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

[nmu98]

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

:laughing: I had a friend help me remove a yellow jacket nest and he swore that a flash light would not attract them. He would not go out there without one, so I told him he could take it as long as he was nowhere near me. It was nice, as I took care of the nest, he gave me some light to work by. He only got stung 7 or 8 times.:laughing: I doubt he would take a light again.:laughing:

Great idea leaving it in a spot a ways away from you to attract any ones that get away.

 

[Richard]

Well,hornets are bees,yellowjackets are bees...

I don't know anything technical other than what the Dr. tells me when they are giving me my allergy shots (for stings). One of my shots is for "Vespids" and that is evidently for the yellowjackets & hornets. The wasps and bees are not considered Vespids from what I understand and are different shots.

Meaning.... not all stinging sob's are 'bees'

 

[Richard]

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

I used to be in that boat having been stung many times over my life. Then one November 30 on a very cool day, some stupid little wasp climbed up my sock and stung me on the calf.

I was soon in the emergency room and had 5 or so viles of "stuff" plunged into an IV sticking out of my arm. I think I ended up being there for several hours as they monitored me.

Something you might consider to have handy would be some liquid benedril and might even talk to your Doc about your reaction and have an epi-pen handy.

On my way to the emergency room, I was able to get a bottle of childrens liquid benedril and although it did not 'fix' the episode I was having I do think it slowed down the reaction and bought me some more time.

 

[gauthier]

Well,you maybe right about different bees needing different shots,but so do snakes,[according to the discovery channel],,you need cooper head anti venom for a copper head bite,you need cobra anti venom for cobra bite,and they are all called snakes....

 

[srjones]

Vespidae (Wasps)
Vespidae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Apidae (Bees)
Apidae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

They both, though, are Hymenoptera
Hymenoptera - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

However, using the logic presented I will now refer to horses, donkeys, mules, and zebras as just...horses. :laughing:

 

[CompactTractorFan]

Once I tried to get a basketball size nest of bald-faced hornets out of a high limb on a tree that I could not reach...So, I went out at night and got a work-light out and fired up the power washer and aimed it right at the nest to get rid of them. Thankfully none even came close to me, and after a while they abandoned the nest. It wasn't until later that someone told me about how nasty these hornets are. Needless to say I will not be trying that again!

 

[Gale Hawkins]

I was surprised to see a farmer recently who was still using gas in a 2 gallon sprayer for wasp control before storing hay. Dad did that when I was a kid but it is dangerous if you meet up with a spark.

 

[gauthier]

A yellow jackets nest is a hole in the ground,yeah,would agree a sprayer with gas in it spraying paper wasps in a barn loft would be....risky...

 

[rjkobbeman]

Vespidae (Wasps)
Vespidae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Apidae (Bees)
Apidae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

They both, though, are Hymenoptera
Hymenoptera - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

However, using the logic presented I will now refer to horses, donkeys, mules, and zebras as just...horses. :laughing:

:thumbsup:

A farmer friend down the road doesn't ever want to be corrected about non-farming "technicalities". But be damned if you ever refer to his cows by the wrong type.

 

[SPYDERLK]

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

These insects home in on CO2. Best not to breathe.
larry