Bitten 3 times, in 3 weeks.

[pennsywoodburnr]

Friggin hornets and wasps are killing me this year. Is anyone else having a problem with them too? I was out stacking another row of oak today and wanted to see how some of my previous rows were seasoning up, so I went to the first row I built and was randomly checking splits. I must've stirred them up when I plopped the split back down, because when I did, I heard the sound of wings trying to get out of a tight space. I look up and there are about 5 or 6 hovering near the nest a couple feet away from me. Before I even had time to think "oh s--t", I got hit with a bite on my leg. So I go running like a lunatic away from there slapping myself trying to make sure there were no more on me. I waited until it was night and went back out there with a can of black flag and a flashlight and hosed the nest. I'm so paranoid now I'm almost thinking about keeping a can of that stuff nearby every time I go near my old rows. That thing bit me at around 7 at night, and here it is past 3:30 in the morning and it still smarts. The hornets were those ones that looked like they're either a dark navy blue, or black color, with white on their ass.

 

[dave_dj1]

I got nailed the other day too, first time in years.
I have noticed a bunch of nests where I have never seen any before.

 

[NHMike]

I got hit last year about 12 times. They were everywhere! I got hit stacking wood, pulling some weeds in the garden, starting the tractor ect.....Bet I sprayed 25 nests around the house.

This year we had a lot of nest and hornets early in May. They seem to be coming back again. I will be going out on spray control this week.

 

[lone wolf]

Its that time of year keep your eyes open look before you leap and keep 2 or 3 cans of spray with you or nearby.

 

[greendohn]

I've randomly sprayed my woodpile a couple times this year with bug dope, pre-emptive strikes are my modus operandi...

 

[lone wolf]

I've randomly sprayed my woodpile a couple times this year with bug dope, pre-emptive strikes are my modus operandi...

Yesterday I had to kill a nest of Yellow jackets right next to my outside workbench. Try getting any work done with them after you.

 

[pennsywoodburnr]

I did some research afterward and found out it was the bald-faced hornet. I'm taking your advice lonewolf and toting a can out with me until the weather gets cooler.

 

[lone wolf]

I did some research afterward and found out it was the bald-faced hornet. I'm taking your advice lonewolf and toting a can out with me until the weather gets cooler.

Baldface has a nasty sting, looking ahead really helps pay attention and look for them they can be anywhere. There was a nest of Baldface under my Aerial lift bucket cover a few days ago.

 

[lone wolf]

http://images.search.yahoo.com/sear...age&fr=chrf-yff23&sz=all&va=bald+faced+hornet

 

[HuskStihl]

Yellow jackets are like fire ants. Basically just assholes with seemingly no purpose other than to exist and piss me off

 

[dave_376]

I got nailed last week while I was trimming the rhododendrons in the front of the house. I had no warning about what was happening. suddenly I had a searing pain in my right hand. I looked at it but I was in so much pain/sudden shock I couldn't focus. All I could make out was my hand covered in black, I screamed like a girl while I was brushing them off me and running the other way. Apparently there was a Bald Faced Hornets nest in the tree I was trimming. I ended up with 11 sting marks I could see on my right hand on or around my ring finger and several more on my arms. The stings on the rest of my body hurt for a few hours but the number of stings in such a small area of my ring finger was BAD!!!! My hand was swollen and hurt for 4 days and my knuckle is still tight 8 days later. I went back out to the tree and found the nest and threw a shovel through it and ran away, I went back a few hours later and sprayed it killing that SOB's

 

[howard270]

I finally got to do some work around the yard yesterday morning and went out the back door. Heard the buzzing and turned to see a yellow-jacket nest on each side of the door. I evacuated and let them call down and came back a few minutes later and doused them good. Checked last night and they are no more. Then I found two more just around the corner from the door and got them while I had the spray in hand. Had to get rid of them as the 2 year old likes to play around on that side of the house.

 

[Dale]

I get all my wood "stuff" done by April or early May. I don't play well with snakes, and not dealing with wasps is an added benefit of getting done early. Don't tough the pile until I start to burn late Oct. or so.

 

[sunfish]

Bitten? They don't bite, they nail ya with their stinger.

I got hit bad the other day, first time in years!

 

[pennsywoodburnr]

I got nailed last week while I was trimming the rhododendrons in the front of the house. I had no warning about what was happening. suddenly I had a searing pain in my right hand. I looked at it but I was in so much pain/sudden shock I couldn't focus. All I could make out was my hand covered in black, I screamed like a girl while I was brushing them off me and running the other way. Apparently there was a Bald Faced Hornets nest in the tree I was trimming. I ended up with 11 sting marks I could see on my right hand on or around my ring finger and several more on my arms. The stings on the rest of my body hurt for a few hours but the number of stings in such a small area of my ring finger was BAD!!!! My hand was swollen and hurt for 4 days and my knuckle is still tight 8 days later. I went back out to the tree and found the nest and threw a shovel through it and ran away, I went back a few hours later and sprayed it killing that SOB's

It's amazing how lightly they land on you! I didn't notice it until the pain hit me. I looked up online the pain index of a bald faced hornet sting and on a scale of 1 to 4 (with 4 being the most painful) it registered as a 2! I'm thinking to myself, something has to be wrong with this graph!

 

[pennsywoodburnr]

Bitten? They don't bite, they nail ya with their stinger.

I got hit bad the other day, first time in years!

You're right man, they don't bite, they sting. I kept looking for a stinger until I realized it doesn't break off like a bee. Up until then I always thought they got me with pinchers or something. Bastards.

 

[steved]

My thing hasn't been bees, its been friggin spiders...I've been bit several times in the past couple months, and those bites last for weeks!

 

[hardpan]

Kill all you can (I do) and you will get fewer stings but you will always get some. The best home remedy for the stings I've found is house hold Ammonia, the kind used for cleaning. If the sting is easy to access, open the bottle, hold opening tight against the sting, and tip the bottle so the liquid covers the sting. If you can't reach the sting area that easily, wet a rag or paper towel and hold it on the sting. This will greatly avoid the amount of swelling and reduce the length of time the sting hurts. Apply the Ammonia as soon as you can for best results. It is cheap and easy to carry along when invading their territory. LOL

 

[Fred Wright]

Paper wasps are bad this year, worst I've seen 'em around these parts. I avoid the wood stacks in summer when I can, don't like those darn things one bit.

 

[lone wolf]

Just now killed a black wasp that landed on my leg and there was a spider with it!