Norm Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 **** wasps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebpackfan Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 1 hour ago, Norm said: **** wasps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norm Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 Lolol no not that kind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatJerkDave Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 Ever watch the guy that gets stung by all bees and stuff? Pretty funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uffdaswede Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 1 hour ago, Norm said: **** wasps Are you having trouble with Republicans or bald faced hornets? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norm Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 4 minutes ago, Uffdaswede said: Are you having trouble with Republicans or bald faced hornets? Latter. I was moving a trailer and the bastards got me 3 times before I could even grab the jack handle. They were like living in the trailer hitch. Went nuclear with the spray and they were just falling out of the inside of it. I screamed like a little girl. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uffdaswede Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 15 minutes ago, Norm said: Latter. I was moving a trailer and the bastards got me 3 times before I could even grab the jack handle. They were like living in the trailer hitch. Went nuclear with the spray and they were just falling out of the inside of it. I screamed like a little girl. According to the Schmidt Insect Sting Pain Index, yellow jackets register as a 2 and paper wasps 3 on a scale that only reaches 4 (bullet ant). If you could see papery cells on the underside of the hitch they were paper wasps. If, as you suggest, they had built a nest inside the tube they were yellow jackets as they can nest in cavities, although they can also build an aerial nest within a paper envelope like bald-faced hornets do. My brother-in-law’s country porch has a few small brown paper bags hanging from the rafters. It fools the wasps into thinking that the territory is already claimed and they move on. A paste of baking soda and water helps with the pain, as does ice, although I find that ice soaked in whiskey is preferred for sting relief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norm Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 4 minutes ago, Uffdaswede said: According to the Schmidt Insect Sting Pain Index, yellow jackets register as a 2 and paper wasps 3 on a scale that only reaches 4 (bullet ant). If you could see papery cells on the underside of the hitch they were paper wasps. If, as you suggest, they had built a nest inside the tube they were yellow jackets as they can nest in cavities, although they can also build an aerial nest within a paper envelope like bald-faced hornets do. My brother-in-law’s country porch has a few small brown paper bags hanging from the rafters. It fools the wasps into thinking that the territory is already claimed and they move on. A paste of baking soda and water helps with the pain, as does ice, although I find that ice soaked in whiskey is preferred for sting relief. So much information right here. The last part is my favorite though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegas492 Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 4 minutes ago, Uffdaswede said: I find that ice soaked in whiskey is preferred for sting relief. I find that it helps life in general, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leader Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 49 minutes ago, Norm said: Latter. I was moving a trailer and the bastards got me 3 times before I could even grab the jack handle. They were like living in the trailer hitch. Went nuclear with the spray and they were just falling out of the inside of it. I screamed like a little girl. You are not alone. I was on a riding mower and "edging" in tight around a cluster of bromeliads - the machines noise and vibration stirred up yellow jackets that had built their nest underground, under cover of the bromeliads and I got nailed three times before I knew what hit me. I swore quite a few times while jumping off the mower and hauling *** No one within ear shot would have mistaken me for a little girl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norm Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 (edited) 1 minute ago, Leader said: You are not alone. I was on a riding mower and "edging" in tight around a cluster of bromeliads - the machines noise and vibration stirred up yellow jackets that had built their nest underground, under cover of the bromeliads and I got nailed three times before I knew what hit me. I swore quite a few times while jumping off the mower and hauling *** No one within ear shot would have mistaken me for a little girl Haha I actually just screamed the f word as loud as possible like 3 times. But I was pretty damn jittery going near the trailer after that I'm mildly allergic, nothing insane. I just welt up more than most people. I caught one on the cheekbone from some damn thing a few years back and my eye swelled up like a boxer. It was fine but my boss at the time was just sure I needed to get to the IR before I died. Edited August 12, 2019 by Norm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leader Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 Just now, Norm said: Haha I actually just screamed the f word as loud as possible like 3 times. But I was pretty damn jittery going near the trailer after that I went.....got a machete and gasoline and commenced to hack thru the bromeliads and firebomb / burn the little bastards out of house and home! Got chased a good distance more than a couple times - they have amazing honing skills and can follow the trail of carbon dioxide we exhale while running - but they never got me again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norm Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 1 minute ago, Leader said: I went.....got a machete and gasoline and commenced to hack thru the bromeliads and firebomb / burn the little bastards out of house and home! Got chased a good distance more than a couple times - they have amazing honing skills and can follow the trail of carbon dioxide we exhale while running - but they never got me again. That's hardcore. lol. My old man is crazy allergic to bees and wasps/hornets. Bees worse, I think. IDK, got stung by a bee once and we lived a block from the hospital but his tongue was damn near blocking his breathing by the time we got him there. So I guess I'm a little more frantic about it over that even though I've been stung dozen times or more and never had anything too crazy happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leader Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Norm said: That's hardcore. lol. My old man is crazy allergic to bees and wasps/hornets. Bees worse, I think. IDK, got stung by a bee once and we lived a block from the hospital but his tongue was damn near blocking his breathing by the time we got him there. So I guess I'm a little more frantic about it over that even though I've been stung dozen times or more and never had anything too crazy happen. It was actually and took considerable time....but I got them and the bromeliads eventually filled in the area again. Nothing but a memory. When another nest popped up on the other side of the property some years later - I bypassed the physical assault (even though the machete work wouldnt have been necessary) and called in a professional that killed them far easier. It is what it is. Edited August 12, 2019 by Leader 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneTwoSixFive Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 Back in the days of flared trousers, a bee went up mine while I was golfing and stung me high on the inner thigh multiple times. I whipped off the trousers and it flew away. Laughably, no-one else who was around even noticed I had whipped off my trousers (pants to most Americans, I believe).........you can get pretty much in the zone when you golf. I also got bitten by an adder (snake) when at scout camp, it blew my leg up to twice it's size, but never really hurt. Went back down after a few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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