in her older years before she came to live with us my Mom used to chase
those bees al over her back yard with a piece of paper towel soaked in
gasoline - when she found their hole she'd stuff the gas soaked paper
towel in the hole. No more problem, At least she didn't light them
AFAIK. ;-)
LarryT
On 8/11/2013 6:05 PM, WILTON wrote:
Several years ago, I picked up a pitch fork and began feeling a
burning sensation on inside of one of my fingers; moved it over a bit
on the handle and began feeling same sensation on slightly different
area of the finger. Finally looked - I had my finger over a bumble bee
(carpenter bee) inside a hole it had bored in the handle; 'kept
popping me until moved my finger off 'im.
Wilton
----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Fiorentino"
<gf...@dslnorthwest.net>
To: "'Mercedes Discussion List'" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2013 5:07 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] wasps everywhere
I was putting up some wire fencing on the posts of a horse corral
once with
one of those staple hammer-puller tools. Unbeknownst to me there was a
yellow jacket nest between the post and the surrounding dirt. They took
strong exception to the vibration I caused by hammering at the post, and
showed me their displeasure by stinging me a few times.
A little rotenone powder settled their hash!
Greg
-----Original Message-----
From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of
Larry T
Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2013 5:56 AM
To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] wasps everywhere
Most wasps are non threatening to humans - it's the people who freak
out and
run around trying to kill them. I only try to remove yellow jackets who
build nests in the ground - it's too easy to not know they are there
and get
stung when cutting the grass... the way they swarm it's possible to
be stung
enough times to be serious...
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