Insects breathe through hollow tubes in their thoraxes, but yeah, filling them with soapy water drowns/suffocates them, and very fast since their small size results in a very short lived oxygen reserve.
Memo to Wasps, Yellow Jackets, and other non-bee flyers that wish to sting me...
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I know one person that drank a big swallow of coke full of honeybees and got stung about a dozen times in the mouth, and my younger brother's friend once hit a paper wasp nest and opened his mouth to yell, and 8 of those buggers flew inside and stung him inside his mouth.
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I know one person that drank a big swallow of coke full of honeybees and got stung about a dozen times in the mouth, and my younger brother's friend once hit a paper wasp nest and opened his mouth to yell, and 8 of those buggers flew inside and stung him inside his mouth.
Welp, that's it for me.
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I know one person that drank a big swallow of coke full of honeybees and got stung about a dozen times in the mouth, and my younger brother's friend once hit a paper wasp nest and opened his mouth to yell, and 8 of those buggers flew inside and stung him inside his mouth.
And just like that we're back to Napalm.
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I know one person that drank a big swallow of coke full of honeybees and got stung about a dozen times in the mouth, and my younger brother's friend once hit a paper wasp nest and opened his mouth to yell, and 8 of those buggers flew inside and stung him inside his mouth.
quote:When I lived south of Houston, there was a paper wasp nest under the overhang in front of the front door. It started small, but after four or five years was quite large.
I have paper wasps living under the cover between the propane bottles on my trailer. They act all huffy when I open it, waving their legs around, but so far they let me adjust the knobs without trying to sting me. That changes, they have to die.
On several occasions, I saw someone coming up the sidewalk, probably door to door salesmen, and went to the door to meet them, but they never knocked. I guess they turned around and skidaddled out of there as soon as they saw the nest.
They never bothered me much. The most they ever did was bump into me which I understand is a warning from them.
One year they started to get more aggressive than previously and for several days there would be five to ten of them bumping me as I walked up to the house. I finally went to the hardware store and bought some spray to kill them.
I did make one mistake, though. Once I killed them I knocked the nest down. I should have left it up there to scare off the door to door salesmen.
quote:I think that bees like sweet drinks. It's worth drinking such things out of a bottle or glass so that you can see any that fly in.
I know one person that drank a big swallow of coke full of honeybees and got stung about a dozen times in the mouth, and my younger brother's friend once hit a paper wasp nest and opened his mouth to yell, and 8 of those buggers flew inside and stung him inside his mouth.
On the other hand, they apparently don't like beer so it is probably preferable to drink beer out of a can in the outdoors than soft drinks.
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I chose to spray them with hairspray. It stiffens their wings and they just fall to the ground without dying. Now they are at your mercy. Kill one or two of them and the others will start talking. Keep in mind the hairspray does not permanently stiffen their wings, so be prepared to work fast.
It works better if you light the hairspray. 'Cause you know, fire.
quote:quote:I think that bees like sweet drinks. It's worth drinking such things out of a bottle or glass so that you can see any that fly in.
I know one person that drank a big swallow of coke full of honeybees and got stung about a dozen times in the mouth, and my younger brother's friend once hit a paper wasp nest and opened his mouth to yell, and 8 of those buggers flew inside and stung him inside his mouth.
On the other hand, they apparently don't like beer so it is probably preferable to drink beer out of a can in the outdoors than soft drinks.
My old man was working on a deer blind and had a wasp crawl into his beer. He took his next sip and then unleashed a string of profanity that would've made a sailor blush. His cheek swelled up like a damn softball. To make matters worse, he packed in a John Kruk worthy pinch of our buddy's Cope in an attempt to reduce the swelling. I have no clue if that would have actually worked, but since he doesn't dip, all he got out of it was a little leg wobble and the sweats before he tossed the pinch. I don't know if I've ever felt so bad for him. I mean...we all laughed our asses off, but I felt bad about it.
quote:Well sure...assuming you want to kill them quickly, rather than just immobilize them and kill the *******s slowlyquote:
I chose to spray them with hairspray. It stiffens their wings and they just fall to the ground without dying. Now they are at your mercy. Kill one or two of them and the others will start talking. Keep in mind the hairspray does not permanently stiffen their wings, so be prepared to work fast.
It works better if you light the hairspray. 'Cause you know, fire.
Got stung in the foot last year walking through the yard, good god that was painful. Every time I'm out cutting the grass I wonder when I'm going to get hit again. Not sure if the foot was worse or the time I got hit in the palm of my hand.
quote:Yikes! I think I'm going to start drinking through a straw when outside.quote:quote:I think that bees like sweet drinks. It's worth drinking such things out of a bottle or glass so that you can see any that fly in.
I know one person that drank a big swallow of coke full of honeybees and got stung about a dozen times in the mouth, and my younger brother's friend once hit a paper wasp nest and opened his mouth to yell, and 8 of those buggers flew inside and stung him inside his mouth.
On the other hand, they apparently don't like beer so it is probably preferable to drink beer out of a can in the outdoors than soft drinks.
My old man was working on a deer blind and had a wasp crawl into his beer. He took his next sip and then unleashed a string of profanity that would've made a sailor blush. His cheek swelled up like a damn softball. To make matters worse, he packed in a John Kruk worthy pinch of our buddy's Cope in an attempt to reduce the swelling. I have no clue if that would have actually worked, but since he doesn't dip, all he got out of it was a little leg wobble and the sweats before he tossed the pinch. I don't know if I've ever felt so bad for him. I mean...we all laughed our asses off, but I felt bad about it.
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I was going to post Wasp Lives Matter, but then I realized that could have multiple meanings....
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I was going to post Wasp Lives Matter, but the. I realized that could have multiple meanings....
I got stung inside my mouth by a bee. Little ****er crawled in my beer at the deer camp. When I took a swig, he popped me on the inside of my lip before I could spit him out.
I hope ya'll know that bleach makes them stop hurting immediately. Not sure if it works for bites in your mouth.
If any of ya'll tries to stop the pain by pouring bleach in your mouth, and doesn't die, please post on here, so I will know if it works.
If any of ya'll tries to stop the pain by pouring bleach in your mouth, and doesn't die, please post on here, so I will know if it works.
I didn't see this one, but know several witnesses.
Pawpaw was driving a big cabbed John deer in a hayfield with a bar cutter on it mowing hay. Seems he ran over a ground wasp nest, and they proceeded to swarm the cab, up his his shirt, and around the tractor. Mom said she heard the gearbox grind, looked up, and sees him bail out of the tractor with it still rolling, cursing a blue streak in french. He got the thing out of gear before he baled, but it still rolled a ways with them just swarming.
Pawpaw was driving a big cabbed John deer in a hayfield with a bar cutter on it mowing hay. Seems he ran over a ground wasp nest, and they proceeded to swarm the cab, up his his shirt, and around the tractor. Mom said she heard the gearbox grind, looked up, and sees him bail out of the tractor with it still rolling, cursing a blue streak in french. He got the thing out of gear before he baled, but it still rolled a ways with them just swarming.
Was surveying Mansfield Dame in Austin on the side of a hill. A coworker was above me and ground hornets came out and stung him all over. He then pushed me to get out of the way and I rolled down the hill 200 ft or so losing my glasses and breaking a finger.
Hornets and coworkers can kill you
Hornets and coworkers can kill you
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Was surveying Mansfield Dame in Austin on the side of a hill. A coworker was above me and ground hornets came out and stung him all over. He then pushed me to get out of the way and I rolled down the hill 200 ft or so losing my glasses and reading a finger.
Hornets and coworkers can kill you
Is that how you got your user name?
I HATE ground hornets. Scary *******s.
My wife has a metal cow garden ornament that I bumped into the other day. Little did I know it was full of wasps and was wondering why TF a swarm of them were around me.
Once I realized where they came from I gave them time to settle down, proceeded to grab the pear burner, and KILL THEM WITH FIRE!
It really is the only way!
Once I realized where they came from I gave them time to settle down, proceeded to grab the pear burner, and KILL THEM WITH FIRE!
It really is the only way!
Yeah, we put a pebble over the mouths of our drinks during the summer.
You think they'll exempt you from the burn ban if you tell them you had wasps and were trying to kill them with fire?
Very anti-climatic, but I have won the war with superior firepower. I counted 9 that were eliminated. Their former home has been squashed and returned to the dust.
Well, I say that I won the war.... Hopefully, I don't find out that it was merely a battle when I go to mow this weekend. For now, I will call my local Hank Hill and have him refill the propane tank.
Well, I say that I won the war.... Hopefully, I don't find out that it was merely a battle when I go to mow this weekend. For now, I will call my local Hank Hill and have him refill the propane tank.
When I was a teenager, we would always get red wasps on the back porch. I would dutifully kill them, but the next day, there would be more starting new nests. For most of the summer, I must have killed hundreds.
Finally, seeing several while mowing, I figured out that there were wasps in the raised bed that had been overgrown with dewberry vines. I hadn't been killing individual wasp colonies, but satellite nests from the mother ship in the dewberries.
Needless to say, that afternoon was filled with thorny, waspy, screaming warfare that could only end one way: in a pile of dead wasps as tall as me. The red wasps never returned to that forsaken land. At least that's how I remember it.
Finally, seeing several while mowing, I figured out that there were wasps in the raised bed that had been overgrown with dewberry vines. I hadn't been killing individual wasp colonies, but satellite nests from the mother ship in the dewberries.
Needless to say, that afternoon was filled with thorny, waspy, screaming warfare that could only end one way: in a pile of dead wasps as tall as me. The red wasps never returned to that forsaken land. At least that's how I remember it.
quote:One of aggiehawg's relatives?
Was surveying Mansfield Dame in Austin...
One of my favorite past times in the deer blind is to get there when it is fairly cold out and pull out the knife. The buggers are cold and I start cutting. Record for one sitting is 28.
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I didn't see this one, but know several witnesses.
Pawpaw was driving a big cabbed John deer in a hayfield with a bar cutter on it mowing hay. Seems he ran over a ground wasp nest, and they proceeded to swarm the cab, up his his shirt, and around the tractor. Mom said she heard the gearbox grind, looked up, and sees him bail out of the tractor with it still rolling, cursing a blue streak in french. He got the thing out of gear before he baled, but it still rolled a ways with them just swarming.
Would've loved to see that on video.
Me to LOL. That would have been early 80's, before I was around.
Have many memories of climbing up into a open tripod deer stand before daylight and everything is cold, quiet and beautiful. Just as the sun starts warming up and the deer are moving my chair starts vibrating. For about the next hour or so my mind starts wandering away from hunting. My thoughts are more about reaching my spray can at the bottom the stand without getting hit than concentrating on glassing game. The worst part is retreating down steps and eyelevel is at seat level. Very spooky.
I haven't posted that in a while. I need to again. All those ****ers can die.
Looks like I have a large nest in my attic or wall as they are coming in and out via the weep holes. Without just burning the house down and starting over, is my best bet to just plug the weep holes and let them hopefully die in the wall?
Wasps breath through tiny openings underneath called spiracles. The soap coats those and they drop like a rock without oxygen. I love killing them that way with no chemicals and really cheap. Spray bottle is the way to go, just don't go light on the soap. Dawn is good.
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Wasps breath through tiny openings underneath called spiracles. The soap coats those and they drop like a rock without oxygen. I love killing them that way with no chemicals and really cheap. Spray bottle is the way to go, just don't go light on the soap. Dawn is good.
"Dawn of the Dead" written in sharpie on the $.99 spray bottle is a must .
Those big ass wood-boring bees like to drill holes in the rafters on my back porch in the summer..... they usually show up 1 or 2 at a time and I'll hit them with wasp/hornet spray.
Well the other day I was enjoying a few cold ones on the back porch when I saw one crawl up in one of his holes. I was out of spray so I duct taped him in the hole. He starts buzzing so loud it sounds like a cell phone on vibrate. Within a couple of minutes about 5 or 6 of his buddies show up and start swarming around the duct tape.... I go inside because they're almost as big as a hummingbird and I'm out of spray. Come back out the next morning and there's a hole in the tape... he either turned around and chewed his way out (unlikely) or they chewed their way in to save him.
Well the other day I was enjoying a few cold ones on the back porch when I saw one crawl up in one of his holes. I was out of spray so I duct taped him in the hole. He starts buzzing so loud it sounds like a cell phone on vibrate. Within a couple of minutes about 5 or 6 of his buddies show up and start swarming around the duct tape.... I go inside because they're almost as big as a hummingbird and I'm out of spray. Come back out the next morning and there's a hole in the tape... he either turned around and chewed his way out (unlikely) or they chewed their way in to save him.
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