Guide to Yellow Stripey Things
May 7, 2019 18:10:12 #
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May 8, 2019 07:20:05 #
RavineCat
Loc: Worthington, Ohio
Bumblebee: Will build a nest under my step into my storage shed. Will become agitated when I bounce the push mower off the step. Will sting me twice. Will chase me as I run away and sting me twice more while I'm running and twice more when I stop. Will chase me as I run approximately 70 yards away (that's a really long way for an older guy with bad parts) and sting me three more times when I stop again. After finally escaping into the house, these bees will gloat over me being sick for two days from the stings. i don't try to pet them.
The rest of the list is dead-on accurate.
The rest of the list is dead-on accurate.
May 8, 2019 07:35:52 #
Many years ago, I ran over a yellow jacket nest with a lawn mover. They chased me running back to the house and I couldn’t return to the still-running mover for a couple of hours. They hold a grudge.
May 8, 2019 07:36:37 #
May 8, 2019 08:24:50 #
The poster is correct about the big, fat, slow bumblebees, but apparently whoever did it has never encountered the littler, really nasty version that will sting--hard--at the drop of a hat.
May 8, 2019 09:42:59 #
cdayton wrote:
Many years ago, I ran over a yellow jacket nest with a lawn mover. They chased me running back to the house and I couldn’t return to the still-running mover for a couple of hours. They hold a grudge.
Hornets do too!
May 8, 2019 11:21:23 #
cdayton wrote:
Many years ago, I ran over a yellow jacket nest with a lawn mover. They chased me running back to the house and I couldn’t return to the still-running mover for a couple of hours. They hold a grudge.
We have a large landscape box made of railroad ties. We have a tree planted in it. A few years ago, a yellow jacket stung me on the ankle as it was mowing past the box. I got a couple of cans of wasp and hornet spray that shoots about 7-8 feet. I very patiently squatted down near the box and saw the opening between the ties where they were coming and going. I would nail them as they came out and went in. I went through two cans of the spray and part of a third and had a nice little pile of them when they quit flying in and and out, probably a double handful. No more problems. Thought that might make you feel better.
May 8, 2019 13:29:06 #
May 8, 2019 18:37:14 #
canarywood1
Loc: Sarasota,Florida
You can spray them with diesel fuel or kerosene too , as they breathe through their bodies.
May 8, 2019 19:35:53 #
Bigmike1
Loc: I am from Gaffney, S.C. but live in Utah.
I have never tried to pet a bumble bee and don't think I want to try. I have had plenty of experience with yellow jackets. They thrive in the south where I grew up. Their sting is very painful. I love honey bees. I raised them before I left South Carolina. I took the top off a hive once and was watching them and got too close when one of them flew up and popped me right between the eyes.
May 9, 2019 23:21:47 #
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