Ordinary native honey bees, or invasive African bees? Ordinary bees don’t usually behave that way, even if their hive is disturbed.
While mowing the other day I noticed a papery pod laying on the ground in a corner of the yard, about 5 inches long and as thick as your wrist.
I bumped it and pure black insects like mud daubers flew out.
Since I’m allergic and I don’t want my dog nosing it, I hosed it down with hornet spray.
Any idea what these things are/were? Something similar stung me years ago, I turned white then bright red and my throat almost closed up. Wondering whether to call an exterminator to look for more.
Last time I ran into bees in a pipe it was some wasps or something, flying into and out of a truck axle off of a 5 ton that was sticking up out of the sand in the demo range at Combat Engineer school at Camp Lejeune. They were pestering students who were doing things that required their full attention to do safely.
I blew the wasps into oblivion with a couple of pounds of C-4.
I have had them chase me on my tractor to my truck (Road Gear on the Tractor) and I jump in the truck... drive away in the truck all the while they are attacking the truck (fun driving while you are swatting and cursing) and if they get you on the nose or near your eyes you can’t see and start sneezing.
Came back the next day to find a few diehards still hanging out around the tractor.
I followed these white faced things(black white stripes and a white face) into the attic of my shed just today.
They will meet there demise tonight but I have been told the 1st one that stings you leaves an enzyme the other track and theres no getting away from the suckers.
Africanized. South Texas has a lot of them. You can keep them, but definitely for the hardcore beekeeper. Full suit, gloves, and plan on getting stung anyway.
Dreadful. RIP.