A young man in Canada jury-rigged an electric blower with corrugated tubing and a glass-roofed collection bin to create a "wasp-sucking machine," and placed it next to the entrance to a yellow jackets' nest. The photo above shows the results of 9 hours of vacuuming.
At the Reddit discussion thread there are some demurrers bemoaning the harassment of "innocent" creatures, but since I've personally been chased through the woods and stung multiple times by yellowjackets, I have to side with the inventor in this case.
And if he reversed the airflow, he would have a wasp-shooting gun. How awesome would that be!
Addendum: A collection of more practical tips for dealing with yellowjackets is at BackyardBoss.
And if he reversed the airflow, he would have a wasp-shooting gun. How awesome would that be!
ReplyDeleteThis little addition is why I'm going to have to vote for you as "hidden gem."
what is this .i can't understand this...by e.serans
ReplyDeleteIt was invented as a way to get rid of wasps, which sometimes build nests in or close to someone's home. This is like a vacuum that sucks the wasps into the chamber, from which they can not escape.
ReplyDeleteI think that was a spam comment, Minnesotastan.
ReplyDeleteSpammers are typically trying to sell something; I didn't detect any evidence of that in the text or the name.
ReplyDeleteThis blog gets many visitors from non-English speaking countries, so I thought it might be a language barrier.
Seems innocuous in any case.
I had this Marginal Revolution spam post in mind when evaluating the comment. The comment itself may not need to sell anything, its job is to get past the screeners. I didn't check the link to see if it was selling anything but you know how Chinese spammers spam in Chinese, I figured this was some Indian spam product and that's why it didn't sound like a real word.
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