Posted by Mark - IN. on April 02, 2012 at 15:25:11 from (24.15.147.112):
In Reply to: OT Bumblebees posted by John T on April 02, 2012 at 06:47:26:
John, I live in Indiana too, but up north on the Michigan border. I have never seen a bumble bee bore into wood and don't know that they do or can. Yellow jackets can and do. Yellow jackets are as destructive to wood as they sting, and are extremely aggressive. There is no mistaking a yellow jacket in they resemble a wasp, with yellow bands around them, or yellow with black bands around them. If they are around, you will get stung because that is what they do, chase people and animals, often in swarms, and sting. If you encounter one, more on the way to join in. That is their main mission in life, sting. They nest everywhere. Underground, in wood, you name it, they are destructive, and agressive stingers that will put one on you. Smearing meat tenderizor takes out most of one of their stings, but not all, and its annoying with...painful without.
I think that the bees that you are talking about are wood borers, same ones I get, but have never stung me. Are big and resemble a flying cigar stub. And, they eat wood. Easy to spot, look around for saw dust piled up, and once you find it, start lookig for holes above the piles. You almost have to kill them because they will move to somewhere else and start all over again. Find the holes, poison them. And those bees are agressive in that they will buzz you, and are slow moving enough that you can easily swat one down, but I have never been stung by one of the many. They eat wood, leave a hole about the size of a 1/4" to 3/8" drill bit in diameter.
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