Posted on 08/29/2011 11:48:08 PM PDT by Borough Park
LYNDEN, Wash. — A Washington state fire chief says a man dumped gasoline on a beehive in a tree in retaliation for a bee sting, then ignited the hive, causing an explosion heard throughout his suburban neighborhood just a few miles south of the Canadian border.
Lynden chief Gary Baar tells the Bellingham Herald (http://bit.ly/pBBpg0) that the Sunday night fire caused a large “whoosh,” singed the tree and killed the bees but no people were hurt. Baar says the man’s friend had been stung earlier in the day.
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A slight overreaction but still would have been cool to see.
Now there’s a nice plot line for ‘Caddyshack III’.
A pity the guy didn’t get a little singe and burn for his stupidity. No doubt he’ll become a darwin award poster child eventually, I just hope he doesn’t set his house on fire and kill his kids with a space heater some day.
The bees learned their lesson!
Arson isn’t worth a citation? I guess we should be grateful that the hive wasn’t closer to someone’s home.
Perhaps something mixing up bees with tees.
I have a huge one hanging off my gutter in the back yard...I used a bb gun to see if I could make a hole in the thing, but am afraid if I use my 20 gage I’ll blow out the back of the garage...too high to smoke them out, guess I will have to call Orkin GG
I recall the black marks on our cabin’s eaves for many years as a child. Not sure how the old man got rid of it, but he too was real fond of gasoline (barbeque starter, hand and tool cleanser, weed killer, ant killer, etc.)
I think it involved taking a coffee can of gas and tossing it onto the nest attached to the eaves. Then tossing a match.
Everyone knows that kerosene and gunpowder are the appropriate components for bees, hornets, and moles.
Granny, granny, granny.....grab two double packs of 20’ wasp spray...put one can in each hand...unload them both onto the nest and RUN....wait 10 minutes for all the visible wasps to die off, then do it again...wait a half hour, knock it down with a stick, and burn it in the firepit...I just had to do this last week with one the size of a football... :)
We did that, but it was with a hive of ground hornets. Wait till dusk when everybody is home and and set a screen over the hole. (it keeps them from pouring out and going after you) Pour gasoline down the hole. Wait.
All dead. If you want fun, set it on fire, but otherwise, dig it up and see how big it was.
My son did this with one that was about a cubic foot. I was glad to be rid of it as they had been all over the property, and they get aggressive around August.
Wait till dark and all the hornets are in the hive then take a heavy duty garbage bag and slip it over the nest and pull it down.
Then, if you have a neighbor you don't like, wait till later in the night, take a ladder and climb up on his roof, being careful not to make any noise then drop the hornets nest down his chimney.......
Must be a very slow news day.
Who can afford the gasoline to do that?
If it's as big as you say, it's likely a bald-face hornets nest and those suckers pack a wallop if they sting you. They are very territorial and will chase you down if you go near the nest.
As much as I hate to say it, they are actually good bees because they prey on those nasty yellowjackets and other unwanted garden bugs....
Bee hive.
Bee swarm.
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