+*%#@^&# Yellow Jackets

   / +*%#@^&# Yellow Jackets #31  
I brush hogged the weeds down along the front of our land Tue. It is a 1/4 mile wide. I then backed up to the culvert under the drive on each side and was done . Later my wife walked out to get the mail and they drove her back to the house. I found out that night that they had a nest in the culvert by one end. I let it go for a couple of days and went out to take care of it and it was in pieces. I guess a skunk had lunch
 
   / +*%#@^&# Yellow Jackets #32  
Most of the yellow jacket ground nests in our area have only one entrance and a half pint of gas has always gotten rid of them. (I don't light the gas as the volatility kills them within a few minutes.) However a few of the nests have had two entrances and for some reason my family finds my dance moves amusing.
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   / +*%#@^&# Yellow Jackets #33  
Most of the yellow jacket ground nests in our area have only one entrance and a half pint of gas has always gotten rid of them. (I don't light the gas as the volatility kills them within a few minutes.) However a few of the nests have had two entrances and for some reason my family finds my dance moves amusing.
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Let them know the next time you are going to play with one, and let them have a video camera handy. Then, we could all be amused, I'm sure. :applause:
 
   / +*%#@^&# Yellow Jackets #34  
When I did commercial air units we used to have a thing called the Bee Dance. If you seen a guy doing Funky moves on a roof that's what he's doing. One time on a 2 story roof I opened the covers and had a huge nest. They came at me in a swarm and I danced right off the roof and fell onto a car. Broken ankle and nose. I will douse any nest with gas and Gleefully fire it up as I Hate Bee's.
 
   / +*%#@^&# Yellow Jackets #35  
When I did commercial air units we used to have a thing called the Bee Dance. If you seen a guy doing Funky moves on a roof that's what he's doing. One time on a 2 story roof I opened the covers and had a huge nest. They came at me in a swarm and I danced right off the roof and fell onto a car. Broken ankle and nose. I will douse any nest with gas and Gleefully fire it up as I Hate Bee's.

Geee whiz I've had some amusing bee dances but can't compare with yours. Don't believe I would go to the extreme of setting someone's air unit on fire though.
 
   / +*%#@^&# Yellow Jackets #36  
Last night went to MIL to do burgers on the grill. It is next to the glider with a metal tube frame. Sat on it and in short order I was surrounded by wasps. They came out the tube frame but didn't get me. Go find the can of wasp & hornet spray press the nozzle, spit spit....abolut 10 drops. Duck and run again no stings. Well now what burgers are cooking and no spray. :lightbulb: Oh wait - in the truck I have some carburetor cleaner. Think it works better than the wasp spray!
 
   / +*%#@^&# Yellow Jackets #38  
I gave up on buying wasp and hornet killer. Chlorinated brake klean works for me. And I always have a can or two and it always works. Not sure if the non-chlorinated works, cause I never buy it.
 
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Wife went out on the back porch the other day and got stung by a Paper wasp. Her hand swelled up, we got some antihistamine in her and put an ice pack on it. She refused to go to the doctor so I kept an eye on her. She is fine now but it appears she is somewhat allergic to Paper wasp stings. I convinced her to go see the doc and see if she needs an EpiPen. Those farm girls are tough!

On a lighter note, the wife went for a walk and the neighbors dog, a friendly mixed Collie breed, followed her home. The dog did not see the wife's 20lb tom cat sitting under the truck. That is until the tom ambushed the dog. That dog lit out like she was on fire, yipping all the way home.

The cat was mad at my wife for bringing a strange dog into his domain and refused to have any thing to do with her. That is one big mean ole tom that even the coons around here respect. The kids brought him out here when he was a kitten, their dog did not get along with him, they named him Pita because of his color, I call him Phat Bhasterd (spelling incorrect) after the Austin Powers character. Nothing bothers that cat.
 

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