSCF5510.JPG.html >> >> Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated. >> >> -- >> Jim Nichols >> Tullahoma, TN USA >> >> -- >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus >> Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/ >> Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/ >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >