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jberryhill

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23. Yep
Tue Jul 9, 2019, 09:11 PM
Jul 2019

Except mine were in some high grass and the mower stalled out right there. Naturally, I reached under to clear the chute...

Dilemma- ground bees. [View all] underpants Jul 2019 OP
Ground bees are not aggressive. Cattledog Jul 2019 #1
My experience proves that they can be aggressive csziggy Jul 2019 #21
Mine were. Laffy Kat Jul 2019 #25
About 4 years ago rownesheck Jul 2019 #2
I got stung by one Cirque du So-What Jul 2019 #8
It was probably a wasp or a hornet and not a bee if you got such a bad sting. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2019 #17
It was a cicada killer - a solitary hornet Cirque du So-What Jul 2019 #20
Cicada Killers are OK... tonekat Jul 2019 #16
Sounds like yellowjackets, which are wasps - not bees Cirque du So-What Jul 2019 #3
They will come after you in a mass and attack... Historic NY Jul 2019 #4
Yep, them's yallerjackets alright Cirque du So-What Jul 2019 #6
Me too, they let me go by twice... Historic NY Jul 2019 #12
Yep jberryhill Jul 2019 #23
Found on the Google - this guy has a plan! underpants Jul 2019 #11
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jul 2019 #27
Mud Potter Wasps-AKA Yellow Jackets Boxerfan Jul 2019 #5
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jul 2019 #7
Ground bees are not aggressive. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2019 #18
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jul 2019 #22
Yellowjackets usually have 2 entrances to their nest in the ground. Lars39 Jul 2019 #9
Great tip. Thanks. underpants Jul 2019 #10
I got them one year. Cracklin Charlie Jul 2019 #13
I was planning on cutting my grass tonight underpants Jul 2019 #14
See if you have wasps, ground bees or bumble bees someone up thread posted a link lunasun Jul 2019 #28
what are those little striped things that sting like hell?..or bite? samnsara Jul 2019 #15
Those would be wasps or hornets. Entomologically speaking, The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2019 #19
When I was a kid, the old-timers had a nickname for yellowjackets Cirque du So-What Jul 2019 #24
The chart here Lefta Dissenter Jul 2019 #26
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