I realize this is not particularly about biofuel, but some on the list may be interested in a no poison way of getting rid of a yellow jacket nest. (Perhaps I should have measured how much electricity this used with my watt meter. In my case I'd be willing to pay whatever it costs. ;)
We just discovered the weirdest but best way to deal with a yellow jacket nest. On Saturday my husband discovered hundreds of yellow jackets out by our chicken pens. He used up an entire can of bee spray. And while he saw some dropping, it didn't seem to make a dent in the amount of flying bees. Next he poured some chicken food over the hole in the ground, thinking they might eat them... NOT, chickens ran fast as they could to get away from those bees. He dug out a yellow jacket trap we had, it stinks, but all day we never saw a bee in it. Finally, he got out the Shopvac and put the hose opening near the nest opening. He got a bee every few seconds. You would have to see it to believe it. He does it for awhile then rests the motor. Last night he left the trap on the ground near the hole (which he had covered over, but I think they dug another exit nearby), this morning there are still lots of them left. So I put the vac hose right next to the trap. I actually emptied the area for a while. It really is amazing. The bees in the vac were dead when we looked. (We used a bag inside the vac.) Anyway, thought I'd share this no poison, no stinging risk way to get rid of a lot of bees. (We put all the extension pieces we had on the hose.) I am terrified of stinging insects, (flying needles) but even I could do this. Caroline ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Rent DVDs Online - Over 14,500 titles. No Late Fees & Free Shipping. Try Netflix for FREE! http://us.click.yahoo.com/JYdFFC/XP.FAA/3jkFAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
