Been stung nine times... - Page 2

sterlingice · 05-03-2010, 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Kodos

It seems like maybe you should hire someone to do your yardwork.

Whatever happened to taking care of your own yard?

SI

sterlingice · 05-03-2010, 10:57 PM

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Originally Posted by stevew

Alright, here's some shit.

I mess around with the riding mower all morning, the tire keeps going flat, I eventually say fuck it and go buy a whole new wheel setup. Anyways, I'm mowing the back yard, and I get too close to a stump and fuck up my blades. So I stop the mower, and get out to inspect.

Anyways, apparently I sit down right on a fucking ants nest. I feel something, I have a swarm on my right elbow, and another pack on my knee. And these fuckers bite too. It wasn't sharp pain or anything, but my right tricep is pretty sore right now.

Fire ants? I'm allergic and badly don't like them.

SI

hhiipp · 05-04-2010, 07:53 AM

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Originally Posted by sterlingice

Fire ants? I'm allergic and badly don't like them.

SI

I've been bit to hell by just regular old ants. Was sitting on the concrete path connecting the porch to the driveway doing something with my daughter who was 3ish at the time, feel a stinging and didn't think much of it, then more and more.. Daughter looks at me and said something about bugs on me, I jump up take off my shirt and pants cause they're all over me and hit the shower. The whole time in the shower ants were falling off me down the drain.

After my shower I poured a little gas on there and had an ant bbq.

ColtCrazy · 08-21-2010, 06:29 PM

It had literally been years since I'd been stung. But bees were bad in England this summer it seems.

the worst was hanging out in the garden of the pub with some friends one night. Got stung in the neck. Sucked, but at least there was beer to drink off the pain.

GrantDawg · 08-21-2010, 06:33 PM

I now kill wasps, yellow jackets and hornets for a living. I probably did over 200 nests this summer. Never stung once. Never wore a bee suit, nor even long sleeves. You just got to know how to kill the suckers.

Schmidty · 08-21-2010, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by GrantDawg

I now kill wasps, yellow jackets and hornets for a living. I probably did over 200 nests this summer. Never stung once. Never wore a bee suit, nor even long sleeves. You just got to know how to kill the suckers.

That actually seems like a cool job. I'm not afraid of bugs and spiders, so I could totally do it.

stevew · 08-21-2010, 07:36 PM

Hmm. That seems like a lot of jobs and I'm sure it costs a decent amount for you to come out. In other words I guess it was a productive summer.

Ksyrup · 08-21-2010, 07:46 PM

A couple of weeks ago, I took 6 or 7 yellow jacket stings while mowing. They didn't really puff up too bad, but I cut myself on the back of the neck trying to get them off me, and that cut swelled up pretty good.

GrantDawg · 08-21-2010, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by stevew

Hmm. That seems like a lot of jobs and I'm sure it costs a decent amount for you to come out. In other words I guess it was a productive summer.

For a yellow jacket's nest or a hornet's nest, yeah. I kill several waps nest a day just in standard pest control.

M GO BLUE!!! · 08-21-2010, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by illinifan999

when we moved into our house, there were creatures that were some sort of mutant hybrid of a bumblebee, wasp, yellow jacket, and a lion flying by the door. my girlfriend decided to hit one with a folder. i didn't leave the house for 3 days.

Brownkeg8 · 08-22-2010, 12:13 AM

At the gas station the other day and this guy is wandering the lot asking for help to remove a wasps nest built around his gas cap.

GrantDawg · 08-22-2010, 08:33 AM

The bubble bee, wasps, yellow jacket, lion hybrid are called Secada Killers. They look like Huey's swooping down on you. They are very non-aggresive though (the males being the most territorial, but they don't even have stingers). They will make burroughs in the ground that will do a good bit of lawn damage. The best way of killing them is a tennis racket and pretending to be John McEnroe.

Passacaglia · 08-22-2010, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by bulletsponge

if it makes you feel better, Yellowjackets kill more americans a year than killer bees. mostly from thier underground nest getting disturbed like you did. count yourself lucky

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Originally Posted by bulletsponge

your lucky. yellow jackets kill more in the US than killer bee's. mostly by getting hit with lawnmowers

You don't say?

jeff061 · 08-22-2010, 10:48 AM

Three years in and I still have to sing the thread title in my head with Perry Farrel's voice every time I see it. Hat's off sir.

Swaggs · 08-22-2010, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by jeff061

Three years in and I still have to sing the thread title in my head with Perry Farrel's voice every time I see it. Hat's off sir.

Same here. Plus, the thread gets bumped infrequently enough that I always think the post is going to follow along w/ the rest of the song somehow.

bulletsponge · 08-22-2010, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Passacaglia

You don't say?

i was wondering if anyone would notice that

08-21-2010, 06:29 PM	#54
ColtCrazy College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Midwest	It had literally been years since I'd been stung. But bees were bad in England this summer it seems. the worst was hanging out in the garden of the pub with some friends one night. Got stung in the neck. Sucked, but at least there was beer to drink off the pain. __________________ The Field Generals and Statis Pro Basketball Super League

08-21-2010, 07:46 PM	#58
Ksyrup This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: In Absentia	A couple of weeks ago, I took 6 or 7 yellow jacket stings while mowing. They didn't really puff up too bad, but I cut myself on the back of the neck trying to get them off me, and that cut swelled up pretty good. __________________ M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete."

08-22-2010, 10:48 AM	#64
jeff061 Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: MA	Three years in and I still have to sing the thread title in my head with Perry Farrel's voice every time I see it. Hat's off sir. __________________ Last edited by jeff061 : 08-22-2010 at 10:48 AM.

08-21-2010, 06:33 PM	#55
GrantDawg World Champion Mis-speller Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Covington, Ga.	I now kill wasps, yellow jackets and hornets for a living. I probably did over 200 nests this summer. Never stung once. Never wore a bee suit, nor even long sleeves. You just got to know how to kill the suckers.

08-21-2010, 07:36 PM	#57
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	Hmm. That seems like a lot of jobs and I'm sure it costs a decent amount for you to come out. In other words I guess it was a productive summer.

08-22-2010, 12:13 AM	#61
Brownkeg8 Mascot Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Ohio	At the gas station the other day and this guy is wandering the lot asking for help to remove a wasps nest built around his gas cap.

08-22-2010, 08:33 AM	#62
GrantDawg World Champion Mis-speller Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Covington, Ga.	The bubble bee, wasps, yellow jacket, lion hybrid are called Secada Killers. They look like Huey's swooping down on you. They are very non-aggresive though (the males being the most territorial, but they don't even have stingers). They will make burroughs in the ground that will do a good bit of lawn damage. The best way of killing them is a tennis racket and pretending to be John McEnroe.

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