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This thread was on my mind as I made my way deep into the unkept, old backyard of an ederly couple today. Was lookin' out for snakes and varmits as well. Kinda stomp/shuffle to the condenser...see if anything stirs before I get to an area that would be hard to flee. Took me about ten minutes just to locate the hose tap...all covered in vines.

I don't think either of them would even remember I was there...much less missing.

Heard on the radio news a couple days ago.

A couple went out to train their horses and killer bees showed up Killing Both Horses and putting the couple in the hospital with multiple stings a piece. The people were darn lucky.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...s-8735362.html

Originally Posted by John Culpepper

Google cicada killers.

I havent seen those for ages. All the pics on google images show small ones . I once saw one of those carrying a cicada into his hole with with its head missing. He was much larger than the cicada in the 4" range. I always called them giant sand wasps.

I think bee therapy works, I got stung on the right hand but my left hand feels better, oh probably the hydrocodone I ate.

Google cicada killers.

My money would be on the venom, there's people claiming success using bee venom to treat arthritis, I would imagine it has something to do with increased blood flow.

Originally Posted by walterc

I went to the shop to pick up another step ladder stored behind the shop a few weeks ago.
I grabbed the ladder by the upper step as always and felt tingling in my hand. I thought I just pinched a nerve until I saw a swarm of wasps. They covered my hand and two got me in the right side of my face- must have been 15-20 stings- huge nest.
I threw the ladder in the truck and after a couple miles, my hand and cheek were already swelling, so I pulled over and took 2 Benadryl and proceeded. A few more miles the pain was getting bad, so I pulled over and took 4 Motrin.

Wouldn't you know the furniture stores condensers were all out on concrete right in the sun- no wind.

Groggy, dizzy, and hurting, I worked as quickly as possible repairing a leak and then called it a day.

I should have took pics of my ballooned hand.

I noticed though, when the swelling went down, my old hand wasn't stiff like it was before. It felt better than it has in years.

Interesting, maybe it was the four motrin.

I went to the shop to pick up another step ladder stored behind the shop a few weeks ago.
I grabbed the ladder by the upper step as always and felt tingling in my hand. I thought I just pinched a nerve until I saw a swarm of wasps. They covered my hand and two got me in the right side of my face- must have been 15-20 stings- huge nest.
I threw the ladder in the truck and after a couple miles, my hand and cheek were already swelling, so I pulled over and took 2 Benadryl and proceeded. A few more miles the pain was getting bad, so I pulled over and took 4 Motrin.

Wouldn't you know the furniture stores condensers were all out on concrete right in the sun- no wind.

Groggy, dizzy, and hurting, I worked as quickly as possible repairing a leak and then called it a day.

I should have took pics of my ballooned hand.

I noticed though, when the swelling went down, my old hand wasn't stiff like it was before. It felt better than it has in years.

My 3 year old son was stung in the head this past weekend by a wasp. Kind of nerve racking being a parent and wondering if they are really allergic to something like that. A popscicle made it better. Then three hours later split his eyebrow running in the house. Ahh boys will be boys.

Originally Posted by acmcqu2

I've found that spray glue works good on bees, but I'm wondering what to use on seagulls? During mating season they are extremely aggressive.

LOL!! Spray glue is the most fun it's like playing spiderman.

I got stung for the first time saturday by wasp, there were hiding under the electrical panel by the refer lines when I reached under to take the panel off one stung me on the finger, Probably a direct result of this thread. I sprayed em all and they dropped like flies.

When I was a kid I'd spend hours trying to track all manner of bees, wasps etc back to their nests to do battle. I'd hang out by flower beds, make a mud puddle in the middle of a field during a dry spell and try to lure a wasp attempting get materials to add on to their nest.

While the other kids were playing with toy guns and such; I was engaged in a sport with a real risk. If I located a nest I wouldn't quit until it was defeated. Sometimes it went on for hours. The neighbors used to call my mom and ask if I could come deal with a wasp nest - and she would send me over. I carried a badmitten racket (lightweight, dices 'em into pieces with one swing), spent my allowance on the latest sprays and spray bottle technology; experimented with custom poisons...Dabbled in flammable bombs for the ground dwellers...

I should probably have turned out a lot stranger than I have...come to think of it.

Hate the damn things to this day. The scariest movie I saw as a kid was something like "Killer Bees." Remember...it ended with the gal driving a VW bug into a sports dome of some sort and they basically cranked on the AC until they all got too cold to move? I think we could all agree that's an awesome and ironic solution.

Walther P22 with a laser sight.

CCI Stingers will calm them down in no time. I guess they get tired - they look just like they are sleeping. <g>

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Originally Posted by acmcqu2

I've found that spray glue works good on bees, but I'm wondering what to use on seagulls? During mating season they are extremely aggressive.

I've found that spray glue works good on bees, but I'm wondering what to use on seagulls? During mating season they are extremely aggressive.

Originally Posted by jim147

wormy, I would have put a .45 hole in that one. Glad I'm in the country where my customer would have thanked me for saving their livestock, pets, children instead of calling the cops on me.

What kind of bee stings without losing it's stinger? I got hit today by the meanest thing I have ever seen. It got the homeowner in the freaking eye while he was showing me where the condensing unit was and then chased me around the yard for several minutes before he got me and then I got him. He was darker then a honeybee but not nearly as big as a bumblebee.

jim

Sounds like bald faced hornets. They kinda look like bees but don't lose their stingers. Mean too.

I've always wondered why when I order a seafood plate, they give you catfish or some other freshwater swimmer. When I mention "seafood" is from the sea, I get criticized.


I ask if the shrimp came from the poisoned Gulf of Mexico or the Salmon from the radiated west coast or the fish from the sewers waters of china and get that same look.

The exception is when we go down to the coast and eat at a seaside restaurant- worth the trip.

Originally Posted by Core_d

I was surrounded by a flock of honey bees one as I walked down the street. I assume they were in migration. When I looked to my left their were thousands of what seemed to be flowers blowing out of a tree. Realizing these flowers were actually bees surrounding and bumping into me I freaked for split second. By the end of the ordeal I enjoyed quite a bit.

I was at a outdoor car show about 25 years ago and you could see and hear the bee swarm in the sky. These suckers decended on the car show and landed full swarm on a red muscle car , covering the entire quarter panel. Weirdest thing I saw in my life. Not sure how long the owner of that car had to wait to leave the show with his car. But I got the hell out of there.

wormy, I would have put a .45 hole in that one. Glad I'm in the country where my customer would have thanked me for saving their livestock, pets, children instead of calling the cops on me.

What kind of bee stings without losing it's stinger? I got hit today by the meanest thing I have ever seen. It got the homeowner in the freaking eye while he was showing me where the condensing unit was and then chased me around the yard for several minutes before he got me and then I got him. He was darker then a honeybee but not nearly as big as a bumblebee.

jim

Last year I was attacked by yellow jackets. I never saw them coming and got stung by 13 of them. I have always thought of them the same as you, don't bother me and I won't bother you. I got the typical swelling and itching but it made me physically ill for a few day's.

The craziest thing I have seen was just a couple months ago. I got home from work about 5ish and as I was walking to my front door I heard a strange buzzing noise. I was looking all over the place trying to figure out where this noise was coming from when I saw it in the tree. It looked like a bee hive about 2.5 feet tall and 1.5 feet wide. I was scratching my head in disbelief that they could build a hive so quickly and wondering what the heck am I going to do to get rid of them. I wanted to get a picture of them but I wanted to have some kind of protection so I went back to my van and grabbed the wasp killer. As I was returning they suddenly started to fly towards me and that is when I started spraying as I ran inside my garage. Went back out a little while later to find there was no hive, it was them clinging to one another. I compared the few dead ones to pics on the web and they were killer bees no doubt so I feel fortunate.

opened a carrier package unit once
very very old model..... heat section on right / compressor section on left
wished I could tell you model number

huge wasp nest
red wasps

go down
grab several cans of wasp spray
made sure it the kind you can spray on electric wires (didn't wan't to get shocked / least I thought 'that' far ahead)

one can in each hand

BLAST AWAY

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Oh sure....
the stuff is OK to spray on live electric wires
but NOOOOOOO
don't spray it on a lit pilot


Worst yet was the smoke rolled out so fast it blasted me in the face and I inhaled
a 'micro spec' (is that even a word.... oh well... it is now)
my lungs locked up

I mean.... absolutely no air in...... no air out....
no movement at all
complete vapor lock


Grabbed my cell phone and started to dial 911
but thought to myself.... hmmm hows this gonna work when all they can hear is
" " <---- yes..... thats the sound I was making since I couldn't scream for help

I proceded to swallow(not swallow like with water... but filled my mouth with air and forced it down my windpipe.... didn't need it in my tummy.... needed it in my lungs) air as fast as I could to force fresh air into my lungs

Fortunately.... I was able to start breathing again and luckily there I didn't fry the unit or
set the building on fire.

I see just how miniscule of smoke it takes to die of asphyxiation

On another note:
Here's the little guy I walked over the other day
DIdn't see him the first time
thought I felt something grab my britches leg when I walking to the unit.. when I headed back to the truck... I caught sight of this....
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he stayed there long enough for me to hook up two 75' water hoses (hydrant had to be at the other end of the house) and was able to use my sprayer to get him to high tail it across the yard a little ways (a whopping 20ft lol) unfortunately... he borrowed up in some tall grass where I couldn't see him anymore