Post by: Quackwhacker on July 28, 2013, 02:18:33 PM
The hill side we were going down was steep and thick with brush and blow downs. On our adventure we found some fresh deer droppings and picked some flowers for my wife. My son hollered from below daughter and I. He had located the spring and sounded excited.
Daughter and I worked our way down to him and saw the 6 foot wide pool. Son had found a deer scull and some other bones. We all talked about the spring and how the animals had tore up the vegetation around it.
We decided to find a trail down to the road for a easier walk back. Daughter went ahead and found a good trail. Son was below next to some skunk cabbage. I headed towrds daughter when I felt something poke my leg. I thought it was a twig. Then it it me again and I looked down and yelled BEES! Daughter kept going down her trail. I ran up hill about twenty feet and killed the few that were still hitting me. Son started screaming and saying they were getting him. I yelled at his to go down hill. He was panicking at tgis piint and started to go to the ground. I ran back across the ground hive and grabbed him and took him the thirty yards to the road. There were yellow jackets all over him and I now. They really liked to be in his Justin Bieber hair. I had to hit him on the head several times to kill the angree little guys. He was obviously in some pain but we still laughed about the incident. Daughter made it with no stings. I had about a dozen shots to my arms and legs. Son had around twenty. Im glad I was down there with him.
We walked back to the cabin and told our story. After talking for a few minutes, son started to break out in hives and obviously was having a reaction to the stings. We decided to take him in to the hospital. By the time we got there, the hives had covered his upper body and head. Gave him a steroid IV and benadryl. He was out like a light.
Left the ER after about an hour. He was tired but still in good spirits. The next day he was cleared up and back to himself. He has been stung before with no reaction. Guess the large amount of venom got him going. I'm sure this won't be his last encounter with ground hives as he loves to explore. I just hope he knows to run next time.
Yellow Jackets are mean!
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Post by: ICEMAN on July 28, 2013, 02:24:57 PM
Post by: Bean Counter on July 28, 2013, 02:36:59 PM
PSA to everyone else:
- If you encounter a swarm, run in a straight direction, not in circles. They usually only follow you a few hundred yards.
- Africanized honey bees have outlying sentinels that often warn you by literally kamikaziing into you one by one as you get closer to their swarm. You may be better off turning around and running back the way you came than going straight through.
- Carrying liquid Benadryl or any generic substitute (anything with diphenhydramine) may save your life. Quackwacker was lucky his son was still breathing by the time they got to the hospital. Acute anaphalaxis can kill you in 30 minutes in a bad case.
Post by: Quackwhacker on July 28, 2013, 10:28:34 PM
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Post by: 7mmfan on July 28, 2013, 10:36:24 PM
Post by: Smossy on July 28, 2013, 10:48:41 PM
I was out in the back of my girls property last year, Going through the thick thick brush of stingin nettles and chopping the 6 foot tall plants down with a machete I just got passed down to me from her grandmother that I cleaned up, Wanted to put some use to it..
Keep in mind these guys make they're hives in the ground, so they come from below up.
I was whacking away these weeds, Feeling my legs getting poked constantly, I just thought for a second that the nettles were getting through my jeans so I thought nothing of it. about 2 minutes into it I really started to hurt, I finally looked down.... Both my legs were COVERED in bee's like one of those crazy killer bee videos. I immediately freak out and start thrashing at them, made a B line right through a trail swatting with my hat and everything, Dropped the machete, Lost my glasses for 2 days, and left my hat laying in the trail. Ran straight for the back door to the house, Half way to the door, I slip in a hole that one of the stupid dogs dug, heard a huge pop... Literally thought I snapped my ankle trying to run from these guys. Half ran/limped inside to my girl who I was yelling at like AHH BEE's get them off me. By the time I got inside Id got most of them off but had a few stragglers. Wound up with like 20+ stings, Girl threw me into the tub, covered me in baking soda/water paste.
As my heart starting to slow down I could really feel the pain and started to feel sick. Thank god I'm not allergic to bee's or I could have been in for a hell of a night. Ever since then, I've hated bee's. I have a soft spot for honey bee's though as to they're numbers are becoming very limited these days.
Killed one that was still on me by drowning him, that's what we used to ID what species it was. Never in my life had I seen a black bee with white stripes and white face. They are in the yellowjacket family.
So Quackwhacker I feel your pain :chuckle: Literally. Glad you and the kids were ok! That stuff can really hit people hard and fast sometimes.
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Post by: erk444 on July 29, 2013, 08:51:21 PM
Post by: turkeyfeather on July 29, 2013, 09:08:58 PM
Post by: Hillbilly270 on July 29, 2013, 09:24:01 PM
Post by: Smossy on July 29, 2013, 10:12:12 PM
i have proof in my yard right now of a bald face hornet nest in my apple tree. wife got stung the other day through her FLEECE and a Shirt. Picking apples off the branch the nest is on was a bad idea.Jeesh, Looks like they're everywhere. Horrible little buggers. I gotta do some spraying here pretty soon on the eve's of the roof.
Post by: Smossy on July 29, 2013, 10:12:33 PM
i have proof in my yard right now of a bald face hornet nest in my apple tree. wife got stung the other day through her FLEECE and a Shirt. Picking apples off the branch the nest is on was a bad idea.Yeah. They were getting me through thick carhartt blue jeans.
Post by: Buckmark on July 29, 2013, 10:16:25 PM
i have proof in my yard right now of a bald face hornet nest in my apple tree. wife got stung the other day through her FLEECE and a Shirt. Picking apples off the branch the nest is on was a bad idea.I can help you with that... :chuckle:
Post by: Caseyd on July 29, 2013, 10:41:05 PM
i have proof in my yard right now of a bald face hornet nest in my apple tree. wife got stung the other day through her FLEECE and a Shirt. Picking apples off the branch the nest is on was a bad idea.I can help you with that... :chuckle:
Take him up on that offer.
Bring back the bee suit :chuckle:
Post by: timberghost72 on July 29, 2013, 10:50:12 PM
Post by: Smossy on July 29, 2013, 10:56:54 PM
I found this today. I don't know how I didn't see it sooner. How many cans of spray will take this down :chuckle:Smoke them all out, Spray it with hairspray, and keep the nest :chuckle: those make cool house decorations. We have on above our TV.
Post by: pianoman9701 on July 30, 2013, 07:02:31 AM
I was walking back from the kill to camp for some supplies, all covered in blood from field dressing, and I hear the guys yelling at me, "run, run". I turned around and looked at an enormous swarm of yellow jackets coming out of a ground nest that had to have been 4+ feet across. I had just walked through it. I looked down and my legs were covered with bees and I realized I was being stung. I ran through the woods for a couple hundred yards and they all took off, except for one. I got back to camp and felt a tickle in my shirt. I pulled the top open and a yellow jacket flew right up my nose and stung me way up inside. I was seeing stars it hurt so bad. I took off all of my clothes to make sure that was the end of it and had stings all over both legs. No reaction, but it sure sucked.
Post by: seth30 on July 30, 2013, 07:10:37 AM
Post by: C-Money on July 30, 2013, 07:28:27 AM
Post by: Smossy on July 31, 2013, 11:42:25 PM
I got nailed as a kid a few times by yellow jackets. I grew a large fear for those things at a young age. I just hate them! I have a lot of respect for N American honey bees, as they would rather keep working than bother anyone, which is a lesson a lot of us humans could learn from. Scary stories everyone, YIKE. I saw some black and white hornet looking bee/wasp things on a small nest up in the corner of a state outhouse while camping last week. They were new to me and did not attack. Never seen a black and white hornet, it sounds as though a lot of folks have not had good encounters with them!Id never seen one either untill I got nailed by 20+. :chuckle:
Post by: irishevox on August 01, 2013, 02:54:10 AM
Post by: Quackwhacker on August 01, 2013, 03:05:31 AM
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Post by: Quackwhacker on August 01, 2013, 03:07:01 AM
I had a similar incident after killing a cow elk.Up the nose would not be good. Ouch!
I was walking back from the kill to camp for some supplies, all covered in blood from field dressing, and I hear the guys yelling at me, "run, run". I turned around and looked at an enormous swarm of yellow jackets coming out of a ground nest that had to have been 4+ feet across. I had just walked through it. I looked down and my legs were covered with bees and I realized I was being stung. I ran through the woods for a couple hundred yards and they all took off, except for one. I got back to camp and felt a tickle in my shirt. I pulled the top open and a yellow jacket flew right up my nose and stung me way up inside. I was seeing stars it hurt so bad. I took off all of my clothes to make sure that was the end of it and had stings all over both legs. No reaction, but it sure sucked.
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Post by: irishevox on August 01, 2013, 03:08:51 AM
and up the nose how did ya get him out? :dunno:
Post by: huntnnw on August 01, 2013, 05:12:32 AM
I stepped in a yellow jacket hive walking to a fishing hole...I thought I stepped in a bear trap it hurt so bad and sudden. I couldnt see my lower leg there were that may yellow jackets on my leg..17 stings I dunno if I ever ran thru the woods so fast in my life to the river :chuckle:
I was in the middle of chasing a herd of elk one year and callin to a bull..all the sudden I feel like a thorn got me under my arm! then again! I bald facehornet got inside my jacket and stung me 6 times under arm,arm pit and the side of me! It was everything to keep quiet as I had elk 50 yards in front of me :chuckle:
Post by: 3nails on August 01, 2013, 05:29:22 AM
I found this today. I don't know how I didn't see it sooner. How many cans of spray will take this down :chuckle:Is this a YJ nest or bald face hornet? I've had several discussions with people who swear up and down that YJ's don't make nests like these. I see them all the time.
Post by: nwwanderer on August 01, 2013, 05:46:30 AM
Post by: bknilvr00 on August 01, 2013, 06:40:32 AM
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Post by: magnanimous_j on August 01, 2013, 07:16:25 AM
Awful little things.
Post by: Curly on August 01, 2013, 07:39:59 AM
I must be pretty lucky to be able to say I've never been stung.
Wow. Never been stung....... :o My wife is the same way. She has not been stung yet, and she is terrified of them. (I really wish she would get stung just so she knows what it is like. I think not knowing maybe is worse than the actual sting).
Me, I've been stung hundreds of times. Some have been worse than others.
My poor dog got stung when we were pheasant hunting. He stood over the top of a ground nest and the next thing we knew he had probably 100 yellow jackets on him. He was a lab with really thick hair and those buggers attacked and they all just kind of disappeared into his fur all at once. Poor guy just kind of stood there getting stung; and I got him moved away from the hive a ways and then swatted some wasps. I got stung a few times, but he must have been stung dozens of times. It was weird how he just kind of froze when the wasps attacked; I don't know if he thought he was getting hit with the shock collar or what?
Post by: bobcat on August 01, 2013, 07:49:33 AM
I highly recommend experiencing it at least once.
Post by: Skillet on August 01, 2013, 07:54:13 AM
You haven't lived yet if you haven't been stung by a yellow jacket. :chuckle:
I highly recommend experiencing it at least once.
I don't think I've ever been stung by a yellow jacket just once :chuckle: Suckers seem to run that stinger on ya like a sewing machine...
Post by: bknilvr00 on August 01, 2013, 07:58:16 AM
You haven't lived yet if you haven't been stung by a yellow jacket. :chuckle:I think ill pass on that. But odds are since I talked about it ill end up falling into a pit full of exctinct super wasps... Or so my luck would go.
I highly recommend experiencing it at least once.
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Post by: timberghost72 on August 01, 2013, 02:43:18 PM
I found this today. I don't know how I didn't see it sooner. How many cans of spray will take this down :chuckle:Is this a YJ nest or bald face hornet? I've had several discussions with people who swear up and down that YJ's don't make nests like these. I see them all the time.
Yellow Jacket nest. I just had it removed about an hour ago. I was glad to fork out the cash to have it done :chuckle: Besides my wife made it quite clear to have it removed and not by me :chuckle: The guy said it was one of the biggest hes seen in a long time. I guess about 10 years ago there was a late spring freeze that knocked down the YJ population around here and it is finally getting back to normal levels. He was telling me he is getting quite a few calls now. I watched him from inside the house and I couldn't believe how many were in there. And they were PISSED OFF.
Post by: Hillbilly270 on August 07, 2013, 10:03:11 PM
Post by: ICEMAN on August 19, 2013, 03:13:16 PM
My son and daughter have been working in our front yard today moving brush into a trailer. My son got into a Wasp ground nest and got stung 10 times! He ran into the house with atleast 7 under his shirt and pants. I got all his clothes off him and got some benadryl in him. 30 minutes later he looks pretty good thank goodness.
Damn Bees!
Post by: Bean Counter on August 19, 2013, 03:18:34 PM
Time for a can of Raid.
Post by: crschralping on August 19, 2013, 03:21:15 PM
Post by: ICEMAN on August 19, 2013, 03:29:18 PM
Yikes :yike: Keep monitoring him, ICE.
Time for a can of Raid.
Yeah, we just hit the ground nest with bee spray. Son wanted to do the honors, so his spirit is not broken! Damn bees flew at us again.... no probs this time...
crschrapling, your hand looks like mine did after a tangle with hornets. Bad swelling. Your pic is after 3 days! Holy smokes!
Post by: Buckmark on August 19, 2013, 03:38:46 PM
Dang it you should of called me, i would of done it for free... 8)I found this today. I don't know how I didn't see it sooner. How many cans of spray will take this down :chuckle:Is this a YJ nest or bald face hornet? I've had several discussions with people who swear up and down that YJ's don't make nests like these. I see them all the time.
Yellow Jacket nest. I just had it removed about an hour ago. I was glad to fork out the cash to have it done :chuckle: Besides my wife made it quite clear to have it removed and not by me :chuckle: The guy said it was one of the biggest hes seen in a long time. I guess about 10 years ago there was a late spring freeze that knocked down the YJ population around here and it is finally getting back to normal levels. He was telling me he is getting quite a few calls now. I watched him from inside the house and I couldn't believe how many were in there. And they were PISSED OFF.
Post by: CedarPants on August 19, 2013, 04:05:23 PM
+1 on not liking the bald-faced hornets as well. I had one hit me with no warning a couple years ago, zipped up from the ground in a flash and got me right below my nose. That HURT
Post by: Moose-head on August 19, 2013, 04:17:07 PM
Post by: lostbackpacker on August 19, 2013, 04:26:54 PM
Other one--Was waiting in ferry line. Darn thing flew up my shorts and stung me on the side of my leg. Was doing just fine with swelling on Benadryl. Now not so good... swelling has come back and travelled down my leg to knee cap. Walk in clinic might be in my future tonight.
Post by: Smossy on August 19, 2013, 04:27:49 PM
Something got me last Sunday, this picture was taken on Tuesday. I could feel the swelling all the way to my elbow, not fun.Youch!
Post by: h20hunter on August 19, 2013, 04:57:07 PM
Post by: buckfvr on August 19, 2013, 05:29:14 PM
Post by: coachcw on August 19, 2013, 05:38:52 PM
Post by: 3nails on August 19, 2013, 06:50:20 PM
We are loaded with both here......everywhere at the same time....cant do anything without constant close encounters of the bee kind..........c'mon first hard freeze..:yeah:
Post by: Hermit on August 22, 2013, 10:53:01 PM
Post by: nocklehead on August 22, 2013, 11:32:31 PM
They really liked to be in his Justin Bieber hair. I had to hit him on the head several times
:chuckle: :sry: :chuckle:
Post by: rasbo on August 23, 2013, 03:44:57 AM
Post by: uplandhunter870 on August 23, 2013, 04:20:04 AM
Last time I got nailed was a few years ago. Cousins from mukilteo were over and we went up to chelan to go swimming. We parked Next to the bowling alley across from the city park I noticed a paper nest was knocked down on the sidewalk I warn them to steer clear cause it was crawling with wasps. Well on our way back to the rig one of my brain child cousins decides to give it a three step field goal kick. I'm loading stuff in the truck next thing I know it's bam bam bop bop boom on my legs I look down to see the remains of the nest at my feet and wasps all over my legs. Think I set the world record for the 200 yard sprint and swat. Got stung a few dozen times an just felt sicker than **** once I was home i passed out for a solid 18 hours
Post by: Thefisherman83 on August 23, 2013, 11:31:40 AM
Post by: timberghost72 on August 23, 2013, 11:46:13 AM
Dang it you should of called me, i would of done it for free... 8)I found this today. I don't know how I didn't see it sooner. How many cans of spray will take this down :chuckle:Is this a YJ nest or bald face hornet? I've had several discussions with people who swear up and down that YJ's don't make nests like these. I see them all the time.
Yellow Jacket nest. I just had it removed about an hour ago. I was glad to fork out the cash to have it done :chuckle: Besides my wife made it quite clear to have it removed and not by me :chuckle: The guy said it was one of the biggest hes seen in a long time. I guess about 10 years ago there was a late spring freeze that knocked down the YJ population around here and it is finally getting back to normal levels. He was telling me he is getting quite a few calls now. I watched him from inside the house and I couldn't believe how many were in there. And they were PISSED OFF.
Actually thought about doing that. Or making my own Carhartt bee suit :chuckle: P wanted it gone the next day. Shes deathly afraid of them :chuckle:
Post by: fly-by on August 23, 2013, 12:03:52 PM
When removing ground nests near the house a shop-vac is handy. Set it up near at the entrance, turn it on, and watch the show. Vibration angers them, they fly out, and one by one get sucked in. After 30 minutes activity slows and you just shoot a can of raid into the vac and the hole.
Post by: huntinguy on August 23, 2013, 03:40:55 PM
I gave the same comment to my doc last year. I was in Georgia and was stung. I decided not to use my epipen and that the benidryl would be enough. I told the doc it was a rough 30 minutes and I was glad I used the benidryl... He told me the epipen is what is supposed to help keep you a live for the 30 minutes it takes for the benidryl to get circulated in your system.
Post by: ICEMAN on August 23, 2013, 05:28:57 PM
Camping on the NF Flathead last week and they were thick around our campsite. Wearing flip flops around camp I got stung UNDER my pinky toe. Not sure how he managed to get there...
When removing ground nests near the house a shop-vac is handy. Set it up near at the entrance, turn it on, and watch the show. Vibration angers them, they fly out, and one by one get sucked in. After 30 minutes activity slows and you just shoot a can of raid into the vac and the hole.
There is a cool idea...
Post by: C-Money on August 27, 2013, 11:05:03 AM
:yeah: Rapid bronchodilator.
Thanks Bean....
Post by: Bean Counter on August 27, 2013, 11:09:53 AM
Post by: Rooster1981 on August 27, 2013, 03:02:08 PM