The unfriendly Bee

NEW222 wrote:Sorry you got stung, but glad you're alright. I am assuming those remaining ones will get a dose of gas followed by a flame?

Thinking about it, I'm not sure it was a Bee, it didn't leave it's stinger in my leg.  Might have been a hive of those little lookalike hornets that we have around here.  Bee's are sort of endangered and are great pollinators.  Hornets will get a shot of Hornet/Wasp killer, Bees I will leave alone.  

You can't see them in the pictures, but there are hundreds buzzing around there.  I had those little hornets a couple of years ago down inside the ground in my ground cover right next to my outside water faucet.  Never could get rid of them until winter when I unloaded half a can of hornet killer down the hole.  

I have been stung many times by a variety of insects this side of a scorpion.  Don't know how I escaped that as they were in our house in Florida.  They loved the pool as they are attracted to water.  

Funny story, but not to him.  My grandson was staying with us in Florida when he awoke to find a scorpion running across his chest.  Swatted it off, hit it with his shoe and flushed it down the toilet.  

They eat them in Asia.

If they are indeed bees, you can call an apiarist (beekeper) and the will come and remove the hive for free. They get free bees which are expensive and you get the problem solved. It’s a win win.

About 5 years ago a hive moved into the hole under my water meter lid. If I had boxes I would have kept them.

Ron

I need one of those suits Ron.

Still hurts this morning, red and swollen but starting to itch signaling that it's getting better. For me the Arnold Schwarzenegger of Bee stings as they seldom affect me. Coincidently on my morning news fed there was an article about an Arizona man killed by Bees yesterday. One average 62 people are killed each year by Bee stings.

My buddy I grew up with had apple trees and fig trees on his property. In boredom many of my friends would start throwing them at each other. Sometimes I wonder what we were thinking . All of us had quite a arm so getting hit in the eye or face could've had serious consequences. Nonetheless, we were stupid and would do this until his parents would have a fit. His grandfather who lived next door couldn't stand it. The apples would be all over and when he would cut the grass, they would fly out of the mower like a cannon. I recall one apple going through the kitchen window while his mother was making dinner. She spoke only Italian and you knew what she was saying wasn't good. I picked up this apple and hauled back to throw when I got stung probably 6 times in the hand by multiple bees on the underside of the apple. My hand was the size of a baseball glove within the hour. My mother was not happy about this. Ice and Benadryl was in order. My current neighbor has a apple tree and has offered us to come over and pick them. I thanked her for her offer and declined.

I was taught over fifty years ago in the Boy Scouts to apply a drop or two of Chlorox to wasp and bee stings…. Insect stings are acidy and Clorox is a strong base that can neutralize….. Won’t completely make it quit stinging but will take most of the initial fire away…..I’m not necessarily recommending this…..It’s old home remedy…. just sharing what has worked for me…

Robert

Ken Cook wrote:........had apple trees and fig trees on his property. In boredom many of my friends would start throwing them at each other. Sometimes I wonder what we were thinking . All of us had quite a arm so getting hit in the eye or face could've had serious consequences. Nonetheless, we were stupid .........

Apples, corn cobs and dirt clods -- fodder for an all out war. I freely confess to the stupid part.

It was a yellow jacket.  Went to Wikipedia and other places to ID.  

I went back yesterday and watched.......carefully!  About a dozen flying around and some of their combs laying on the ground where when I pulled the stump it dislodged them.  

Itching has let up but the hole in my leg is still there.  Yellow jackets don't lose their stinger and can sting multiple times, so the little bugger is still hanging around .  Probably a big deal at the hive and given an award by the queen.

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Wow, playing with matches, running with scissors. I think Hornet spray, full bucket of dirt.

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Now that's gotta create an indelible stain in the seat lf ones trousers.    

Their baaaack, and they brought their bigger brothers.  

At the cabin, I noticed two or three coming out of a hole near the door.  Went up to the house to get some spray, only found ant & roach.  Went back and about a dozen were flying in and around that hole.  Put on a thick coat tight around the neck and shot them with the spray ducking quickly back inside the cabin.  They laughed.

Jumped in the car and went over to my daughters and picked up some Hornet & Wasp.  Came back and hit them again.  Ran.  They may still be laughing.  

Big-uns!

That afternoon I went out at least three more times and from a distance shot that hole full of hornet spray.

No precautions, shorts and a tee shirt, they wern't aggressive. Last time about 7 pm some were still buzzing around. This morning all was quiet. Got up close and soaked the hole with spray. No activity. Cabin is quiet again.