How Not to Deal With Wasps..

 
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Post by CoalHeat » Sun. Jul. 26, 2015 10:04 pm

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Post by EarthWindandFire » Mon. Jul. 27, 2015 8:10 am

Yea, as much as I love bees and what they do for mankind, they sure as hell can hurt you!

Recently I read an article about a farmer down south that was killed by bees when his tractor disturbed the nest. :(

 
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Post by confedsailor » Tue. Jul. 28, 2015 9:58 pm

Naw man, Bees are cool. Wasps are $^%%@#$&^%&%$@$#%&%@#%. Bees only nail you if they really have to because they know its a one shot deal. Wasps sting for the sheer everlovin joy of it.

 
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Post by KLook » Tue. Jul. 28, 2015 10:03 pm

Unless they are the Africanized bees...... that happens from time to time. Attended my first beekeepers meeting here in Chatt town last night and will be beekeeping soon I hope. Brought back a bunch of gear from Maine in June.
Wasps just suck.

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Post by McGiever » Tue. Jul. 28, 2015 10:14 pm

Swarm of honeybees this year back in late May.
My hand for size comparison.
And I was shirtless while taking photos. :roll:
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Swarm of honeybees in a lilac bush late May 2015

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Post by SWPaDon » Wed. Jul. 29, 2015 12:10 am

McGiever wrote:Swarm of honeybees this year back in late May.
My hand for size comparison.
And I was shirtless while taking photos. :roll:
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Yea, but what size is your hand? One of my sisters was 3' 8" tall..........her hand was small compared to mine, and my hand is small compared to other guys on here :shifty:

But all jokes aside, I would never have put my hand there (small or large) (with or without a shirt).

You either know what you are doing, or you gots a srew loose............I can loan ya a screwdriver if it's the latter :)

 
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Post by SWPaDon » Wed. Jul. 29, 2015 12:15 am

KLook wrote:Unless they are the Africanized bees...... that happens from time to time. Attended my first beekeepers meeting here in Chatt town last night and will be beekeeping soon I hope. Brought back a bunch of gear from Maine in June.
Wasps just suck.

Kevin
All jokes aside, McGiever seems to know his way around honeybees, judging by his posts, I suggest you PM him if you need advice.

Lisa, Lowfog01 is also into beekeeping. She can probably help you a lot also.


 
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Post by davidmcbeth3 » Wed. Jul. 29, 2015 2:25 am

McGiever wrote:Swarm of honeybees this year back in late May.
My hand for size comparison.
And I was shirtless while taking photos. :roll:
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This is the "before pic" ... where is the "after pic"?

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LOL .. really, one should not do that ... I wonder what would have happened if a car back-fired nearby?

 
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Post by McGiever » Wed. Jul. 29, 2015 8:50 am

Things are not as dangerous as they seem.

Honeybees (same as all other bees, wasps etc.) are not built to hurt anything or anybody, only to survive and reproduce in order to continue the specie's existence.

 
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Post by KingCoal » Wed. Jul. 29, 2015 9:22 am

McGiever wrote:Things are not as dangerous as they seem.

Honeybees (same as all other bees, wasps etc.) are not built to hurt anything or anybody, only to survive and reproduce in order to continue the specie's existence.
i agree with this for the most part BUT, there is a strain of what's called "ground bee's" around here that if you cross their fly line with in a certain distance of the burrow the whole cloud is coming out to light you up.

been there, i'm merciless with those guys.

 
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Post by EarthWindandFire » Wed. Jul. 29, 2015 12:29 pm

I took the family to see a Civil War reenactment last year. I almost $hit myself when this four inch long Wasp landed on my ten-year olds back while he was watching the Confederates whip the Yankees. My initial reaction was to smack the bee off my sons back. Luckily, I stayed calm and waited a few seconds until it flew away. I saw many more of these bees that day, I never even knew they existed and I'm pretty familiar with insects and wildlife. These bees are called Cicada Killers and are absolute monsters!

 
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Post by KingCoal » Wed. Jul. 29, 2015 12:57 pm

EarthWindandFire wrote:I took the family to see a Civil War reenactment last year. I almost $hit myself when this four inch long Wasp landed on my ten-year olds back while he was watching the Confederates whip the Yankees. My initial reaction was to smack the bee off my sons back. Luckily, I stayed calm and waited a few seconds until it flew away. I saw many more of these bees that day, I never even knew they existed and I'm pretty familiar with insects and wildlife. These bees are called Cicada Killers and are absolute monsters!
those things are EVERYWHERE here in Indiana, have been my whole life.

these are another of the very specialized types. they have no hive or queen, don't gather nor store honey. they come out every yr. to sting Cicada's, very large grass hoppers and the like to immobilize them then pump them full of eggs and bury them alive as incubators for the next generation.

i have never heard of them stinging a human under any but direct survival conditions and you really have to be pushing them, they are far too busy to care otherwise.

 
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Post by KLook » Wed. Jul. 29, 2015 4:33 pm

All jokes aside, McGiever seems to know his way around honeybees, judging by his posts, I suggest you PM him if you need advice.

Lisa, Lowfog01 is also into beekeeping. She can probably help you a lot also.
Thanks bud, but I was beekeeping long before Lisa started up. Took a hiatus with the big move and just getting back to it. Also lost much of my gear in the fire I had in 08. This is a different place to have bees however from coastal Maine......

Kevin

 
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Post by gaw » Sun. Jan. 10, 2016 9:30 pm

I like this guys approach to dealing with hornets toothy

 
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Post by Lightning » Sun. Jan. 10, 2016 9:46 pm

How does this thread show up in January? :lol: somebody must be looking forward to summer already.


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