I hear all the time about people getting chased by wasps, yellow jackets but maybe I'm just not sweet enough for them as they don't seem to bother me a bit ..... even when I'm killing them.
Just Saturday, wife and I were working in the yard and she mentioned that an upright log/stump that I used as a splitting block had a nest of yellow jackets in the bottom. It was sitting on a patch of cement walk. Sure enough, I went over and they were going in and out underneath it like crazy. Ignoring her advice to wait until dusk, I just zapped the bottom of it with the foam spray from about 3 ft away and watched the show. As more would show up or exit the stump, I'd spray them. She got about 50 ft away (she's allergic to such stings and goes on Benadryl if she does get stung) but the wasps just buzzed around me as I nailed them. Little later, she asked if they were all dead, so I walked over to the stump and kicked it. She thought I was nuts.
Last week, I went to put the battery in my backhoe and when I took the cover off, there was a wasps nest hanging from the dangling cable. I just grabbed it with my glove and threw it on the ground and stomped on it. The wasps flying around seemed confused as I grabbed them out of the air with my gloved hand and smashed them.
Was brush hogging yesterday and must have rolled over a nest as a swarm of "some kind of bee" came out of the grass. I just cranked the throttle and moved on.
Anyone else seem to be immune to getting stung?
(Of course, I've now jinxed myself and will probably get zapped this weekend. LOL)
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