Yellow Jackets (sorry reck) not those

fins4me

Well I am up to finding 27 stings so far.. They really worked me over. I really hate those things....:(

hebegb

I had some by the garden, fine, they eat bugs

One zapped me today

They all payed

fins4me

When I get up the courage,,, these will also.

fins4me

A couple got under my sunglasses and stung me right above the left eye. Was swollen shut for a while,,, looking better now.

hebegb

Sprays go a long way.....

fins4me

They are under a small pallet of hay in the calf barn. I moved a couple of bales from the bottom and wow,,, the air was full of them.

Phishbohn

Oh man.... I feel for ya.

hatcity

Phishbohn wrote: »

Oh man.... I feel for ya.

Didn't feel a thing

Gardawg

I've stirred up many a yellow jacket nest working on fence lines ... but I had room to run ... those were probably my fastest 40 yard times

I just poured some gas on the nests ... it didn't take much ... didn't light it either

badbullgator

I got stung buy 60 of em while clearing some land with a loader. It was like you see in a cartoon, pulled back a palmetto and they came up in a bunch and shot right after me. I blew up like a balloon. Not allergic to bees but those things about killed me.

GT Fish

Lets see some pics of your mangled face!

GA Fin

badbullgator wrote: »

I got stung buy 60 of em while clearing some land with a loader. It was like you see in a cartoon, pulled back a palmetto and they came up in a bunch and shot right after me. I blew up like a balloon. Not allergic to bees but those things about killed me.

Bush hogging stirs them up pretty good too. By the time you realize they are in a frenzy it's too late to escape unscathed.

Mango Man

Where I grew up, those little bastids always had their nests in the ground. I can't tell you how many times I got the crap stung out of me.



The wasps, well, we use to have fun by trying to knock their nests down, ****, we were stupid. :banghead

woodsrunner

Gardawg has the right solution! I've spent a career working in the woods, and I can write a dissertation on these **** things! I've known one fellow forester killed by yellowjackets on a hot July afternoon, and another killed by a scumbag for his billfold. I've always said that the two things you need to watch carefully in the woods are stinging insects like yellowjackets, and a man!

Calusa

Fins - how are you doing today? 27 stings is quite a hurtin'

sharkatak1089

hebegb wrote: »

I had some by the garden, fine, they eat bugs

One zapped me today

They all payed

tough guy, eh?

fins4me

Calusa wrote: »

Fins - how are you doing today? 27 stings is quite a hurtin'

I am OK.. Swelling is down.. Just lots of red dots on my face and arms. My eye lid is kinda of droopy still. Thanks for asking.. This evening when it gets dark,,, they will get a hurting put on them.

Calusa

That's good. Careful, don't burn down the barn ..... :rotflmao

fins4me

I went to Tractor Supply and got some of the heavy duty spray.. If I can get under that pallet then I will have the day.

I did however change the attack day until Monday evening.. My wife and kids are gone for the weekend and all of my folks are off until Monday.. If things went bad,,, would hate to not have anyone to call the meat wagon for me. I am not allergic to bees but if I were to get a bunch of stings again so close to the last go round,,, might not be good for me.

Ramblin' Reck

Fins, maybe you have built up an immunity to 'em (I wouldn't count on it!). I know it hurt. I've been stung many times, but not that many at once. One time I was cuttin' line with a bush axe. It was in August, and I had my shirt off. I had two rodmen with me, but I was in front when I chopped into 'em, so I saw them first. I hauled buggy and yelled for them to run. It took them a second or two to react. I ran so hard I slung my watch off. After about 20 yards, I took a sharp 90* turn out through the woods. My two guys came sprintin' down the cut line, and the Jackets were stinging them about the butt. I really felt bad for them, but it was funny looking. They would run a little bit, then jump a little bit, or a run-jump combination. Somebody said like a cartoon. I took four hits on my empty belly. We were late for lunch and starving. It hurt so bad it made me sick. Couldn't eat a bite! I can't imagine 27 at one time!!! Sorry, bro. Makes me ache for ya'.

Sayin... :driver

Beck

I am a forester, and run some logging crews. One crew was felling some hardwood with chain saws the other day. They cut into a hollow tree that had a yellow jacket nest in the cavity. Wasn't funny at the time, but thinking back, its funny that those little SOB's can make a bunch of burly, chain saw-wielding, men go running off squeeling like little girls.

fins4me

Well bees,,, now that it is over for you,,, you can

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DsKZFFikWw

HialeahAngler

they sell wasp spray at Home Depot that shoots 20 ft away. it drops wasps on contact.

micci_man

Dad got hit a couple of weeks ago 27 times mowing at his place. House hold amonia taked the sting away and draws the poison out pretty dang quick. I'll be gassing the 3rd nest in my yard in 3 weeks tonight.

fins4me

It went quick and easy,,, put 2 full cans into the pallet opening and then down the hole they were coming out of.. Opened it up with a shovel,, the nest was as big as a bowling ball. No additional stings to report.

Calusa

Those things would be alright if they didn't sting the crap out of you. Let them rot in hell!

Joey Buttons

I got mind control over wasp

FlaDawg

Dug one up bout a month ago,it was bigger round than a five gallon bucket and five layer's thick...Cant see how them feller's kin build that thing in the ground like that...

Ugahewes

they dont do go with Gas

Fishshrimpsnorkel

I've had several encounters, especially during my years in north Georgia. Come October of each year, they get real pesky trying to find food to last the winter. I found out the hard way that taking a leak outside can be risky during that frenzy time. My wife didn't mind the swelling as much as I did. BTW - I found that the really slick clay mud, the kind that makes a crusty layer when a puddle dries up, can be used to draw the venom out of a sting. Just dab it on the sting and your body temperature will dry the clay quickly, drawing moisture and the venom from your skin. I use to keep some in a baby food jar just for that purpose.

MRichardson

I hate those **** things worse than any other stinging insect.

Upside, bee/wasp venom is supposed to help with arthritis. You have athritis fins? Almost be a shame if you didn't.