More excitement farming today

So yesterday it was my combine breaking down while cutting my wheat. Today we baled up what straw was cut as some rain is coming. Opened the barn door to my hay mow to put it up there and started seeing yellow jackets. After watching from the ground it seemed like they were maybe inside a bale of straw sitting along the wall next to the door. Finally got brave enough to quick toss the bale out the door and found a big yellow jacket nest attached to the wall behind the bale. Moving the bale busted up the next. Needless to say they aren't happy. I guess I will just canvas the bales of straw for tonight. Still have to figure out how to close the doors since they hook on the inside.

Nothing worse than any kind of a bee with an attitude. Stan

I don't think they fly at nite.

A true story but I have not been able to test it myself. Last time I was stung was on top of my head. A friend of a formal co-worker wild up a swarm of yellow jackets while brush hogging on an old Ferguson tractor. The fellow took off through some brush which knock loose a couple of spark plug wires. The fellow had a few stings on his hands that were starting to swell. While trying to reconnect the wires while engine still running, spark jump on the back of his hand right on one of the stings. He claimed the swelling and pain went away such that he stop his tractor again, pulled a spark plug wire off and shocked the other stings. Claimed they went away as well. Told co workers dad his story and the dad just laughed at him. Couple of years later the dad got stung by a centipede while moving fire wood. Said pain was intense but remember what his friend told him. So he goes and starts his 4 wheeler, pulls a spark plug wire off and shocks the stung area. Told his son that he got immediate relief from swelling and pain. Don't know if this really works but plan to try it if I can get to a small gas engine that runs soon after getting stung. Just hope its true and does help.

Which is worse, the sting or the hefty shock?

Spray them down with ether- step on the ones still moving on the floor. Works like a charm!

if you are in north central illinois i will come over and take care of them for you. a home made apple pie should cover the bill! may even give em a check up!

wasps, hornets and bees can fly at night if provoked. they cannot see red light.

i agree with old, it is very annoying when wasps are called bees. if it is fuzzy it is a bee. bees collect pollen and nectar. wasps and hornets have a smooth exterior. wasps and hornets are carnivorous and are scavengers . when bees fly, they generate static electricity and when they land on a flower, the pollen sticks to them. when the fly they comb the pollen off, mix it with a dab of honey from their stomach to form a pollen pellet and store it on a hook like structure on their back legs. its called a pollen basket. wasps attack stuff, kill it and take it back to the hive. kind of like calling a chicken a duck. both have feathers, two legs and wings, but not the same animal.

Yall can call them want you want to. I just call them mean. Down right mean.

Yellow jackets aren't bee there a wasp so please stop calling them BEES

A bee is a lot less likely to sting you then a wasp is. Shoot I have been known to pet bees even though I am allergic to there sting and I don't get stung. Try that with a wasp and you will get stung

(quoted from post at 20:36:41 07/11/22) A bee is a lot less likely to sting you then a wasp is. Shoot I have been known to pet bees even though I am allergic to there sting and I don't get stung. Try that with a wasp and you will get stung

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While you are petting the bees do they rollover and ask you to rub their bellies?

A little gas and a dish soap bottle is the fastest way to kill them.