Re: I got Bumble Bees

Posted by Fred Martin on May 29, 2006 at 06:25:57 from (69.218.163.30):

In Reply to: I got Bumble Bees posted by Jerry Cent Mi. on May 28, 2006 at 16:04:33:

When I was a kid...me and cousin Dick would fight every bumble bee nest that we could find...just ornery, I guess. When we would come upon a nest in the ground baling hay...uncle Bill would shut off that Wisconsin engine on the baler and you fellows that have used them know that they won"t start when they"re hot till they cool off. He just enjoyed the fun. We"d attack them and then have to run and the old dog would be running right beside us and you could hear him yelp when one popped him. They almost always landed in our hair and we"d just rake them out as we ran. We got a little more professional about it when we made up paddles out of the old flattened tin coal shovels that we punched holes in with a punch and hammer on the anvil. It certainly was fun for us...but there is a variety of little black bumble bee and they are a lot quicker than the big yellow and black ones. It was a big joke to us if one of us got popped in the face and had an eye swelling shut. The worst you can get it is if the exhaust on the tractor tickles a hornet nest in a tree....they"ll gang up on you and so many of them will pop you that your face will swell up and you look like a monster. That"s another story...not so funny. My opinion is if you got any kind of bees that you need to get rid of...you can put on heavy coveralls, a jungle Jim hard hat, mosquito net, welding gloves and a roll of 100 mph tape so that they can"t get to your skin and you can then use a hammer to get rid of them if you want...cause you can go right up to them and tear up their nest and cause them to leave or gas them. Better know if you"re allergic to stings first before you start having fun. Fred OH

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