F#$%ing Yellowjackets!
I went to move my Little Chief smoker this morning and the rat bastages had built a nest in it. Dirty buggers got me three times.
They have been dispatched with extreme prejudice, (and a can of Raid).
Of all the creatures God deemed fit to put on the Earth it is beyond me why he chose to put yellowjackets here.
They have been dispatched with extreme prejudice, (and a can of Raid).
Of all the creatures God deemed fit to put on the Earth it is beyond me why he chose to put yellowjackets here.
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Just had one of these go after me. 
1st time I've seen a black one in this area.0 -
Riding my trike at three in Amelia, Texas, when a wasp stung me and knocked me off the trike onto the ground unconscious, so says my mother, who witnessed the episode.
On family farm near Ponta, Texas, about the same age, when I mistook a huge black bumble bee inside a big white flower for a hummingbird. My finger throbbed. That just flat hurt.
Age five, playing hide and seek in the limbs and leaves of a huge sycamore tree on top of our shotgun style rental house with a couple of great friends in Beaumont. That was when I made the mistake of moving just one big leaf in front of my face to spy a big red wasp nest right smack in front of eyes. The last thing I saw was all of the wasps on the nest with their wings jacked out and ready to take off. They got me really good, but I lost them in the leaves as I ran straight off the roof top, grabbing at its edge long enough to take a large splinter in the thumb. I couldn't see much at all by the time I stood up since my eyes closed shut pretty quick.
That'll do for starters! [:D]0 -
I just got it twice in the right arm , went to more a old wood ammo box that was setting in the lean to and they had 2 nest under the lid , my turn now [}:)] 0 -
Years ago my brother stepped on a rotten stump being used as a nest. Bad bad bad 0 -
quote:Originally posted by bpost
quote:Originally posted by buschmaster
last few times I got stung by a wasp, after a while it felt good. wouldn'ta minded getting stung again.
same thing with getting shocked by 110.
weird.
The four times I got stung by wasps last summer hurt like hell for DAYS and the swelling was painful too, it took steroids to calm things down each time.. You are either sick in the head or the toughest man on earth.
maybe it was a different wasp. we have plain ol' yellowjackets up north (paper wasps) never seen them build a nest in the ground. been stung many times, never hurt for more than an hour or two. doesn't hurt others for days or I would have heard about that.
or, maybe you are allergic to them?0 -
It is a good name for a football team like Georgia Tech, because, you never get stung by one of them, by the time you realize that you have been hit, you will get stung a dozen times.
They are real bad asses.
Number one treatment for the sting is tobacco. Cigarette, or Red Man, moisten that tobacco a little and apply to the sting it will stop hurting in 15 seconds, it is a miracle cure, had to apply it to my girlfriend just two days ago.
The tobacco will neutralize the poison and not only will it instantly quit hurting, but it won't swell up etc, it will be like you never were bitten.0 -
quote:Originally posted by grumpygy
Just had one of these go after me.
1st time I've seen a black one in this area.
Looks like a mud dauber, they are spider hunters, and generally not very aggressive, though they certainly can sting.0 -
He Dog,
What we used to call Yellow Jackets down in Texas built nest above ground. What they call them here in NY where I live now are ground nesters, and are a bit smaller.
Gasoline & a match still kills them all the same...[;)]
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quote:Originally posted by drl50
check under the lid over your propane tank gauge. That's where they were waiting for me. [:(!]
Boy, you got that right!! Every frickin year!0 -
I have been stung too many times to count in my life. Just about every type of bee there is in my area.
Honey Bee's and Bumble Bee's can only sting you once, as they have "barbs" on their stingers that cause the entire stinger to tear off, leaving the stinger and the poison gland stuck on the wound site.
The bee dies shortly after they sting you.
Yellow Jackets, hornets, wasps, Bald Faced Hornets, mud daubers, do not have barbed stingers and they can and do sting you multiple times without risk of dying.
I am very fortunate not to have (so far) any allergies to bee venom. As on quite a few memorable occassions have been stung multiple times at once. My most painful experience was from just one sting on the forhead where there is very little flesh, just skin next to the skull.
I was driving my car on a hot summer day with the drivers side window open and in blows this Yellow Jacket!![:(!] That one sting gave me a headache that lasted several days!0 -
quote:Originally posted by grumpygy
Just had one of these go after me.
1st time I've seen a black one in this area.
I've seen dirt daubers that look like that black one in the picture. Notice how the tail to the body is really small. The black ones are not as common as the brown's in this area. The dirt daubers are not real aggressive about attacking and stinging in this neck of the woods, but will sting if pestered or get inside your clothing. Have to screen everything in this area to keep them out, especially electric motors, Window A/C units. A little dirt dauber can sure ruin big equipment fast with their mud nests.
I'm not saying that is not a Black wasp, but it looks very similar to a black dirt dauber and some are kinda blue.
AND yes: A propane tank lid is a wasps favorite nesting place around here in hot summertime. I always spray under the lid with wasp killer before touching the lid or have someone I don't like who is weak upstairs and unsuspecting to go open the lid to check the fuel level while I hide and watch and then I act surprised when they get attacked and I then comfort them. People helping People.[;)]0 -
Two September's ago, I posted about an encounter with a nest of bees that had went to ground in a crack in the rock under a small knee high bush on a 60 + degree slope caused us to roll a horse 100 yards + down the mountain face, knocking the eyepiece off a high dollar Swarovski on a McMillan custom 30/378.
Ultimately causing me to get some bone removed and 4 anchors in my right shoulder and ending my roping career as a header that wasn't going very far anyway.
The horse survived, how I have no clue, with only scraping hair off all four corners and a few small rock cuts on his nose a forehead.
I "buted" him when we got back to camp and two days off, then put him back to work, non the worse for wear.
Some of the worst wrecks and jackpots I have gotten into with dudes and horses/mules have been caused by bees that have went to ground, either actually in the ground or in rotten logs.
Like Forgemonkey, hunting in September and having Elk or moose on the ground, the little yellow and black meat eating bastages have stung up me and my horses and mules more than once
Through my binoculars from a hundred yards or so, I once watched a black bear dig out a nest in the ground and his face and head was covered with bees, he had his eyes squinted shut and kept right on digging and eating, guess he was using his nose to guide him to the bounty of larvae.
I let him eat in peace, but rode by there a couple days later and his excavation of the nest was complete, nothing left but a shreads of nest and a hole the size of a 5 gallon bucket.
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quote:Originally posted by NeoBlackdog
quote:Originally posted by forgemonkey
Had an elk caped and cooling out on the side of mountain,,,,,,,went to get the mules to pack it out, when we returned the entire carcass was covered with them.
There was a slight breeze so we built a small fire (lots of smoke) upwind and voila, they dispersed and we got real busy, real quick getting out of there,,,,,,,,[:D]
I carry black pepper with me when I hunt. After the critter's quartered up and in bags for the pack out I apply it liberally to the bags and it seems to keep the little buggers away. I don't remember where/when I learned that trick but I've been doing it for years.
+1, and keeps the flies from blowing it also.
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yellow jackets will nest in any sheltered place up north here
once stepped into an underground LARGE nest
they were like a toxic cloud, uo pants legs, under shirt...
they were counter attacked with extreme prejudice
my son, who thought it was quite amusing dad got hit like that got his payback next day
picking raspberries, he actually was in attentive enough to walk right through a large wasp nest nestled in the canes [:0]
course he didnt think THAT was funny...0 -
quote:Originally posted by TrinityScrimshaw
He Dog,
What we used to call Yellow Jackets down in Texas built next above ground. What they call them here in NY where I live now are ground nesters, and are a bit smaller.
Gasoline & a match still kills them all the same...[;)]
Trinity +++
That is why biologists use scientific names Trinity[:)], prevents the confusion of common names being applied to different species in different or even the same places. They sting whether nesting in ground or above, whatever the species name. More importantly when they sting, they spray a pheromone that tells others of the colony, "This is the enemy, STING HERE!!! Once stung, beat feet and get far from the colony.0 -
quote:Originally posted by He Dog
quote:Originally posted by TrinityScrimshaw
He Dog,
What we used to call Yellow Jackets down in Texas built next above ground. What they call them here in NY where I live now are ground nesters, and are a bit smaller.
Gasoline & a match still kills them all the same...[;)]
Trinity +++
That is why biologists use scientific names Trinity[:)], prevents the confusion of common names being applied to different species in different or even the same places. They sting whether nesting in ground or above, whatever the species name. More importantly when they sting, they spray a pheromone that tells others of the colony, "This is the enemy, STING HERE!!! Once stung, beat feet and get far from the colony.
Could be that TS is referring to the Guinea Wasp. Being east of his stomping grounds down in Texas, we always called them Yellow Jackets when I was a kid.0 -
I disturbed a wasp nest when I was about four...I took off and then decided to go back and get my squirt gun....my aunt who was a registered nurse used all her skills that was taught in college....
slathered me with wet cool mud....[:p][:p]0 -
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Sorry man. Those bastages suck. 0 -
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I stepped on a ground nest one time when I was fishing off a 50-ft bluff in Arkansas when I was 7. Ended up getting stung 26 times. The 8 hour drive home, with me curled up in the fetal position on the backseat floorboard, was fun........ 0 -
quote:Originally posted by montanajoe
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1, 2, 3, look for Mr. Lee,
3,4,5....Ooooh...[:o)]0 -
So, marking page 2 is the official duty you have been assigned Joe? 0 -
Should not have posted on this one found a ground nest last Thursday. Lucky was not stung. But I almost sat on it.
Just got home from work and thought the Harley had an oil smell. So was looking for a leak. Squatted down with flash light when I noticed the little buggers trying to get me. Lucky I had my jacket and gloves on..
Sprayed them down good with my long distance spray.
But just noticed today they were still at it, they were kind of pissed when I flooded their hole. But will wait till the Morning to hose it down again with bug spray.0 -
Just went out after spraying down the ground nest.
Decided to put up a temp car port/garage that I have had for a while. Kept the boxes of bolts and small parts put up. Seems some mud daubers thought those boxes would be a great place to build a nest.0 -
I am up in the woods in the NC mountains. We have yellow jackets, and we have wasps all we want. If anybody is short on these bug I would be glad to export a few.
One day, I was carrying a big ladder, a big 85 pound extention ladder, 14 foot goes out to 23 foot. It is a handful. I was going to lean it up against the poplar tree, and climb up and trim some limbs with the chain saw. The brush was about 2 foot high.
And, about five feet from the poplar tree, I ran the bottom of the ladder into a paper wasp hive. This hive was about the size of a basketball, it was concealed in the brush about a foot off the ground.
Tore a big hole in that hive.
And the bugs were not amused, hell I hadn't even seen the hive when I noticed I was getting stung! About 95 of these big black wasps were buzzing around my legs. I dropped that ladder and ran away!
Got hit about 8 times damn those things hurt.
Well, this was the last mistake these bees ever made. I went into the house and put moist tobacco on all the stings, they stopped hurting in about 20 seconds. I am not allergic to wasp stings thank God.
Next morning the wasps had all settled down and I poured a quart of gasoline onto the hive, after all there was a big hole in the top, and I lit 'em up with the Bic lighter. That was that.
The next year I saw a huge paper wasp hive near the propane tank. This hive was again, about the size of a basketball. But this hive was 8 feet off the ground, and out of the way. So I let this hive go I wanted to see what would happen.
It was fascinating to watch these hornets at work. They had an opening about 3/8 inch wide near the bottom of the hive. They had made a little "roof" of paper about 1/2 inch wide, above the opening, to keep the rain out.
Really it is amazing what engineers these little guys are, that they can make such a huge home, in the space of several months, from paper! I guess they chew up grass or sticks and make paper.
So I observed this hive for several months there in the late summer and on into fall. And, about late October, hive activity slowed.
By Thanksgiving there were no more wasps to be seen but the hive was intact.
In December and January, the leaves had all fallen and the harsh winter winds blew over the nest, branches banged against it etc and the hive was just destroyed. By March there were just a few shreds of paper left in the tree.
So, somehow, in the fall a thousand wasps go away, or die, or fly down to Miami I don't know where they go, but they leave their hive and it is left in ruins.0 -
Were they all black in color, Allen? 0 -
Allen, those nests are the bald faced hornets home. They are mean as hell. 0 -
Yes they were black. 0
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