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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sounds like something my father would have done...only he smoked the hive first then knocked it down and burned it...it was hanging off a tree outside the kitchen window of the cottage....
sounded good up to the firepit....I don’t have one...would a burn barrel do?
I hate yellowjackets. Had one sting me 3 times as it fell down the front of my shirt...once on the neck, then on my stomach and finally on the top of my foot before I got to stomp on it....they are nasty..did a little yellowjacket dance to get it out of my clothing...screamed also...
Thats one I never heard of, does it really work?.....GG
Belly laugh, captain..
I wonder if those in the hive killed all the yellowjackets...if so they deserve to live a few more weeks...I even had yellowjackets make a good size nursery in a old bird feeder I hadn't used in a while...just about filled up the feeder.
Those stinkers will make a nest wherever they can. Earlier this summer they were trying to make a nest in my mailbox....Can't just knock them down because they will return and start over. You have to use the Raid Wasp killer on them because it leaves a residue on the surface that will kill them if they return and touch it.
This is the time of year when the female yellow jackets become really active looking for food to store up on for the winter months. The males die off while the females will go into hibernation in the nests they try to build at this time of the year.
I have small deck railing lights and those damn things will go up into them from the bottom and start to build their nests.
Another good insect killer that works on bees is called Hot Shot. It too leaves a long lasting surface residue that kills the insects after contact.........
Since the females are becoming more active, this is a good time to start patroling the areas around your house looking for yellow jacket activity. Watch the eves and shingles of your house and if you have aluminum siding, watch those closely too. Keep an eye on your chimney and the tar that seals the roof off from it. As the tar gets old it deteriorates and leaves gaps. Yellow jackets will use that as an opportunity to go in there and start nesting......
If you're out in the country, keep an eye on the perimeter of your property. They love wood piles........
As for the hornets, like I said, they have their purpose but I look at them as out of control Navy Seals of the insect world. They'll come after you just for the heck of it........LOL!
You are so mean.... :-)
Our of control navy seal's, I love it..
Appears it worked.
Good on him!
I’ll bet that all those bees voted for 0bama. Several times.
Looked it up, and the majority of definitions agree with you, including the 1828 & 1913 Webster’s. A few (poor sources, IMHO) include natural structures with wild bees producing honey, which is how us country boys grew up using it; but you do seem to be correct.
Learn something on here every day.
It does.....try some on something that’s on the ground; I learned when a buddy used it on Black Widow spiders; it literally gets ‘em sizzly/bubbly/dead.
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