Bee's suck

[Scott]

My neighbor had a tree chopped down last week. She had just lost her husband so she had a lot of bills so she really couldn't afford to have the wood removed until things are taken care of. So I offered to pay to have it done but she wouldn't let me pay. So I then offered to move it for her. She agreed to that, and said next month when things settle down she'd pay me.... although I will never accept it.

So while I was loading it all in the truck up, I reach into the pile to pick up a bunch of pieces.... I hear this loud buzzing and all the sudden my forearms feel like they are on fire. I drop the wood and look at my arms and see there is about 50 hornets on my arms. So I knock them all off and go back in my house to start pulling out stingers.....

After it's all said and done, I have 32 welts on my arm from bee stings. This is what I get for being nice....

[Atlanteax]

Yellow Jackets are mean SOBs :grr:

[Hulkein]

Ouch, that sucks man.

Hornets also suck on golf courses in the sandtraps. Makes it hard to concentrate.

[HarmNone]

Ooch, hon! That's gotta hurt! I hate those little yellow and black bastards! :grr:

Nevertheless, it was really sweet of you to help the woman out. Sounds like she's had a pretty rough time of it lately. It's people like you who make getting out of bed in the morning worthwhile for people like her.

HarmNone raises a Bailey's to Sintik for being one hell of a nice guy

[Snapp]

That sucks majorly. Hope it taught you a lesson about helping those less fortunate.

[Drew2]

That's what you get for not hiring a mexican to do it.

[Latrinsorm]

There was a bee in my house. I killed it with a shoe. The stinger part stuck to the shoe, making it easy to dispose of (read: fling outside). The lesson: throw shoes at any and all pieces of wood one is about to pick up. Other inanimate objects may receive the same treatment at the discretion of the shoe's owner(s).

edit: Am I high, or was there a post about a picture of the arm in question?

[Edited on 5-22-2004 by Latrinsorm]

[Scott]

Originally posted by Latrinsorm
There was a bee in my house. I killed it with a shoe. The stinger part stuck to the shoe, making it easy to dispose of (read: fling outside). The lesson: throw shoes at any and all pieces of wood one is about to pick up. Other inanimate objects may receive the same treatment at the discretion of the shoe's owner(s).

edit: Am I high, or was there a post about a picture of the arm in question?

[Edited on 5-22-2004 by Latrinsorm]

I tried to, but for some reason it wasn't working, at least I couldn't see it.... so I gave up.

:lol2:

/asshole

[Souzy]

Wow...I kinda feel sorry for you. :( KINDA

j/k j/k...I hope you feel better, never been stung by a hornet, but they look pretty scary.

[Galleazzo]

You're high, Latrin.

Anyway bees don't suck. They give honey and wax and shit and they make flowers and fruit grow and they're pretty cool. I like bees.

Now HORNETS and WASPS and YELLOW JACKETS suck. Piss on them all from a dizzying height.

:grr:

[Jazuela]

Agreed with the bees vs. wasps/hornets differentiation.

Plus if you've never seen one, you should do a google on wood-boring bees. They're awesome - they drill holes in fences and build their nests inside the holes. HUGE critters, the size of the top half of your thumb and just as thick. Plus they're pretty shy and generally avoid people. They're fun to watch though.

As for wasps/hornets - we have a wasp nest in our attic we haven't gotten rid of yet, and we had to remove part of our bathroom ceiling for renovations so now every day we get wasps hanging out in the bathroom. I have -never- been stung by a bee, wasp, or hornet, so I don't know if I'm allergic or not. I have no intention of finding out. I'll pee in a cup in the kitchen before peeing in the bathroom if I have to go before hubby gets home from work to kill the fucker.

[Artha]

Just get some newspaper or RAID and kill it yourself.

[Shari]

Originally posted by Jazuela
Plus if you've never seen one, you should do a google on wood-boring bees. They're awesome - they drill holes in fences and build their nests inside the holes. HUGE critters, the size of the top half of your thumb and just as thick. Plus they're pretty shy and generally avoid people. They're fun to watch though.


BLATANT FUCKING LIE.

Okay well maybe not totally. We have those wood bees and they are scary as fuck. Yes they are very large, and solid black in color and they make the LOUDEST buzzing sound and they are NOT shy. They wreak havoc on our back patio and neighbors 15 houses down can hear my blood-curtling scream when they swoop in and practically try to land on my head.

I've been told they don't sting, I've been told they bite, etc...I don't stick around to find out. My dad has this tennis racket-like bug swatter that holds an electric charge and you shock them to death when they touch it. Need to get me onna those.

Sucks about your hornet issue, dude.

[Jazuela]

Sorry to hear about your issues with the wood bees Jesae. We had a nest of them inside the fence on our patio and we'd sit there watching them, fascinated. They never bothered any of us; they were too busy building their nest.

I have no idea if they sting or bite - I assumed they stung since they're bees, and bees have stingers. Even if they're wasps or hornets - those have stingers too so I don't know if it would make any difference.

Maybe your wood bees are pissy because your dad chases them around with a bee-sized cattle prod? I know I'd probably be grouchy if I was a bee in your dad's yard :)

[Shari]

LOL, doubtful. They chase me at my house and I don't have one of those nifty electro-shock contraptions.

[Weedmage Princess]

Heh sorry to hear that Sintik

[Snapp]

THOSE WOOD BEES ARE EVIL!!!!! SATAN'S SPAWN!!

Anyway, on my balcony, I have a pretty big, wooden table. Last year, everytime I'd go out there to mess with my plants, I kept hearing this crackling, munching sound. About a week after, I noticed saw dust on the ground under my table, so I flip it over, and these MASSIVE bees come flying out at me! I screamed like a bitch, ran inside and got my huge can of hornet/wasp spray (with a 40ft sprayer no less). So everytime one of them came back, I shot them. They didn't die. I even shot one out of the air, it fell on the balcony, and I practically drowned it with the spray. It got up and flew away.

Eventually, I flipped the table, soaked all the dime shaped holes (with what must have been long tunnels in my table.. because it took a while to fill them), and the bees left for the summer. I noticed them back this year, and before I started hearing the munching, I filled the holes with raid again. Those things are scary as hell. I hate them!!

On a side note, my dog ate one yesterday.. or at least, munched on it a while, spit it out, and of course, the killer bee from hell got up and flew away.

If you want to kill insects get some spray adhesive...trust me..

[Shari]

Fuck that...WD-40 and a match.

Instant flame-thrower.

[Snapp]

I haven't tried lighting them on fire, but I wouldn't be suprised if they're somehow immune to that.

[Ilvane]

That sounds really painful. When I was a kid, I actually stepped on a bees nest and got stung about 15 times. I was a very unhappy child.:grin:

-A

[Scott]

Fuck it, these boards are kicking my ass... screw the picture.

[Edited on 5-24-2004 by Gemstone101]

[Wezas]

Originally posted by Jesae

Originally posted by Jazuela
Plus if you've never seen one, you should do a google on wood-boring bees. They're awesome - they drill holes in fences and build their nests inside the holes. HUGE critters, the size of the top half of your thumb and just as thick. Plus they're pretty shy and generally avoid people. They're fun to watch though.


BLATANT FUCKING LIE.

Okay well maybe not totally. We have those wood bees and they are scary as fuck. Yes they are very large, and solid black in color and they make the LOUDEST buzzing sound and they are NOT shy. They wreak havoc on our back patio and neighbors 15 houses down can hear my blood-curtling scream when they swoop in and practically try to land on my head.

I've been told they don't sting, I've been told they bite, etc...I don't stick around to find out. My dad has this tennis racket-like bug swatter that holds an electric charge and you shock them to death when they touch it. Need to get me onna those.


Yeah, they've been burrowing the fuck out of my house since I bought it. I'd walk onto my deck and I'd see a big pile of sawdust. Bastards. I find that the mini-shovel that's next to the fireplace (meant for ashes, i assume) works rather well in seeing how far those fuckers will fly. We have a place come out quarterly to spray for them, I'm tired of them putting holes in my house.

Mini-fucking-woodpeckers.

[Snapp]

Sintik's arm

[Scott]

Originally posted by Snapp
Sintik's arm

What the fuck... how come that works for you.

[Snapp]

I R SMART!!!111

Actually, I got pretty good at posting pics after the "Gentleman!!" thread where I posted all those semi-nude guys.

[Meos]

haha

[Wezas]

Originally posted by Snapp
Actually, I got pretty good at posting pics after the "Gentleman!!" thread where I posted all those semi-nude guys.

Nothing like motivation.

[Mint]

Originally posted by Jazuela
I'll pee in a cup in the kitchen before peeing in the bathroom if I have to go before hubby gets home from work to kill the fucker.

Don't invite me over for tea anytime soon