Was working on a 2nd home cutting grass over the weekend. Was using my DR Brush mower to cut a large area on the side of the house that I can't maneuver a tractor/brush hog around. After I was done with the mowing, I pulled my truck up on the lawn I had just cut to pull some bushes out next to the deck. Got one pulled and decided I needed another chain. Went to the truck and a yellow jacket landed on my arm. I brushed it off and he came back and buzzed around my head. I waved him off and opened the passenger door of the truck to get the chain. Picked up the chain and as I shut the door, I looked at the truck bed and WOW, there was a swarm of yellow jackets hovering over the bed, some within a few inches of my head. One landed on my arm and I brushed him off. Never seen a swarm so big. I went around to the driver's side and they were buzzing all around the door with the open window. Got in and put it in reverse and backed out right through the swarm. Got the truck into the driveway about 50 ft away and checked all around the truck. No jackets. Walked over to where the truck had been and..... no sign of a single hornet. Checked the trees overhead, the bushes I pulled, walked the area and .....nothing, no nest, no sign of them. Didn't see any the rest of the weekend while I pulled bushes and weed whacked the area.
As for not getting stung, only thing I can think of is that I cover myself with Deep Woods Off before I do any work out at the house or on the vacant property I own next to it. I spray every inch of exposed skin, my shirt, hat, neck, hair, etc, primarily to ward off ticks and skeeters. Just wonder if that's what keeps the hornets away also. This isn't the first time I've encountered hornets while mowing so I'm sticking with the DEET, even it it's not supposed to be for them.
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