I did biology at uni, and for one of the zoology modules we had to do an insect collection.
This involved catching insects, gassing them to death with ether and then pinning them out. I caught a giant bumble bee which woke up after I pinned it out! It was nightmarish, this large insect trying to move despite all the pins.

That night I had a dream that a giant bumble bee was pinning me out for display.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 13 Jul 2010, 12:42, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Ayayayay
Poor thingy! I don't think I could do anything like that. I find sooooo creepy those buterflies collections.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 13 Jul 2010, 12:43, Reply)

I wouldn't do it again
Killing the flies was ok, but I had to collect 9 "orders" of insect, and 3 of each order. I felt really bad for the butterflies, dragonflies, grasshoppers and even the beetles.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 13 Jul 2010, 12:50, Reply)

I would too
I wouldn't mind the mosquitoes and flies. Or ants. Anything else would be a no from me. I'm glad we didn't have anything like that, as I'm sure I'd have failed that subject.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 13 Jul 2010, 12:52, Reply)

I kept the collection for years (8 to be precise)
I only threw it out 4 years ago when I moved into my house. I have been especially nice to bumblebees since that awful collection.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 13 Jul 2010, 12:56, Reply)

They're sweet things
I have a few of them coming to my balcony, now that I have flowers on it. They're very soft too.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 13 Jul 2010, 12:59, Reply)

the other day my mate was trying to convince me that we should collect big bumblebees
make them drowsy in the freezer, and attach thread to them, so we'd have bees on a leash.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 13 Jul 2010, 12:44, Reply)

It's worth a shot
if you had enough they could go forth and do your bidding. Or you could re-enact "James and the giant peach" with bumblers instead of seagulls.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 13 Jul 2010, 12:48, Reply)