gwalchmai Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 Dang! I found a nest while I was clearing brush in the back forty. They didn't care to have their brush cleared. One of them tagged me on the top of my head. It's been 8 hours and it still hurts. Felt like I was hit by a 2x4. Must have been part murder hornet. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tous Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 Didja pepper spray it? 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inyo Tim Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 Got it on the bald spot and forehead this summer when I bumped their home while re-filling hummingbird feeders. Ain't bumping that again. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maser Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 Got an ozone generator handy? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 2 hours ago, Maser said: Got an ozone generator handy? I had the same problem years ago in my back yard. I waited until dark and all the hornets went into the nest. Then I took a can of Urethane foam insulation and ripped the nozzle off the can with a pliers, jammed it into the nest hole and put a cement block on it. Came back the next day and the nest hole was filled and sealed. I never had a problem after that. I joked with my son that someday an archeologist may dig up the foam filled nest, and think that it was an old religious artifact................ 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railfancwb Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 My technique has been to observe their comings and goings to spot all entrances. Then pour gasoline in each entrance. Not a lot is needed, as the vapor is heavy Snd will settle to the lower reaches. Do not light this! The vapor will kill off the bees. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minervadoe Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 I got one stuck under my glasses while I was hiking once. The rabid little bugger chewed me up pretty good before I could swat him off. On the way back home, I poked my head into a a ranger station and asked the guy if he had an antihistamine handy. He was nice enough to rummage through a desk that all the rangers shared and cam up with an old expired pill. I took it anyhow. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostinTexas Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 8 hours is pretty impressive for a yellowjacket. You sure they weren't bald faced hornets? Not that you probably had the thought of taking a sensus. Best wishes. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borg warner Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 24 minutes ago, minervadoe said: I got one stuck under my glasses while I was hiking once. The rabid little bugger chewed me up pretty good before I could swat him off. On the way back home, I poked my head into a a ranger station and asked the guy if he had an antihistamine handy. He was nice enough to rummage through a desk that all the rangers shared and cam up with an old expired pill. I took it anyhow. Part of the reaction to bee stings is allergenic and some people are more allergic than others so antihistamine helps some people more that others but it helps everyone to some degree. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwalchmai Posted October 11, 2022 Author Share Posted October 11, 2022 All better this morning, except for a little tender spot where she bit me. Maybe they were Bald Face Gals. I've used the gasoline suffocation technique before. Maybe I'll go back and find the nest (stealthily), and plan a huff party. Then again, they didn't ask me to come, so maybe peaceful coexistence would be better... (I must be getting old.) 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fog Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 On 10/10/2022 at 8:03 PM, railfancwb said: My technique has been to observe their comings and goings to spot all entrances. Then pour gasoline in each entrance. Not a lot is needed, as the vapor is heavy Snd will settle to the lower reaches. Do not light this! The vapor will kill off the bees. This! It works really well, I've never had a nest survive. We're talking as little as 1/4 cup and then I plug the hole. Always do this at night if you can so you kill every one of the buggers. A running two stroke engine also works pretty good, but it makes them mad too. Seven powder at the entrance also works. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwalchmai Posted October 12, 2022 Author Share Posted October 12, 2022 I went back out there yesterday. They ran me off the tractor, madly flailing my arms and running like a madman. But they didn't sting me. I got two confirmed kills and they were definitely from the North Avenue Vocational School. If I had video I could make a pretty penny on the youtube. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 Used to run into all kinds of murderous hornets and such in my logging days. Raided honey bee nests on a regular basis. Yellow Jacksts and Bald Faced Hornets were a major pain in the ass. At home I take the propane weed burner to the nests in the ground. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 I was at the top of a ladder, in a pole barn in Texas. Then I noticed one of those huge red wasps on the ceiling, about 5' away. I've been told that these things (never got stung by one) will make a seasoned bullrider cry like a little girl. He was upside down, but twisted his head 180°, to stare me in the eye. ...And instantly flew, like an arrow, at at my face and landed right between my eyes. I slapped myself in my face so hard, it broke my glasses. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostinTexas Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 18 minutes ago, Huaco Kid said: I was at the top of a ladder, in a pole barn in Texas. Then I noticed one of those huge red wasps on the ceiling, about 5' away. I've been told that these things (never got stung by one) will make a seasoned bullrider cry like a little girl. He was upside down, but twisted his head 180°, to stare me in the eye. ...And instantly flew, like an arrow, at at my face and landed right between my eyes. I slapped myself in my face so hard, it broke my glasses. They are fun. You can hear the "pop" when they sting you,, several times. We had a huge nest in the soffit of the old house. They didn't pay any attention to us for years. Da Boy got nailed one night taking out trash. They got me the next day while getting mail. LostWife, the ever optimist, told us to stop putzing with them. No we didn't. Later that evening she got popped in the head. Yea, they had to go, no mercy. Momma had spoken, finally. Took 2 bug bombs, drilled a coupe f holes, that night, set them off and stuck them to the hole with duct tape. The whole soffit came to life for about 5 minutes. Next day, no more problem. Filled in the holes and painted the caulk. Never figured out why they took offence to us living in their house all of a sudden. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tous Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 28 minutes ago, Huaco Kid said: I was at the top of a ladder, in a pole barn in Texas. Then I noticed one of those huge red wasps on the ceiling, about 5' away. I've been told that these things (never got stung by one) will make a seasoned bullrider cry like a little girl. He was upside down, but twisted his head 180°, to stare me in the eye. ...And instantly flew, like an arrow, at at my face and landed right between my eyes. I slapped myself in my face so hard, it broke my glasses. Exactly as the dastardly insect intended. It then resumed its perch on the bean and waited for another victim of its sick jokes. I once swatted a huge wasp with my tennis racquet when it came to see me on the court. It broke two strings in the center of my racquet. Had to have it restrung. Hope it died in pain. Might have been the same wasp Huaco Kid ran in to. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.Cicero Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 This has been the worst year ever for stupid ground bee nests (mostly of the paper wasp variety rather than the flying arseholes that are yellow jackets). I was lazy and drowned a couple, then something came along (skunk, probably?) and dug up the nests and ATE THEM. Ok with me… 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batesmotel Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyzz Kydd Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 I hear Brandon is going to ban yellow jackets and all flying insects capable of stinging more than once so it looks like our problems are solved! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 Saw a news article yesterday stating that authorities believe there are currently no more Murder Hornets in western Washington. I wonder if that could be true considering the amount of undeveloped remote timber lands. Just thankful those bastards weren't here when I was logging in the PNW. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunboat1 Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 Yep, they punch way above their weight. Nasty buggers. Suffer them not to live. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tous Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 4 hours ago, Walt Longmire said: Saw a news article yesterday stating that authorities believe there are currently no more Murder Hornets in western Washington. I wonder if that could be true considering the amount of undeveloped remote timber lands. Just thankful those bastards weren't here when I was logging in the PNW. So, obviously the newspaper of television station dispatched an intrepid reporter to count the actual murder hornets, right? How else could they make that claim? And just because said reporter, or reporterette, didn't find a hornet to count, it just means that the reported didn't find any hornets to count. I think hey were all disguised as invaders from Cuba that walked across out border and as we all know, the hippie Marxists do not want to count them. I could be wrong. Frequently. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 1 hour ago, tous said: So, obviously the newspaper of television station dispatched an intrepid reporter to count the actual murder hornets, right? How else could they make that claim? And just because said reporter, or reporterette, didn't find a hornet to count, it just means that the reported didn't find any hornets to count. I think hey were all disguised as invaders from Cuba that walked across out border and as we all know, the hippie Marxists do not want to count them. I could be wrong. Frequently. The state has been monitoring the situation. Traps in place. Attractants. Public notices so people can report them. They went after and destroyed at least 2 nests that weren't far from the port where they likely made landfall. The area where they were first discovered is fairly well populated. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tous Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 I understand the technology and procedures they used; I was being somewhat sarcastic. However, my whimsical remarks expose a precept of logic that is often overlooked, but usually frustrating. If one asserts that, say, Sasquatch exist, another may counter that as no one has seen a Sasquatch and there is no evidence of a Sasquatch extant, therefore, they do not exist. The annoying rebuttal oft used, especially by hippie Marxists and pseudo-intellectuals, to this argument is one word: yet. No one has seen a Sasquatch -- yet. One may appear just around the next corner, in the nest minute. And, logically, yet seems true, but I maintain that it is completely invalid and casts the entire argument from the concrete and provable to the ever-hypothetical. In short, bullshit. Don't fall for it. Do not allow it. I need a nap. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwalchmai Posted October 14, 2022 Author Share Posted October 14, 2022 Mr. Wizard never had to mau-mau anyone who disagreed with him. He didn't trust the science, he just thought up an experiment to test his theories. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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