Vacuuming up wasps, bees etc.

[niclonnic]

Here's an unusual subject:

Today I went to my mom's apartment for dinner.

While we were eating, we heard something buzzing near the ceiling fan lights. I looked closer, and it was a wasp!

So after eating, I whipped out the Dyson, plugged it in (it was still on, and scared the heck out of me!), grabbed the hose and vacuumed up the wasp. Now it's trapped inside the canister, and still alive!

Now, do you think a vacuum cleaner would be an effective weapon against bees, wasps, yellow jackets and the like? I couldn't get a good picture of the wasp inside the Dyson canister.

 

[parwaz786]

Its effective, I done it before a few times, but if its still alive, then vacuum up some pest repellent powder

 

[marcusprit]

Or you could just open a window and let it fly out.

 

[kirbymodel2c]

Or...

<span style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino;">you could of used a dirty air vacuum like a Kirby, Metal Royal etc with it's hose. It wouldn't of been alive then...</span>


 


<span style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino;">I've sucked up quite a few wasps in vacuum cleaners before.</span>


<span style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino;">I do avoid sucking up bees as their good for the garden etc.</span>


 


<span style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino;">James

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[vacuumlover]

Ill'd use a dirty air. Kill the buggers lol

 

[marcusprit]

By the time you took the floorhead off the Kirby and attached the hose the wasp would be long gone!And the noise would scare the $%#* out of it

 

[columbus]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

James and Marcus,

It certainly has its pro's and cons. I have an adorable little miniature duschund who is so inquisitive at anything moving. A wasp tackled her and her little head swelled up twice it size. To me she is my child and goes to work with me, and travel where I go.

After a celesta mine shot, she settled, but yes, in protection of my child, wasps certainly need to be watched. By only killing it, I found that there usually is a nest somewhere, hidden underneath a sideboard, table or chair and more effective to follow it and then bring in the Kirby, or Hoover, something with a metal fan, as the nest is a mud alike cocoon.

Strangely that you also mention that killing a bee is not a good gesture to nature, many people think that way, yes and as a matter of fact, once a bee stings someone, or something, it dies.

Like with a snake I also believe the only good wasp is a dead one. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAA

Very interesting, thanks

Adrian Smith

 

[marcusprit]

Well if reincarnation is true i hope i don't come back as a wasp in your home. Haha

 

[niclonnic]

Nice!

As always, it was very interesting to hear about your experiences with capturing wasps! If one was still alive, I would do regular vacuuming; the dirt captured would bury the wasp and it would eventually die. And I would wait until the canister gets full, rather than emptying it after every use.

As for dirty air vacuums, those would be even more effective! Having a wasp pass through the fan will make for a 0% survival rate. Then it would remain forever trapped inside the bag until you throw it away!

 

[parwaz786]

Once I vacuumed a bee with a Dyson DC03. The bin was full I think,mor almost. By the time I was done vacuuming other rooms in my house, the bee had been buried halfway through the bin full of dirt. The bee was still alive.

Another time I was vacuuming the car with my Dyson DC01 Destijl. A bee came towards the Dyson because of the bright colours, thinking it was a flower. I was in the car so there was no escape. The bee could have came in and stung me. I couldn't open the other door because The road my mouse is located in has no drive ways, but people, park their cars outside the curb and my road is a main busy road with traffic lights. So I was holding the hose and sucked up the bee. It was flying around and looked like it was dying. It stayed still and looked dead all day. So in the evening I decided. I would take it out because it was dead. So I has in the bedroom. As soon as I took the bin off... IT CHASED ME!!!!!! OMG I THOUGHT IT WAS DEAD, BUT IT WAS PLAYING DEAD!!!

 

[parwaz786]

I heard somebody used a Dyson DC08 to vacuum up a cockroach and it got ripped apart. I believe it because the DC08 is more powerful than the DC07

 

[moojuiceuk]

Flies

I find a Henry is excellent at sucking up flies in the summer. If one flies into the kitchen, they tend to land on the blinds in the window. Swatting a fly is nigh on impossible when it's landed, so I creep up on them slowly with the Henry, crevice tool on the hose and switched off. Once im within 2 inches, switch on and the fly is captured! They never survive in a Henry along with all the dust.

If a fly is still buzzing around mid air (especially the stupid type which do square shaped flight pattern laps in mid air) you can thwack em mid flight if you time it right. The best tool for that job is an old metal biscuit tin lid. Makes a satisfying donk noise on the lid. They can then be disposed of once they hit the deck.

 

[citroenbx]

 

[marcusprit]

I know a good way to get rid if flies. Get a Venus fly trap

 

[sebo_fan]

I never kill bees but I can't abide wasps. I've always SEBO'd them up or used my Miele. They don't tend to get a chance to escape either due to the force of the suction in the dust bag or being heavily laden in dust in general.

 

[niclonnic]

Parwaz786, that was a funny story! The Dyson in my profile pic is a DC07. If I were to use a newer Dyson, such as the Dyson Cinetic Big Ball, I believe that a pest would be ripped apart, too! BTW, I like your Taylor Swift profile pic! I love her music

Citroenbx, those were some good videos! The lady in the first vid was hilarious.

Marcusprit, the funny thing is, I had a Venus Flytrap plant a few years ago! Unfortunately, it never captured any flies. Those things are hard to keep alive!

 

[columbus]

HAHAHAHA Such Subject about nothing really.

Here in South-Africa we are currently experienceing, rather warm wheather, which has the tendancy to become hovered prior to rains.

During this time before rain, we find that no matter how clean and hygenic your surrounding is, there will be a fly or two, hence then the ants too. especially coming from outside to escape the heat and find a cool place.

Please tke my advice, DO NOT KILL AN ANT, for everyone you kill there is about another 1 million that comes to the funeral. LOL. Once it is killed, the steam machine sanitizes and cleans the evidence. That takes care of killing the evidence and claiming a dissapearance of an ant without a race. meanwhile he sleeps with the Fish, Cabish???


HAHAHAHAH

These stories you tell, really makes me smile, very amusing, and the way it is told, extremely anticpating the climax.

Adrian Smith

 

[parwaz786]

Hi Nick: Yes! Lol I want the DC41 mk2. PS high five! Taylor swift is a good singer. Thanks for the complement on my pic! I also like your picture of the DC07 the songs I like are shake it off, blank space, 22 and I knew you were trouble lol
I also like other artists like Eminem, Beyonce, Nicki minaj, Ariana Grade, Rihanna, Avril Lavigne, Demi Lovato, Jennifer Lopez, Jessie J, Katy Perry, I hate lady gaga but like two songs ( Bad romance and Applause), I also like Miley Cyrus, Iggy Azalea and Trey Songz

 

[jfalberti]

I used to have a wasp problem

and used my Rainbow D2 to get'em. Worked every time. Of couse, it took a little time to fill the pan, but the buggers always seemed to hang around long enough ...