Ground hornets! [emoji2962]

[masseyrider]

You don't want to wind up like this girl:

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No harm done though:

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I know where I'd bite her.

 

[CADplans]

Hmmmmmmmmm ,,,
Should I sell my Zippo??

Check the price of this one ion eBay,,
Maybe obsolete,, but, still desired,,

The same with my Plumb Champions,,
I got both of them at yard sales for a few dollars each,,

I doubt that I will ever swing an axe,, again,,

 

[SPYDERLK]

Save your money - you only need a couple oz of gas. Take some plastic and a rim out there at night. Slap the plastic over the nest and plop the rim on top. Inject the gas through a small hole in the plastic. The fumes will kill them overnight.

Then light a match!!!

No, unless pure spectacle is your aim. The fire will burn off the fumes and only a few jackets. An ounce worth of fumes will virtually exterminate a nest.

 

[bdhsfz6]

If you're ever up in the Bradford PA. area, check out the Zippo/Case museum:

Zippo/Case Museum & Flagship Store

Zippo/Case Museum & Flagship Store The Zippo/Case Museum tells the story of two American icons – both based in Bradford, PA – through an extensive collection of priceless Zippo and Case artifacts. The museum’s exhibits include the very first Zippo lighter, an exploration of Zippo and Case’s...

www.zippo.com

Every type of Zippo lighter and Case knife ever made is on display. Admission is free and they will repair any Zippo on site. You can also see how they are made.

I've been there twice and it's worth the trip. Takes about 2 hours to see everything.

 

[M59]

Ahhh, the reminiscing continues. Good times. My garage is dug into a dirt bank on two sides with lower edge of roof about level with top of bank and about 4 feet from bank. Black bear decided the buzzing it heard in the eaves from the soccer ball sized yellow jacket nest sounded like dinner, so it leapt onto the corrugated steel roof and proceeded to peel back, about 3 inches worth, the corrugated steel. Never did get the bees but did leave a series of holes in the roof where its claws popped holes thru the galvanized steel. Found them during the next rain storm.

Had the white faced hornets decide the covered space in and among the hydraulic hoses and valves/ controls for the M59 backhoe would be great place to build a nest. Gingerly unbolted the cover one dark night and sprayed nest with pint of diesel fuel. Let it soak in for two days and nest fell apart. Diesel fuel, being a very light oil, just loves to wick thru that paper nest.

 

[Jstpssng]

You don't want to wind up like this girl:

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No harm done though:

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I knew from the first picture that it was nothing serious. Honeybees are pretty docile.
Unless they feel you are attacking the nest.

 

[Dftodd]

No, unless pure spectacle is your aim. The fire will burn off the fumes and only a few jackets. An ounce worth of fumes will virtually exterminate a nest.

I was being sarcastic and referring to what this dude did.

 

[Dftodd]

I knew from the first picture that it was nothing serious. Honeybees are pretty docile.
Unless they feel you are attacking the nest.

Or.... you have the window open on your truck because the AC is out. And have one go down your shirt sleeve

I had that happen one day. I was wearing a loose tee shirt and had my arm positioned just so... so the wind was blowing through the tee shirt.

I felt something smack off my arm, but didn't think anything of it.

That was until I got stung in my side just above my belt.

Then I got stung a second time.

I got hit 3 times before I got the truck stopped.

Slammed on the parking brake, bailed out of the truck and ripped my shirt off trying to get that bee.

Spun a few times in a circle swatting g at it before I got it.

Good thing it was before cell phones or someone would have reported me for wigging out on the side of the road

 

[DarkBlack]

I got hit 3 times before I got the truck stopped.

Slammed on the parking brake, bailed out of the truck and ripped my shirt off trying to get that bee.

If you got whacked 3 times, it wasn’t a bee. They have barbed “single use” stingers.
Was probably a nasty yellow jacket or one of his cousins

 

[SPYDERLK]

I was being sarcastic and referring to what this dude did.

Yipes! Guy was lucky to only have some extra work, no injury. Must have been very porous soil to have the oxygen to support such a fast burn/explosion.