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  • GWG8541G Offline
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    This morning the wife texted me this pick. Don’t ask me how or when these mean little boogers showed up, but a bald faced Hornet nest about 20 feet from the smoker was unacceptable. One good thing about keeping bees is having a bee suit for these situations. I donned the bee suit after dark and went to war with them. They were not a friendly group and thank God for the bee suit. The nest now resides in a trash bag, which was sprayed and tied shut. Nature can be amazing. They built that hive since spring and concealed it well. It was about 4 feet from the corner of the house and about 5 feet off the ground in an ornamental bush. I love my honey bees, but hornets are A holes with wings and even rob and kill honey bees. So they had to go.
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    "You never really die until you end up on the wall at a Cracker Barrel"

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  • YooperDogY Offline
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    GWG8541 no disagreement with you here. Out in the wild I will leave them be, but not on the property. Pretty impressive nest.

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    Wasp, Hornets,… anything that attacks from the air. I stay as far away as I can. Good thing you had the suit.

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  • lkrfletcherL Offline
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    GWG8541 Wow. Glad its out of there now.

    Life is a Garden - Dig it.

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    GWG8541 I have one that was abandoned. Screenshot_20210721-084112_Amazon Photos.jpg

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    GWG8541 We have that problem with ground hornets, it seems they just show up and aggressive in late July or August. You’ll find the nest walking by it. I feel fortunate not having allergies to stings, but my wife and other family members have reactions that are life threatening to those little nasties. Hornet spray and a rock after dark takes care of the nest.

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  • ND MikeN Offline
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    GWG8541 I’m with you. I will never kill a honey bee or bumble bee. But every wasp, yellow jacket, or hornet is fair game.

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    GWG8541 Glad you had the suit to handle the problem, would have been risky without it.

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  • GWG8541G Offline
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    cdavis I had to evict mine. They were not happy about it.

    "You never really die until you end up on the wall at a Cracker Barrel"

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    GWG8541 said in Hornets:

    One good thing about keeping bees is having a bee suit for these situations

    Agreed, I also use my veil when we are in marsh fly season. Them buggers are relentless.

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    GWG8541 Yikes!

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    I don’t like those Yellow Jackets (AKA Ground Hornets). No picture to take as all you see (hopefully) is a hole in the ground. Those are the devil if you don’t see them when mowing & mow over them. Once you locate them though, you can typically avoid them. I used to git rid of them right away, but have held off in the past several years & try to put up with them for a while in the Summer as I heard they eat spiders, etc. & we have enough spiders I figure. The trick is to keep any visiting kiddos away from them though. You have to be on the lookout for that.

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    GWG8541 We found another honey bee nest in a CMU wall on a building we inspected. I just always hope that that whomever they call to get them, extracts them instead of the other route. Now getting the hive out of a CMU (Block) wall is not going to be fun. We have found whole walls, in wood frame with Gypsum board or Shiplap on the inside, turned into a hive before. I wish I was doing bee keeping that I have always wanted to do & I could recover the bees & the hive myself. Never have been able to get around to it though. That is fantastic that you have the suit, very handy for more causes than one.

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  • ND MikeN Offline
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    I had a couple of hornets flying around by me today and one flew right into my deep fat fryer. Poor move on his behalf!

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    ND Mike Ain’t nothing like it, nothing like it in the whole wide world, Deep Fried Hornet!

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    calldoctoday lol!

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    calldoctoday I agree. We call those A holes with wings. If a honeybee stings, its a one time deal and they die. Wasp, yellow jackets and hornets can sting multiple times. They will also attack honey bees and rob them. Not a fan at all.

    "You never really die until you end up on the wall at a Cracker Barrel"

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    ND Mike I’ve eaten some crazy stuff in other countries, but never that one.

    "You never really die until you end up on the wall at a Cracker Barrel"

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    GWG8541 lol I bet! I tossed the little sucker into the grass. I think the weirdest thing I have eaten was chocolate covered grasshoppers or a thirteen lined ground squirrel.

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  • bocephusB Offline
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    Hate hornets, I think my dog got stung. Working to keep him from scratching at bites on head.

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