Posted by Ron in Nebr on August 01, 2010 at 22:57:09 from (66.252.113.166):
In Reply to: Bumble bees posted by Gwiz on August 01, 2010 at 16:29:48:
I remember alot of times in the days before cabs when it was a common sight in our hayfield to see a tractor suddendly stopped and a kid running away from it(as often as not it was me)! Then, dad would drive over and get on the tractor and drive it to where it was "safe"...
I also remember my grandad on the mow tractor, bumblebees swarming around his head, and him not paying any attention to 'em, occasionally brushing them away with his hand.... He told me that when he was younger alot of guys would carry pingpong paddles with holes drilled in them like a flyswatter to smack the bumblebees with.
One other memory, I was about 11 and changing a sickle on a mower once and a bumblebee landed on the ground not far away, so naturally I stepped on him...the ground under my boot started to buzz and vibrate, and when I moved my foot a whole swarm of the things came pouring out of the ground! Ran to the pickup and rolled up the windows and escaped to safety...and yup, dad had to go move the mow tractor!
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