So, I ran over a bee's nest.. what now..

[J_J]

Try that again. I am waiting.

 

[dave1949]

I went back and found what I ran over.. It was a papermache type looking nest.. I pretty much totally destroyed it though..

There were no bees/bugs flying around near it yesterday, so I think they moved on to a new home..

The attached pic is what the material looked like, BUT it appears that it was built at ground level.. What else besides bees could it be?

Brian

I picked up of those nests and drug it along behind the bush hog, have no idea how far. But it had to be built pretty close to the ground for that to have happened. Didn't get strung somehow.

Usually those nests are at about head level in a tree.

It's not a honey bee, yellow jacket or bumble bee nest. Wasps/hornets.
Dave.

 

[gauthier]

That is a hornets nest,[just as I said it probably was]:laughing:,sometimes they build up high,sometimes at ground level,old timers saying is its how you can tell how high the snow will be that coming winter,course those old timers had a lot of sayings,and as we know not all old timers was that smart:confused2:

Yellow jackets are smaller and mostly yellow and build their nests in hole ubder ground. hornets are bigger and have more black on them,we used to find hornets nests and through rocks at them,I never was the slowest runner in are group,they will chase you along ways. And if one gets you in back of head,its like someone hit you with a rock.

 

[Jstpssng]

That is a hornets nest,[just as I said it probably was]:laughing:,sometimes they build up high,sometimes at ground level,old timers saying is its how you can tell how high the snow will be that coming winter,course those old timers had a lot of sayings,and as we know not all old timers was that smart:confused2:

Yellow jackets are smaller and mostly yellow and build their nests in hole ubder ground. hornets are bigger and have more black on them,we used to find hornets nests and through rocks at them,I never was the slowest runner in are group,they will chase you along ways. And if one gets you in back of head,its like someone hit you with a rock.

I think they can smell your fear; I've been stung so many times it's just like catching a branch in the face. Usually I swat them before they get a goood bite, anyway. ;p
It never seemed to matter if I was in front or back; someone else always got stung. When we were cruising timber I always had to go retrieve whatever equipment went flying as my partner ran away.

 

[carpenter383]

I got into a yellow jacket nest this morning and was stung twice.
I'm somewhat alergic and I swell up where I get stung. I'm more alergic to yellow jackets than other bees it seems.
I'll have to remember the vineger treatment!
I usually find a yellow jacket nest every yr, and gas in the hole at night does work great

 

[captaincrab55]

Sting Kill is a Great product to relieve the sting... It works best if used as soon as one is stung... I carry it with me during Bee Season....

BTW, Moth Balls dropped in a yellow jacket hole works Good too.....

 

[gauthier]

Well,moth balls might work?? but a gal or so of gas down hole,will work for sure!

 

[scoutcub]

Well,moth balls might work?? but a gal or so of gas down hole,will work for sure!

Do both, see what happens......:licking:

 

[Willl]

One thing about them though they are a 'beneficial' to apple orchards.

How so ?

 

[Sackett2]

Several people have mentioned not using a flashlight, I disagree.
I watched a bee catcher(?) collecting a Bald Faced Hornets nest, he set a flashlight pointing at the nest, several feet to one side. then as you spray/work on it, any bees that escape go to the light