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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quote:Originally posted by allen griggs
Yes they were black.
Know why he is asking. The only Black ones I see all fly Alone. I have never seen more than one at a time.0 -
quote:Originally posted by allen griggs
Yes they were black.
I haven't seen all black hornets since I was a kid down in Texas, out in the Rose City area swampland. I cannot find a picture of the all black hornet online, only the Bald-Face Hornet that is mostly black with a considerable amount of white here and there. I think I saw one here at the house about three years back, that was surely all black and certainly looked like a hornet in shape. Thanks for the note!0 -
quote:Originally posted by kimi
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.
Them Guinea wasp are bad dudes also. Their sting is little more potent than a regular black tail wasp or the red wasp.0 -
quote:Originally posted by Okie743
quote:Originally posted by kimi
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.
Them Guinea wasp are bad dudes also. Their sting is little more potent than a regular black tail wasp or the red wasp.
Good Lord are they ever bad dudes with a like disposition. Once when I was about 6 or 7 there was a nest of them under the eve on the side of a house next door to us. I would have needed a fishing poll to rob it as it was rather high up. As I stood there looking at it and wondering where I could get such a long poll at the time, one of them flew off the nest at an angle that was not threatening, then it switched angles coming back somewhat parallel to its original path and then did it a third time crossing to my left, and finally switched back on the same pattern rather quickly and lit on the lobe of my left ear and stung it really fast! That really hurt, but I snatched it of and crushed it very fast, then threw it down, angered that it would do that for no apparent reason. I robbed it later the same day. I was really quick though. Yes, a really potent sting!0 -
I recall playing Hide & Seek with some neighborhood kids when I was around 10. I dived into a bush near a shed to hide & smacked a nest square with the right side of my face.
By the time I rolled out of there & high tailed it home my left eye was swollen shut, and the entire side of my face was shaped like a big mellon. I looked the the elephant man, and was I ever hurting...[B)]
Like the song says my mother, brother, and sisters were trying to find tobacco to put on it. Don?t know what good that did if anything? Never was taken to a doctor, just told to lay low, and wait it out...[^]
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this is interesting. they either eat or dig out the hole in the ground, then build a wasp nest hanging down from the top like "well that's how you do it", build a paper shell around that and make the entrance at the bottom like any other large nest. even though it's underground. 
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quote:Originally posted by Brookwood
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.
Over the years I've been by wasps (when I crawled into a sleeping bag), by a bald faced hornet that dropped out of a nest 30 feet away and came strait at me and stung my forehead, and by yellow jackets on many occasions. Once I had run over a ground nest while brush hogging, otherwise it was at picnics or just being outside.
A couple of years ago I was stung by a couple of yellow jackets about 2 weeks apart on my left leg. Each was a single sting. my leg swelled up both times but the second time it was profound. The following winter I got tested and learned that I am allergic to yellow jackets and hornets but not to bees or wasps. The doctor explained the venom of yellow jackets and hornets are almost identical and different from bee and wasp venom which are similar to each other. I now have an Epi-pen close by where ever I go.
Those allergic to one or the other groups really should get to know how to identify the culprits they are allergic to.0 -
I worked as a paramedic for many years and had to deal with many cases of anaphalyctic shock. Scary stuff and can kill you.
I learned that allergic shock tends to get worse with age. In other words, a guy might get a yellow jacket sting at age 20 and it is no big deal, but, at age 40 might get a yellow jacket sting and it will put him in the ER, or maybe the morgue.
Benadryl is great for treating allergic shock so if you are in doubt go to the drug store and get a pack of Benadryl, if you feel short of breath, or get a rash or bad itching following a sting, go ahead and take one Benadryl right away, might save your life.0
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