OT: Moles (was Re: OT: Springtime in New York)

[Laura Brody]

Quoting Bob Stockler <bob at trebor.iglou.com>:
>
> PS - Another hazzard of chipmonk burrows is that yellow jackets usurp
>      them to build their nests sometimes.  I discovered that one time
>      when I was cutting grass and somehow disturbed those beasties.
>      They don't like that at all, and demonstrate it forcefully.  After
>      I recovered from the stings some days later I poured gasoline down
>      into their nest in the chipmonk burrow and dropped a match into it.
>      Problem solved!


   This visual reminds me of how my father took care of yellow
jackets some 30+ years ago.... At the time, he did heating
and air conditioning installation & maintenance, so he always
had a tank or two of freon in his truck. Since he was VERY
allergic to bee stings (as in 1 sting calls for a hospital
visit, more, go straight to the morge...) he would "stun"
them with the freon and then apply the gasoline & match. With
the price of freon now ($300+ a tank _if_ you can find it at all
plus you need a special license/permit just to buy it), there
is no way that he would use any of his precious stash on
unwanted insects.

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