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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