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csziggy

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6. I have never had a problem with honey bees or dirt daubers

Fri Sep 21, 2012, 10:38 PM

Sep 2012

But bumble bees are nasty! And while yellow jackets are mean, the big black and red wasps are worse and their sting is more potent.

One day we were hand digging a post hole and that pissed off a ground nest of bumble bees. They came after me and I took off running. I'm not sure if it was more than one but I got several stings on one ankle. My leg was the size of a small tree trunk from the thigh down for several days and I thought the skin was going to split open. I should have gone to the doctor and gotten the same shots I got today!

That kind of swelling is why I was freaked to get a sting on my face next to my nose - if I had not gone in for treatment, my nose and throat could have completely closed.

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Yellow Jackets SUCK! [View all] csziggy Sep 2012 OP

Feel better, my dear csziggy! CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2012 #1

Thanks, CP! csziggy Sep 2012 #2

Those $#@!!! things are $%^&#@!!! evil!!!! Taverner Sep 2012 #3

Yes they are! And these were sneaky csziggy Sep 2012 #5

When I was little, I got stung by a wasp at the drive-in derby378 Sep 2012 #4

I have never had a problem with honey bees or dirt daubers csziggy Sep 2012 #6

Yikes! Don't want to freak you out... derby378 Sep 2012 #7

Yeah, I've seen pictures of those monsters! csziggy Sep 2012 #8

Those things inhabit my nightmares Taverner Sep 2012 #41

Bumblebees are usually extremely passive Dash87 Sep 2012 #11

I know - but they sure don't like having the ground pounded csziggy Sep 2012 #18

we had some giant blue mud daubers Maine-ah Sep 2012 #14

Stinging insects that get in the house get sprayed csziggy Sep 2012 #19

The best weapon to use against stinging insects in the house ... Lionel Mandrake Sep 2012 #29

Good tip! csziggy Sep 2012 #32

Oh SO sorry. I'm allergic so your post makes my hair stand on end. nolabear Sep 2012 #9

At least I don't go into anaphylactic shock like my sister csziggy Sep 2012 #20

Yeah, I carry one of those. Hmmm...wonder if it's expired... nolabear Sep 2012 #22

Ah, the fall, when yellow jackets get grumpy AmyDeLune Sep 2012 #10

See my post in Gardening about how to get rid of a ground wasp nest permanently and beac Sep 2012 #17

I think around here it armadillos or racoons dig up wasp nests csziggy Sep 2012 #23

I want to teach the raccoons to fly so they can beac Sep 2012 #31

These guys were living in our pipe gate csziggy Sep 2012 #21

When I was walking with sandals, a mud wasp Dash87 Sep 2012 #12

So sorry, csziggy. That's awful. sarge43 Sep 2012 #13

So do plaid polyester pants... pipi_k Sep 2012 #15

The worst we had were European Hornets - they were inside the vinyl siding. HopeHoops Sep 2012 #16

This message was self-deleted by its author csziggy Sep 2012 #24

That buzzing would freak me out! csziggy Sep 2012 #25

My wife's a teacher. She has to keep an Epi-pen available at all times. HopeHoops Sep 2012 #26

We actually got "Wal-dryl" the Walgreens version of benadryl csziggy Sep 2012 #33

Yeah, I get funny looks when I say "ibuprofen". As for Tabasco commercials... HopeHoops Sep 2012 #38

I have had those buggers for two years in my classroom! femmocrat Sep 2012 #30

They'll be back. If the queen is safe, the colony will survive. Nasty fuckers - no known predators HopeHoops Sep 2012 #37

I missed the first day.. sendero Sep 2012 #27

Ouch! I am sorry that happened to you, and hope you feel better soon! GreenPartyVoter Sep 2012 #28

They are mean little buggers spiderpig Sep 2012 #34

You might want to invest in one of these sakabatou Sep 2012 #35

Hank Pym disagrees... WillParkinson Sep 2012 #36

My high school's team name is the Yellow Jackets csziggy Sep 2012 #39

Well... WillParkinson Sep 2012 #44

I swear they bite, too! Regardless, since they walk around on some pretty nasty stuff, hedgehog Sep 2012 #40

I don't think we have those out here Kali Sep 2012 #42

Kali, I think yellow jackets are mostly a SE insect csziggy Sep 2012 #43