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  • From: KAKerby AT aol.com
  • To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] bugs
  • Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 20:49:24 EDT

I'll bet a bee vacuum would work really well.  A bee vacuum is used to suck up bees that land in bad places during a swarm.  I've used one several times, and they're fairly straightforward.  The one I used had a shop-vac type body, a long (as long as you want) nozzle, and a cage-type interior which allows the bees to survive their trip through ShopVacHell and emerge alive out the other end.  There are plans on the Internet for several variations.  And if you or some neighbors have chickens, I wonder if that might be a real tasty meal for them when you're done. 
Kathryn Kerby
frogchorusfarm.com
Snohomish, WA
 
In a message dated 4/13/2010 5:44:49 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, etienne.goyer AT outlands.ca writes:
Michael Meredith wrote:
> Have you ever tried a vacum cleaner?

That is something I have been pondering for a while.  A backpack
battery-powered vacuum with a fairly long nozzle to catch CPB adults and
larvas.  Sounds much more efficient than hand-picking.  Have someone on
the list found or devised such a thing?

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