Post by: Fly320s on August 11, 2008, 02:30:48 AM
They sustained one confirmed kill and gave away their base location.
I was brutally stabbed twice on the inside of my right ankle, once on the outside of my right knee, once on the outside of my left calf, once on my left thumb, and once on the tender underside of my left cheek.
The final coup-de-grace was the vicious assault on my scrotum. That is when the bees had their first KIA.
The amazing part is that they attacked simultaneously. The little bastages.
Post by: alex_trebek on August 11, 2008, 03:16:06 AM
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Post by: grampster on August 11, 2008, 04:57:58 AM
I was cutting the grass and suddenly I was having a great deal of pain around my ankles and moving up my calves. I took a couple more steps while saying WTF!!
Then I stupidly stared down for another couple seconds and watched as these really small bee's continued to sting my legs. Suddenly!! LUCIDITY!! Much motion and cursing and swatting, leaping, unusual contortions!!
They were some kind of small, nasty bee that were hiving up near the ground between the cracks of RR ties that I used to terrace an area. I went to the hardware and got some long range killer bee juice and saturated the area. Problem solved.
Oh, about the dinosaurs. Big body, small brain. Just like me. Stand there and get stung while pondering why am I in pain. I imagine they did the same thing. Stood around while something ate them because they were too stupid to run.
Post by: 280plus on August 11, 2008, 05:00:49 AM
Post by: MechAg94 on August 11, 2008, 05:48:03 AM
I guess Killer Bees are supposed to be in this area, but I've never seen them.
Post by: grampster on August 11, 2008, 06:12:08 AM
Post by: Umber on August 11, 2008, 07:06:29 AM
Umber
Post by: yesitsloaded on August 11, 2008, 07:17:42 AM
Post by: Hawkmoon on August 11, 2008, 08:25:11 AM
Yellow jackets, maybe?
Umber
Umber
Yep. Tiny bee-like things, nesting in the ground, vicious sting = Yellow Jackets
Post by: jrfoxx on August 11, 2008, 09:27:38 AM
A can of starter fluid with the red tube to make a longer range liquid stream, and a lighter was a favorite method of beehive dispatch with kids. Flaming bees serve as a warning to others, and other bees dont have a hive to take over like if you just Raid them.
Post by: Declaration Day on August 11, 2008, 09:57:20 AM
yep, them tiny bees pack quite a wallop.
Yes they do! I got stung by one last year. I was mowing at a customer's house, and the little buggers had a hive in the ground at the base of a tree. One came up and stung me on the wrist. My hand and forearm were swollen for three days!
Normally, a bee sting hurts for five minutes, goes numb for thirty, and is totally gone by the end of the day.
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Post by: gunsmith on August 11, 2008, 01:07:00 PM
it hurts to even read this!
If I ever move to some place with a lawn, I aint mowing anymore
Post by: MechAg94 on August 11, 2008, 01:10:31 PM
We have plenty of yellow jackets, but they normally stay up higher. I know there are some wasps and bumblebees that hive up low or in the ground, but bumblebees are the only ones I have heard of swarming.
Post by: Ex-MA Hole on August 11, 2008, 01:14:13 PM
Post by: Zardozimo Oprah Bannedalas on August 11, 2008, 03:14:50 PM
This is one of the reasons I practically never wear shorts.
Post by: RocketMan on August 11, 2008, 03:30:51 PM
I looked down at my leg wondering how on earth it had caught fire. I couldn't see any flames. Took awhile to figure out what was happening. Thirty plus stings.
Found out I could run fast up a steep brush-covered embankment when sufficiently motivated.
Post by: The Annoyed Man on August 11, 2008, 03:55:49 PM
I caught a bee in the eye/nose right on the tear duct while riding in my PU. Had the vent window open and tho he was D.O.A. when he hit me his stinger was in the right position. Truck and me went down in the ditch at about 60 and came out at about 100 it felt like crossed the road into the other ditch up and at em all wheels out of ground contact. Into the field. I probably killed 100 bushels of soybeans. By the time the wife got there my face looked like elephant boy. All the time my bud was in the passenger seat with a death grip on the dash. His handprints are still there. Worst part was he got incontinent.
Post by: lupinus on August 11, 2008, 03:58:56 PM
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What in the world were you wearing that they were able to access your scrotum? Or maybe I don't wanna know......
If there was ever an argument against the wearing of kilts 
Post by: Fly320s on August 12, 2008, 05:49:25 PM
What in the world were you wearing that they were able to access your scrotum? Or maybe I don't wanna know......
Nylon exercise shorts. A little loose.Definately time for a counterattack. Since the base has been disclosed, chemical and/or incendiary attack is the appropriate response. Take no prisoners, offer no quarter. If you wait till dusk, you'll catch the sentries unaware.
Nah, they get to live for now. My wife talked me out of a counter attack.
I concede that you win pun of the week award for your thread title.
Where's my prize?
Post by: wmenorr67 on August 12, 2008, 07:51:09 PM
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Nah, they get to live for now. My wife talked me out of a counter attack.
Why?
Post by: The Annoyed Man on August 12, 2008, 09:55:47 PM
http://www.somethingawful.com/d/news/wasp-kafir-yard.php
Post by: Waitone on August 13, 2008, 02:59:41 AM
Post by: Fly320s on August 13, 2008, 06:34:41 AM
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Nah, they get to live for now. My wife talked me out of a counter attack.
Why?
I do have a weaons free policy for Japanese beetles.
Post by: jrfoxx on August 13, 2008, 07:05:03 AM
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I suspect our fireants would give them some competition for territory.
I ccidentally sat on a fire ant nest while wearing shorts when I was stationed in Pensacola,FL. Luckily, I only got bit on the thighs a few times. I'll agree, they are very unpleasant and nothing to sneeze at, but I'd take a single fire ant bite over a single sting from those tiny bees, given the choice. Problem is, BOTH have a tendency to attack en masse, so you are bound to get several of either, at which point it matter little which individual is more painful, as multiples from either is unpleasant enough to not really matter any more.After the fire ant incident, I spent the rest of the day feeling like there was still some on me, and was all twitchy, kept swatting at nothing, and was generally a litle paranoid and freaked out. I sure I looked a bit nuts the rest of the day.
