I have this unfound phobia of them. They make their "hives" over my apartment door and I am so scared of them. What does it take to get them angry and sting you? Will they just attack me for no reason? Do those stings hurt?
Do wasps, yellow jackets, stings really hurt?
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I've never been stung by either. Only times I can remember being stung by a bee was when I stepped on them barefoot. It stings for about 15 minutes, then it's fine. Honestly, I can think of several plants I'm more afraid of than bees.
I'd make your apartment people remove the nest. It doesn't take much to piss them off, especially when you're near their nest.
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only been stung by a bee, and all it feels like is an itch after a bit of time. If i remember right, the initial sting doesnt feel too good
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Yes it hurts like a bitch! It?s not the puncture that hurts, it?s the poison they inject into your body that makes the wound swell, puss and hurt like hell! They can sting you multiple times too, unlike a bee that can only sting once as a last resort.
Nothing at all.
Yes.
Yes.
If they've got a nest there, get it removed now. You do not want a swarm of angry (insert flying stinging insect) coming after you.
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They will only attack in swarms if you threaten the hive. Individually, they will sting you only if you annoy them, usually anyway. Hornets are the worst though. Especially "bald-faced" or "white-faced" hornets, if one of those stings your leg, you'll probably go down if you're not ready for it.
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Just more about them, I've never had them come after me even when I was exterminating a nest. I worked at a park last year and I took out a lot of wasps nests, never had them come after me. Of course, with the spray I was using they never managed to fly more than about two inches after I hit 'em. 
ZV
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The stings won't kill you...unless you're severely allergic. But then again, they don't exactly feel good either.
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Here's what you do (I'm the resident hack for disposing of wasp nests at the golf course ).
1. Get some rain gear (the full kind), a welding mask, and some gloves. Put them all on so that there isn't a single patch of skin exposed. Take the hose to the fvckers
2. If you're feeling really brave, and the nest is in a tree, grab a large garbage bag and some pruning shears. Climb the tree (CAREFULLY!!!), slowly and gently put the open bag around the nest, close it off with your hand and quickly snip the branch where it's attached. Tie the bag shut. Throw into a garbage can with a hole and fan in the bottom along with some newspaper and kindling. Put a lid on part way. Light.
).1. Get some rain gear (the full kind), a welding mask, and some gloves. Put them all on so that there isn't a single patch of skin exposed. Take the hose to the fvckers
2. If you're feeling really brave, and the nest is in a tree, grab a large garbage bag and some pruning shears. Climb the tree (CAREFULLY!!!), slowly and gently put the open bag around the nest, close it off with your hand and quickly snip the branch where it's attached. Tie the bag shut. Throw into a garbage can with a hole and fan in the bottom along with some newspaper and kindling. Put a lid on part way. Light.
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I still prefer the "big-ass can of industrial poison" method of disposing of wasps and other stinging things.Originally posted by: silverpig
Here's what you do (I'm the resident hack for disposing of wasp nests at the golf course
1. Get some rain gear (the full kind), a welding mask, and some gloves. Put them all on so that there isn't a single patch of skin exposed. Take the hose to the fvckers
2. If you're feeling really brave, and the nest is in a tree, grab a large garbage bag and some pruning shears. Climb the tree (CAREFULLY!!!), slowly and gently put the open bag around the nest, close it off with your hand and quickly snip the branch where it's attached. Tie the bag shut. Throw into a garbage can with a hole and fan in the bottom along with some newspaper and kindling. Put a lid on part way. Light.
Though your post did remind me of my grandfather's method for getting rid of a hornet's nest in an old stump. He walked right up to the stump, dumpped a couple gallons of gasoline into the stump, and threw in his cigarette. No more hornets. He was wearing short sleeves and never got stung once. No-one knows how he managed it.
ZV
I got tagged by a bumble bee when I was around 8 or 10. In the shoulder, Felt like a damned Mac truck hit me. It HURT. Course, bein that young didnt make it any better, butfrom now on I avoid those flyin tanks like the Plague. i mean damn dude, bumble bees SOUND mean.
Funny that this was posted, some woman was stung almost 1,000 times and died.
Apparently she just was walking down the street.
I'll try to find you the link.
Apparently she just was walking down the street.
I'll try to find you the link.
:Q I hope not. Bees are a very important part of our ecosystem. Plantation farmers around the world would be sh!tting bricks.
That said, yeah.. they do sting quite a bit. While something you probably want to avoid, it isn't that big of a deal.
Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
I still prefer the "big-ass can of industrial poison" method of disposing of wasps and other stinging things.Originally posted by: silverpig
Here's what you do (I'm the resident hack for disposing of wasp nests at the golf course
1. Get some rain gear (the full kind), a welding mask, and some gloves. Put them all on so that there isn't a single patch of skin exposed. Take the hose to the fvckers
2. If you're feeling really brave, and the nest is in a tree, grab a large garbage bag and some pruning shears. Climb the tree (CAREFULLY!!!), slowly and gently put the open bag around the nest, close it off with your hand and quickly snip the branch where it's attached. Tie the bag shut. Throw into a garbage can with a hole and fan in the bottom along with some newspaper and kindling. Put a lid on part way. Light.
Though your post did remind me of my grandfather's method for getting rid of a hornet's nest in an old stump. He walked right up to the stump, dumpped a couple gallons of gasoline into the stump, and threw in his cigarette. No more hornets. He was wearing short sleeves and never got stung once. No-one knows how he managed it.
ZV
I was under the impression that you couldn't light a large volume (> 1 gall) of gasoline with just a cigarette or at least consistently...the heat dispersion would be too great for autoignition. You'd need a ledge in the stump or something to hold a smaller, not so deep portion of gas I for it to go off.
I know you can definitely not flare up kerosene with a dropped cigarette.
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Originally posted by: yoda291
Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
I still prefer the "big-ass can of industrial poison" method of disposing of wasps and other stinging things.Originally posted by: silverpig
Here's what you do (I'm the resident hack for disposing of wasp nests at the golf course
1. Get some rain gear (the full kind), a welding mask, and some gloves. Put them all on so that there isn't a single patch of skin exposed. Take the hose to the fvckers
2. If you're feeling really brave, and the nest is in a tree, grab a large garbage bag and some pruning shears. Climb the tree (CAREFULLY!!!), slowly and gently put the open bag around the nest, close it off with your hand and quickly snip the branch where it's attached. Tie the bag shut. Throw into a garbage can with a hole and fan in the bottom along with some newspaper and kindling. Put a lid on part way. Light.
Though your post did remind me of my grandfather's method for getting rid of a hornet's nest in an old stump. He walked right up to the stump, dumpped a couple gallons of gasoline into the stump, and threw in his cigarette. No more hornets. He was wearing short sleeves and never got stung once. No-one knows how he managed it.
ZV
I was under the impression that you couldn't light a large volume (> 1 gall) of gasoline with just a cigarette or at least consistently...the heat dispersion would be too great for autoignition. You'd need a ledge in the stump or something to hold a smaller, not so deep portion of gas I for it to go off.
I know you can definitely not flare up kerosene with a dropped cigarette.
You would be correct. One of my first jobs as a teen was at a gas station. The night man scared the hell out of me by tossing a cigarette in a cup full of gas. I thought it would light, but the gas simply put the cigarette out.
bumble bee...you mean those fat fuzzy bees that flit from flower to flower?
Thank your lucky stars it wasn't one of those lean, missile shaped, hunter-seeker drones out of the nest with bright white heads. THOSE will put the hurt on you. I swear, we could end the war if we just started launching those fsckers instead of Patriots. They just seek you out and hunt you down.
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