Damn bees

Rivrrat
Rivrrat Posts: 2,101
edited May 2011 in The Clubhouse
My wife came in from the front yard a while ago and told me there were bees coming out of our drip system valve box.:mad:

Fortunately they had just started building, cause I was able to flood them out, and open the box lid without getting stung.

No bees allowed at Casa de Rat, especially right outside the front door, what with us having killer bees around here. And we're supposed to have a bad killer bee season this year. :eek:
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,004
    edited April 2008
    I prefer to catch my killer bees with chopsticks. Takes some time but I show them who's boss. They taste better with chocolate BTW.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited April 2008
    Real men use chopsticks....you've let us down Rat.

    I think I'm allergic and usually use the chopstick version of instant death via spray, followed by "CFRIZZ" style of running while waving arms for extra propulsion.
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited April 2008
    Toothpicks. Real men use toothpicks.
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  • Rivrrat
    Rivrrat Posts: 2,101
    edited April 2008
    dorokusai wrote: »
    Real men use chopsticks....you've let us down Rat.

    I think I'm allergic and usually use the chopstick version of instant death via spray, followed by "CFRIZZ" style of running while waving arms for extra propulsion.

    I'm holding my head in shame. :(

    I'll try to be more creative next time.
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited April 2008
    I was watching something about killer bees on tv the other night, and they mentioned that swarming that happened in AZ.
    F**k that!!! Those things ain't NO joke!
    I refuse to argue with idiots, because people can't tell the DIFFERENCE!
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  • I-SIG
    I-SIG Posts: 2,240
    edited April 2008
    obieone wrote: »
    I was watching something about killer bees on tv the other night, and they mentioned that swarming that happened in AZ.
    F**k that!!! Those things ain't NO joke!

    I'm a do-it-yourselfer for a lot of things, but I'll leave the killer bees to idiots and professionals.

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  • ViperZ
    ViperZ Posts: 2,046
    edited April 2008
    These are not bees, these are wasps (real wasps, not WASPs - white anglosacson protestants). Big difference!

    Wasps are nasty! Bees are useful and make honey!
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  • I-SIG
    I-SIG Posts: 2,240
    edited April 2008
    ViperZ wrote: »
    These are not bees, these are wasps (real wasps, not WASPs - white anglosacson protestants). Big difference!

    Wasps are nasty! Bees are useful and make honey!

    I don't think you understand. I'd take on a hornet nest before I gave a second glance to a hive of killer bees. It doesn't get much worse than Africanized bees.

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  • ViperZ
    ViperZ Posts: 2,046
    edited April 2008
    Is it bees 26-10-honeybee.jpg

    or wasps

    wasp.jpg

    My family had honey bees when I was a kid, and those bees were nice! Yes, they'd bite from time to time, but we had tons of honey and all other good stuff.
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  • Libertyc
    Libertyc Posts: 915
    edited April 2008
    I have a problem with those friggin carpenter bees. They drill big holes in my shed and are very hard to get rid of. If I fill the holes in they just drill new ones.
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  • Rivrrat
    Rivrrat Posts: 2,101
    edited April 2008
    The killer bees are Africanized honey bees (a cross mated African and European bee). They do everything bees do, except they're exponentially more protective of the hive than standard European honey bees. The problem is you can't tell if what they are until it's too late.

    I grew up around yellow jackets, they're pretty nasty too, but not on par with killer bees.
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited April 2008
    I hope we don't get killer bees, we've already got these things, 'Asian Giant Hornets'. 1st time I saw one, after moving to SC, I just about **** myself!
    This picture does NOT do it justice. It looks like a bumble bee, but with the wing span, and proportional body size of a dragonfly.
    AND, apparently, they don't die with conventional treatment.:(

    One more thing, according to Wikpedia, theyre stingers are 6mm long, and they kill about 70 people a year in Japan.
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  • Rivrrat
    Rivrrat Posts: 2,101
    edited April 2008
    We also have Trantula Wasps. They sting a Trantula, drag the thing into a den and lays an egg on it. THe egg hatches, and the lava eats the trantula.

    It looks like a huge evil black wasp, because it is.

    BTW, the bees are gone.

    Also I think those asian giant hornets kill off bee hives. I saw something like that on one of those educational channels.
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,726
    edited April 2008
    BEES!!! You're firearms are useless against them!

    I f*cking hate bees!!!
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  • nikolas812
    nikolas812 Posts: 2,915
    edited April 2008
    obieone wrote: »
    I hope we don't get killer bees, we've already got these things, 'Asian Giant Hornets'. 1st time I saw one, after moving to SC, I just about **** myself!
    This picture does NOT do it justice. It looks like a bumble bee, but with the wing span, and proportional body size of a dragonfly.
    AND, apparently, they don't die with conventional treatment.:(



    That things a beast!!:eek:
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  • MrNightly
    MrNightly Posts: 3,370
    edited April 2008
    Zero wrote: »
    About 8 years or so ago, I turned over a log and discovered an a nest consisting of 6 or 7 giant hornets. Normally, I'd gently flip that log back down and make a retreat. Thankfully, this was during the tail end of winter and it was clear that the hornets were still in slumber mode.

    Being the nerd I am, a large circular plastic container was not far from my side... so I decided to capture each of these hornets and observed of' for a few hours, totally in awe of their beauty and size. They must have been a good 2.5-3 inches in length.

    Aside from when I let them go, I've never seen one buzzing about.. Cool as they are, I'm not complaining...

    TRAITOR!!! You must kill wasps everytime you see them... to let one live is treason against human!!!

    There is nothing I fear in this world except wasps... and big women with sharp teeth... but I digress...
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  • I-SIG
    I-SIG Posts: 2,240
    edited April 2008
    MrNightly wrote: »
    TRAITOR!!! You must kill wasps everytime you see them... to let one live is treason against human!!!

    There is nothing I fear in this world except wasps... and big women with sharp teeth... but I digress...

    And let me guess...carnies as well? ;)

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  • MrNightly
    MrNightly Posts: 3,370
    edited April 2008
    I-SIG wrote: »
    And let me guess...carnies as well? ;)

    Wes

    Don't tell anyone!!!
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited May 2011
    LMAO!...oh man funny!..the commments!..but yeah some of them Bee,s can really hurt you..
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  • ryanjoachim
    ryanjoachim Posts: 2,046
    edited May 2011
    Interesting choice of dead threads to resurrect.

    Personally, if I came face to face with one of those Asian hornets...I'd shat myself, and not feel ashamed about it later.

    And yeah, those hornets do take out entire bee hives. I saw them doing it on the discovery channel, and it's pretty creepy how much bigger they are than regular bees.
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited May 2011
    Thanks for the laugh Mark. Now get outta my way! I'm gettin the hell out of this creepy, hair raising thread doing my best Jaime Sommers bionic run!
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited May 2011
    I saw a queen wasp last week hovering around my front window and it was ugly and very creepy

    Real men use blow darts for killing wasps
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  • ryanjoachim
    ryanjoachim Posts: 2,046
    edited May 2011
    bizimcopluk wrote: »
    thanks you share

    Reported
    MrNightly wrote: »
    "Dr Dunn admitted that his research could also be interpreted as evidence that women are shallower than men. He said: "Let's face it - there's evidence to support it."
    mystik610 wrote: »
    Best Buy is for people who don't know any better. Magnolia is for people who don't know any better and have more money to spend.
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  • stuwee
    stuwee Posts: 1,508
    edited May 2011
    AsSiMiLaTeD wrote: »
    BEES!!! You're firearms are useless against them!

    I f*cking hate bees!!!

    Me to dude! When I first moved to Tucson in '92, the 'Killer Bee's had just started to gain ground out here. She laughed at me when I'd take a 2 foot straw out to the pool, if them suckers swarmed me, I was damn sure to out last them underwater :biggrin:

    You don't even have to be allergic to die from 2,000 stings. They ain't nuthin' nice!
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited May 2011
    obieone wrote: »
    I hope we don't get killer bees, we've already got these things, 'Asian Giant Hornets'. 1st time I saw one, after moving to SC, I just about **** myself!
    This picture does NOT do it justice. It looks like a bumble bee, but with the wing span, and proportional body size of a dragonfly.
    AND, apparently, they don't die with conventional treatment.:(

    One more thing, according to Wikpedia, theyre stingers are 6mm long, and they kill about 70 people a year in Japan.

    That's just fu@k!n great !! Yet another fu@k!n nightmare from Asia ! Stink bugs, snakeheads and now this, WTF is gonna be next??:mad:
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited May 2011
    A cicada wasp is what made my heart stop and brought out the whimpering little girl in me! Similar to the Asian hornet is sheer size, these things are like yellow jacket wasps on steroids. I later found out that only the females can sting and all they are interested in stinging is a cicada.
    http://www.google.com/search?um=1&hl=en&safe=off&biw=1003&bih=598&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=cicada+killer+wasp&aq=2&aqi=g10&aql=&oq=cicad
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  • skipf
    skipf Posts: 694
    edited May 2011
    Yep, SC has no Aisan hornets, just Cicadia killer wasps. Just as big, but not nearly as mean. There are thousands in my yard when a certain flowering bush blooms. Never had a problem with them. Yellow jackets on the other hand...........
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  • pdxfj
    pdxfj Posts: 376
    edited May 2011
    AsSiMiLaTeD wrote: »
    BEES!!! You're firearms are useless against them!

    I f*cking hate bees!!!

    That depends on how much ammo you have. :smile:
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  • stuwee
    stuwee Posts: 1,508
    edited May 2011
    gdb wrote: »
    That's just fu@k!n great !! Yet another fu@k!n nightmare from Asia ! Stink bugs, snakeheads and now this, WTF is gonna be next??:mad:

    They don't sting or even bite, but if one of these hits you in the nuts, it's gonna hurt :eek:, Asian Carp, heading for the Great Lakes very soon

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