Caught a Queen Yellow Jacket yesterday..

[_RaT_]

Behold #4. I believe this puts me in the lead, with podunkadunk running a close second, and rat making a valiant effort

Far out man!

 

[HomeBrew2]

Far out man!

Indeed! This is only my second year of trying to get the queens. Last year I got zip. This year I adopted a new strategy of placing the traps towards the extremities of my property. My property is now completely pioneered, ie, mowed, scraped, sprayed ... tended to. The adjoining propeties are vacant and seems to be where they are coming from.

 

[Richard]

Having found out I've acquired sting allergies, I love to take every chance I can to take them down/out.

About 1 1/2 years ago I got stung in the calf by a wasp. Simple paper wasp. I stomped on it (was in LATE October and wasp was very slow)

Long story short, ended up in emergency room for 2 1/2 hours while they pumped me full of about 6 or 7 syringes of stuff.

Today, I'm taking allergy shots. What I find interesting is, the allergy Doctor tells me of all the stings, bees/wasp/yellowjackets I'm only mildly reactive to bees, somewhat reactive to wasps (and one put me into the ER) and VERY reactive to yellowjackets & hornets.

Point being, I'm counting my blessings it was a wasp that did it. Bad enough to get me to emergency room and find out I have this new problem but not bad enough to have killed me like might have been possible with the nastier buggers.

had a bee stung me, I might not have figured it out at all since the reaction might have just been an annoyance.

counting my lucky stars and keeping my supply of Epi-Pens fresh and in sight.

 

[Pilot]

For about $12 you can get a padded carrying case you can hang from a belt or a belt loop so you'll always have your Epi-pen handy. They also make a model for 2 Epi-pens. See EpiPen holder, DizzyFix for dizziness, Bathing Caps, Anapen carrier or Twinject case for allergy medication; Aqua-Earband, neoprene swim headband; swim goggles, earplugs and ear insufflator

You'll also want the tube protector you can find lower on the page to keep the Epi-pen from being damaged. That's another $12, but it will last forever.

I don't use the ring they have at the bottom because it suspends it upside down & I figure sooner or later the case will come open & I'll lose the Epi-pen. Instead, I use a caribiner on the loop on the back.