dysonman1
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Of course. If you're going to use a vacuum cleaner to suck up insects, make sure it is a rainbow. Drown the little bastards.
Vacuuming up wasps, bees etc.
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bvac6
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Waspids
LOL, my grandmother, who was from the old south, had her way of pronouncing things. Wasps were Waasps (pronounced like rasps) multiple wasps were waspids. But, a fan suction machine like Kirby, or Royal, Hoover Elite, etc are ideal to vac up flying pests as the fan obliterates them into a million indistinguishable pieces.
LOL, my grandmother, who was from the old south, had her way of pronouncing things. Wasps were Waasps (pronounced like rasps) multiple wasps were waspids. But, a fan suction machine like Kirby, or Royal, Hoover Elite, etc are ideal to vac up flying pests as the fan obliterates them into a million indistinguishable pieces.
turbo500
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I'm with Nar, I never kill bee's if I can help it. I don't like them, but they have a purpose. Wasps, on the other hand, need to be killed if they come near me.
We had such an incident the other week. My partner was home from work late and had bought some sushi for dinner. We were sat on the sofa munching away when the cat started staring up at us. He said "Aww, she can smell the fish". I happened to glance out of the corner of my eye..."OH NO SHE CAN'T, she's eye-ing up that f*cking HUGE wasp that's buzzing around your head!". This was in the middle of January! Thankfully, the cat jumped on it and killed it - I just had to vacuum up what was left of it.
We suspect that it was a queen wasp that had been disturbed from it's hibernation when we turned the heating up. Queen's are the only wasps alive at this time of year and should be hibernating.
Now...spiders.
As a child, I was TERRIFIED of spiders. My mother would always get the vacuum on them. I've gotten braver as I've got older and can now put a glass over them and put them outside, but if they're particularly big or if they're running around a lot, the vacuum comes out.
We had such an incident the other week. My partner was home from work late and had bought some sushi for dinner. We were sat on the sofa munching away when the cat started staring up at us. He said "Aww, she can smell the fish". I happened to glance out of the corner of my eye..."OH NO SHE CAN'T, she's eye-ing up that f*cking HUGE wasp that's buzzing around your head!". This was in the middle of January! Thankfully, the cat jumped on it and killed it - I just had to vacuum up what was left of it.
We suspect that it was a queen wasp that had been disturbed from it's hibernation when we turned the heating up. Queen's are the only wasps alive at this time of year and should be hibernating.
Now...spiders.
As a child, I was TERRIFIED of spiders. My mother would always get the vacuum on them. I've gotten braver as I've got older and can now put a glass over them and put them outside, but if they're particularly big or if they're running around a lot, the vacuum comes out.
columbus
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Well Done James-
Whilst the rest of us want to see blood, arms, legs taken off by the dirty fan machine, we had totally forgotten about the Rainbow, Drown them. HAHAHAHAHAHAH
Adrian
Whilst the rest of us want to see blood, arms, legs taken off by the dirty fan machine, we had totally forgotten about the Rainbow, Drown them. HAHAHAHAHAHAH
Adrian
Well done
Parwaz786, you're welcome! I can tell that you have a good taste in music.
Yeah, a water filtration vacuum would work GREAT in these situations.
Turbo500, I agree with you. It's a good thing you have a cat to take down pests! As for spiders, I, too, vacuum them up, as my sister is also terrified of them. If I spot a cobweb, I take the vacuum to it!
Parwaz786, you're welcome! I can tell that you have a good taste in music.
Yeah, a water filtration vacuum would work GREAT in these situations.
Turbo500, I agree with you. It's a good thing you have a cat to take down pests! As for spiders, I, too, vacuum them up, as my sister is also terrified of them. If I spot a cobweb, I take the vacuum to it!
dustin
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Come to think of it, I don't think I've ever vacuumed a wasp or bee. I don't waste the time to get a vacuum out and plugged in- either I run screaming bloody murder, or if it happens to be sitting on a hard surface, whack it with a shoe. I'm allergic to all the little nasties so I don't mess around. I don't typically stick around if I see them, especially wasps or hornets. Bees don't bother me so much, you really have to tick them off to get stung, hornets and wasps don't need an excuse.
human
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My mom used to vacuum up live cockroaches with her Dustbuster.
Funny thing about wasps. If you've ever noticed their tendency to become more aggressive in the late summer and early fall, there's a good reason for it. As their normal food supply dwindles with the change of season, they take to feeding on fallen fruits and berries, which ferment as they rot, creating trace amounts of alcohol. Turns out wasps are mean drunks!
Funny thing about wasps. If you've ever noticed their tendency to become more aggressive in the late summer and early fall, there's a good reason for it. As their normal food supply dwindles with the change of season, they take to feeding on fallen fruits and berries, which ferment as they rot, creating trace amounts of alcohol. Turns out wasps are mean drunks!
Wasp and bee,insect vacuums--I like the NSS M1 Pig.One time at a transmitter site service job-there was a large wasp nest in the corner of the trasnmitter room.It was a cool day so the wasps were calm-so slurped them up with the NSS!That day had the cloth dump bag on the machine.After cleaning out the transmitter and the building-just dumpted the chopped wasps and dirt mess outside.As one wasp was trying to get away-say to my freind--"Nothing,Nothing escapes the bag and pig!"One time in my Moms Florida home attic was a huge football size nest of wasps-had to go up there to unclog her NuTone central vac.The portion of the plumbing that comes apart was up there.Quietly did my thing and went back in the home and informed her to call an exterminator to get rid of the wasp nest.She did that and the exterminator disposed of them.Wished I had the M1 that day!I have picked up the HUGE roaches around here with my Water-Filtermatic vacuum-the suction and impact into the air deflector in the tank smashes them.The remains get dumpted outside in the plant bed.Same with I I use the Rainbow.Vacuum spiders-esp Black Widows.These guys love to live in the transmitter blower rooms.The blower rooms get VERY hot in the summer and attract LOTS of bugs-the blowers suck them in-and the Widows have a meal.When I vacuum out a blower room stomp on the bag afterwards.The Widows leave funky pinkish yellow stains on the vac bag after being crushed.Hate those things!!!Need to use my MI Pig on the wasps-but its at home adn the blower room is at work.So use the Greenville Sew&Vac Porta Vac for this job.One time while cleaning a fan room one of those buggers dropped down almost in my face slapped him down on the floor and stompted him-or is it her-the remains was on the bottom of my shoe for a long time!Found a Recluse spider in my house a picked him up with one of my M1's glad the fan is there-chopped him up!HATE Bitey,Stingy bugs!!When they bite me-make me VERY angry!!They then get "stung" by me!
columbus
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Dustin-
HAHAHA Could not agree with you more. Why run around causing exhaustion getting all geared up, before sending it to the warm place. Just give it a hard thorough whack two or 3 if you really feel like becoming revengeful.
Adrian
HAHAHA Could not agree with you more. Why run around causing exhaustion getting all geared up, before sending it to the warm place. Just give it a hard thorough whack two or 3 if you really feel like becoming revengeful.
Adrian
