Vaping and Bees...
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Yellow jacket. Honey bees are mild-mannered and lose their stinger, and their life, with one sting. Yellow jacks can sting you as many damned times as they bloody well please. Then they sting you some more just for
and giggles.
Seems all those pesky critters especially like the fruit flavor vapor - strawberry waffles, bananas foster.
I don't notice bees following me around when I vape but I vape mostly tobacco flavors. Maybe you've found the best bee attractor juice flavor!
When we were building our house the guy clearing the lot ran his Cat5 dozier over a couple of Yellow Jacket nests that contained enough Yellow Jackets to fill a small bucket. 15 years later we still have a nest or two that keep coming back. I've controlled a lot of that using the hang up clear plastic bottle traps that use fruit juice. They go into the trap through a small hole that they can alight on and crawl into. Once they are in the inside, they can't get back out because they have to fly up to the holes and their wings wont let them alight and crawl back out through the small holes. They end up tiring themselves out and drowning in the apple juice inside.
It's cruel but it beats getting stung multiple times when you walk in the yard. Yellowjackets kill other insects and eat them, including bees, but their ferocious nature means that they attack adults and children also. They can sting multiple times and will do so at the least provocation. I've been stung as many as 14 times on a single occasion when I stepped on a nest or when I disturbed a ground nest while cutting down a tree in the yard.
Buy one of these and fill it with apple juice. Some have a package of attractant for other type of pests like wasps. You will control the population by orders of magnitude. It's not unusual for one of these traps to contain hundreds at the end of the season. You just drop it in the trash when it's full.
http://www.homedepot.com/p/RESCUE-Disposable-Yellow-Jacket-Trap-YJTD-DB12/202255017#.Ul-hsoakra8
When we were building our house the guy clearing the lot ran his Cat5 dozier over a couple of Yellow Jacket nests that contained enough Yellow Jackets to fill a small bucket. 15 years later we still have a nest or two that keep coming back. I've controlled a lot of that using the hang up clear plastic bottle traps that use fruit juice. They go into the trap through a small hole that they can alight on and crawl into. Once they are in the inside, they can't get back out because they have to fly up to the holes and their wings wont let them alight and crawl back out through the small holes. They end up tiring themselves out and drowning in the apple juice inside.
It's cruel but it beats getting stung multiple times when you walk in the yard. Yellowjackets kill other insects and eat them, including bees, but their ferocious nature means that they attack adults and children also. They can sting multiple times and will do so at the least provocation. I've been stung as many as 14 times on a single occasion when I stepped on a nest or when I disturbed a ground nest while cutting down a tree in the yard.
Buy one of these and fill it with apple juice. Some have a package of attractant for other type of pests like wasps. You will control the population by orders of magnitude. It's not unusual for one of these traps to contain hundreds at the end of the season. You just drop it in the trash when it's full.
http://www.homedepot.com/p/RESCUE-Disposable-Yellow-Jacket-Trap-YJTD-DB12/202255017#.Ul-hsoakra8
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Yeah, I'm the kind of guy that will catch a bee or a spider in the house and take it outside.
And I try not to step on ants if I can help it.
But trapping yellowjackets is just something that has to be done.
They will go to war to get your food, and war is war.
i eat a lot of peppers and onions, so for the most part insects ignore me. however, if i vape a sweeter juice...i can tell a great inner miasma of scintillating thoughts and turgid ideas roaring through the maelstrom of the inspects carnivorous desires. contemplating with great turmoil the inner conflict to abscond into the fight or flight reactionary system to attack or flee from my presence.
note, i have no idea what half the words i just typed mean. i've just had a LOT of sugar today.
note, i have no idea what half the words i just typed mean. i've just had a LOT of sugar today.
Just to provide a bit of information with respect to "meat bees" or "yellowjackets" as they may be more commonly known...
In the spring and early summer they are supposedly in search of meat to feed their babies.
In the later summer months they switch over to sugary liquids to feed themselves.
So I guess that means that they are always in search of sugary liquids, but meat is only a seasonal thing.
We were recently on vacation at Lake Tahoe and we took a picnic lunch to the island in Emerald Bay.
I thought we had a chance of there being no "meat bees" on this island, but no.
So the interesting thing was, they left us alone while we were eating our deli sandwiches.
For this I was eternally grateful, and I truly mean that, as we have had some horrifying encounters with these little monsters in the past.
But they did seem a lot more interested in my bottle of root beer.
In the spring and early summer they are supposedly in search of meat to feed their babies.
In the later summer months they switch over to sugary liquids to feed themselves.
So I guess that means that they are always in search of sugary liquids, but meat is only a seasonal thing.
We were recently on vacation at Lake Tahoe and we took a picnic lunch to the island in Emerald Bay.
I thought we had a chance of there being no "meat bees" on this island, but no.
So the interesting thing was, they left us alone while we were eating our deli sandwiches.
For this I was eternally grateful, and I truly mean that, as we have had some horrifying encounters with these little monsters in the past.
But they did seem a lot more interested in my bottle of root beer.
A few weeks ago, when it was a little warmer out, I noticed the yellow jackets were very attracted to my vapor. I'd try and blow it in their direction (like I used to with cigarette smoke) but it only made them come after me more. I couldn't go outside and vape without swatting away at the bloody things. I think they were seeking out their late summer nectar.
Yellow jacket. Honey bees are mild-mannered and lose their stinger, and their life, with one sting. Yellow jacks can sting you as many damned times as they bloody well please. Then they sting you some more just for
Ok I think I get it...
Meat bees aka yellow jackets (nasty and aggressive)
Bumblebees (the teddy bear of bees)
And, since it's October, here's a reminder to check yours:
oh, and what's WORSE about meat bees, is that since they eat meat, they will pass along infection where they sting you much easier.
vicious, I tell you.
vicious, I tell you.
I have never heard the term meat bee. I wonder if it's a regional term? Here in Missouri we call them yellowjackets.
Aww. Maybe they're just trying to quit smoking. Bet that never occurred to you, did it!?!
I guess that depends... do they go after your pop or your soda?
Same, never heard the term in my 37 years, but I like it. It didn't even occur to me that bees would eat meat. "Yellowjackets" I know, though. Yellowjackets is still kind of fun.. imagining bees wearing tiny windbreakers or something.
Meat Bees. It just sounds terrifyingly fun.
Meat Bees....Meat Bees.....Meat Bees.
While I can understand how it can sound fun, it's not.
In the worst case scenario they can make it absolutely impossible to eat your bacon and eggs breakfast while river rafting.
My wife nearly had a panic attack, and it was all I could do to console her.
She was actually driven to a standing on a rock near the shore of the river to eat her breakfast.
And even that didn't work, and she wound up desperate and crying.
I hate those little .......s with all my heart.
Does it show?
I have noticed Mosquitos like me nowDarn it! That was one good thing about smoking, a nice smoke screen to ward against those pesky pests.
actually mosquitos like carbon monoxide, and my cat loves the smell
While I can understand how it can sound fun, it's not.
In the worst case scenario they can make it absolutely impossible to eat your bacon and eggs breakfast while river rafting.
My wife nearly had a panic attack, and it was all I could do to console her.
She was actually driven to a standing on a rock near the shore of the river to eat her breakfast.
And even that didn't work, and she wound up desperate and crying.
I hate those little .......s with all my heart.
Does it show?
Oh, we have yellowjackets here; I definitely agree they're not fun.
But the term "meat bees" is both hilarious and fitting! S'like something out of Hitchcock.
(EDIT: That said, I'd imagine eating your bacon and eggs while river rafting is quite difficult with or without the insects' intervention!
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