Ever Been Attacked By Bees?

[Marvelmania]

Yeah I found that out already the hard way hahaaha. The first time one hit me it felt like a hot needle going into my hand then I saw a black cloud in the air and as soon as I saw that I knew BEES! That's when I started to run. Had to sneak back about 45 minutes later after they calmed down to retrieve the mower. Not looking forward to tangling again with those little devils.

[Earth 2 Chris]

When they were stuck in my shirt I think they were just stinging and stinging in a defense mechanism. Not a fun stroll through nature for sure!

Chris

[palitoy]

I've had so many run ins in my life you'd think I'd angered some Bee deity. Stuck my hand in wasp's nest while geochaching last month, that was pretty terrific.

I'm allergic but thankfully it's not life threatening, i just turn into Ben Grimm.

[clemso]

Just to clarify, Yellow Jackets are Hornets yeah? like giant Wasps. Hate the F**kers.

[Marvelmania]

Yes, yellow jackets are a type of wasp but these really weren't all that big. About the size of a honey bee with yellow backs on them. Kind of a long skinny but smaller wasp but it doesn't make them any less painful. Really there not much pain after the sting but lots and lots of itching.

[vintage spideyfan]

Yellow jackets are the worst! Be careful Tim!

[Donkey Hoatie]

Is it just me, or does reading all these posts instantly make your adrenaline flow like you've actually been stung. I'm getting that same post-sting feeling every time I read another tale.

And yeah, I've been attacked at least a dozen times in my life. I'm not allergic or anything, so I know nothing really bad is going to happen, but that adrenaline rush gets harder and harder to come down from every time.

[Splitty]

Yellow Jackets are evil. Unlike wasps and bees, which are just defensive stingers, Yellow Jackets are aggressive, and will search you out to just be dicks. They release their chemical theramones (spell?) on you to attract their fellow nasty friends, and will just keep stinging until you kill (so many targets!), outrun (good luck), or drown them (water hose works...eventually).

Their nests are very hard to get rid of. Water or gas works temporarily but only settles in the bottom, the nest is multi layered so you can't get the upper inside levels, which is where the queen dwells. If you pay someone professionally, they'll dig the whole durn thing out if they can. I read up a bit after my mom was stung so many times last year she nearly got anaphylactic shock. That was pretty scary.

They're also meat eaters, so they like to feast on rotting corpses, garbage...and if you're eating a meat sandwich outside, THAT.



Don't eat sandwich's outside.

[Marvelmania]

Well I was armed with wasp spray and gas and went back as the sun was starting to set so they wouldn't have been very active. Blasted the top area with wasp spray and as they started coming out I dowsed them with it. Got close enough to throw some gas around the hole and some down it. They left for a while. I let things calm down for about 30 minutes and went back and saw none around the top of it so I poured some sand in it. It's just a small opening in the ground. Will check it out again tomorrow evening and see if I need to mix up some concrete and pour over the sand. Before I left I took a look and they were flying all over the top area but none could get in. I don't know if these things will dig into the sand or not.

[Mikey]

Yellowjackets are nasty

[Duncan]

Not a fan of yellowjackets. As others have said - any kind of meat, grease or sugar pulls them in, and they're aggressive little punks.

[TomStrong]

Just to clarify, Yellow Jackets are Hornets yeah? like giant Wasps. Hate the F**kers.

Hornets are much much larger than yellow jackets, we see a few around our house and they're about the size of a grown mans thumb!

[Marvelmania]

some men's thumbs are bigger than others

[Mego MkIV]

Yes and I hate the little buggers to this day.

[Red Hulk]

I got stung by a Carpenter bee when I was a kid and people told me they don't sting.