Redbow
Senior Member
But the man could ! A friend of mine from Augusta Georgia worked at the old Atlantic Coast Line Locomotive repair shop with me in Florence SC for many years !
The Yellow Jacket thread reminded me of my friend, the man could find a Yellow Jacket's nest with no problem ! Mr. Moseley would drive down an old country dirt road real slow until he spotted the small insects flying across the road ! Then he would stop and jump out of his car and watch for more, he could always tell if the Jackets were going to or from the nest because going to the nest they were always loaded or carrying food back and he could spot the loaded insects !
Mr. Moseley would actually follow the little critters until he located the nest. Then he would take an old railroad fusee used for signaling during the switching of boxcars, light the thing and very quickly stuff the fusee down into the entrance hole of the Jackets nest ! He would then back off and let the fusee do its job of putting the critters to sleep !
Then Mr. Moseley would go back to his car, get his shovel and foot tub and dig the nest up ! He actually sold the nest loaded with larve to several folks around our railroad shop for Bream fishing, charging only a couple of dollars for his efforts ! Actually finding the Yellow Jacket's nest was a lot of fun for Mr. Moseley and he often beamed about his ability to find them ! Occasionally someone would come to work and tell Mr. Moseley about a Jacket's nest on their property and he would go that afternoon and get it !
I am not kidding about Mr. Moseley and his ability to locate a Yellow Jacket's nest, it is true ! Mr. Moseley retired in the late 70's and moved back to his beloved Augusta that he so often spoke of ! He is now deceased ! I hope he passed his art of finding a Yellow Jacket's nest on to someone else before he died ! He was an amazing man and he loved Quail hunting also !
The Yellow Jacket thread reminded me of my friend, the man could find a Yellow Jacket's nest with no problem ! Mr. Moseley would drive down an old country dirt road real slow until he spotted the small insects flying across the road ! Then he would stop and jump out of his car and watch for more, he could always tell if the Jackets were going to or from the nest because going to the nest they were always loaded or carrying food back and he could spot the loaded insects !
Mr. Moseley would actually follow the little critters until he located the nest. Then he would take an old railroad fusee used for signaling during the switching of boxcars, light the thing and very quickly stuff the fusee down into the entrance hole of the Jackets nest ! He would then back off and let the fusee do its job of putting the critters to sleep !
Then Mr. Moseley would go back to his car, get his shovel and foot tub and dig the nest up ! He actually sold the nest loaded with larve to several folks around our railroad shop for Bream fishing, charging only a couple of dollars for his efforts ! Actually finding the Yellow Jacket's nest was a lot of fun for Mr. Moseley and he often beamed about his ability to find them ! Occasionally someone would come to work and tell Mr. Moseley about a Jacket's nest on their property and he would go that afternoon and get it !
I am not kidding about Mr. Moseley and his ability to locate a Yellow Jacket's nest, it is true ! Mr. Moseley retired in the late 70's and moved back to his beloved Augusta that he so often spoke of ! He is now deceased ! I hope he passed his art of finding a Yellow Jacket's nest on to someone else before he died ! He was an amazing man and he loved Quail hunting also !
