Ever been stung multiple times by wasps?

[srvy]

My work over the years in field land surveying I have been stung multiple times by Bumble bees, honeybees, Hornets and Yellow jackets but never by Wasps. Singly by wasps yes never multiple.

Well that ended yesterday. I am furnished a work truck so my personal truck gets used very little. And I'm sure its sat without moveing in driveway for 2 weeks. But yesterday my wife had to pull dbl shift at work, so the family car was not available. So was putting car seats in truck to pick kids at my sister. Its a custom cab so when I opened the rear door and was putting seat in and then i felt it. the first was a burning in my back. Then back my arm and then a finger. they where attacking like mad. As a ran for door I felt back leg then neck. I felt one land on cheek and I swatted it off and smashed with flip flops I was wearing. Finally I was inside and I peels all my cloths off threw in washer and slammed door ran a wash. Then I found the bee sting ointment and applied. Looked around for wasp killer i was out. Also started feel little funny so took some Benadryl that helped.

I was thankful was only me out there. I waited little bit and walked out to try find where the nest was. I could see them fly in to crack behind back side door and desided to wait till dusk. They are least active then and I didnt have a car to drive to by wasp spay, so my plan was to hit them with high pressure water blast from hose.

Well dusk came and I put on long pants boots and a heavy long sleeved denim shirt and prepared to seek my revenge. I had hose in hand and trained it on the spot i seen them fly in. Some fell out to ground and got the size 12 redwing treatment. When I saw no activity I opened both doors and there it was about a 11/2 to 2" nest on the out side rubber seal around door. I hit it hard with water blast till I knock it off and proceeded to stomp that bitch with my boot. Problem solved. Well I reeled up hose and and then opened door again and one of those red devils flew out at me and buzzed me then went on. Guess he hadn't got to the nest and was trying to figure what was up.

I have never been stung by wasps like that I think these were an angry killer wasp strain. Bastards hurt like hell and I had a bee sting kit we all keep in our work trucks in case I started swelling up like a melon head.

I think the worst I ever got stung was Yellow Jackets at work and counted like 35 times and my co-worker said his wife counted 100 and took him to ER.

What say you what have been your experience with these bastard insects?

[HonestChieffan]

Black widow spider nailed me on my hand once swelled up like a catchers mitt. Went to a trap shoot looking bad and a doc who was there about shit. Got a lecture and a shot and a bag of ice for it . Wasp hits me twice last summer putting up electric fence. Hurt like hell for a while.

[CoMoChief]

Cant tell you how many times I've been stung while working out at lake jacomo marina back in HS. we'd spray and knock down nests on a couple dock fingers by a couple boats we rented out.....and the next day they're back up again causing chaos. It was literally a daily or every other day chore. damn I was stung so many times doing that.

****in wasps....

[Jerok]

As a mailman, opening the centralized boxes with 8-12 deliveries in them is always fun. Sometimes there's a wasp nest, sometimes a wasp flies right out at you, several crawling in and out of people's mail. Whenever I see one, I get paranoid for the rest of the day. And I'm deathly afraid of wasps.

The worst is when one flies in your truck and disappears, then reappears 5 minutes later when I'm going down a busy street!

[Dartgod]

Originally Posted by CoMoChief

Cant tell you how many times I've been stung while working out at lake jacomo marina back in HS. we'd spray and knock down nests on a couple dock fingers by a couple boats we rented out.....and the next day they're back up again causing chaos. It was literally a daily or every other day chore. damn I was stung so many times doing that.

****in wasps....

No shit?

I worked a couple of summers there back in the '80s.

[Iowanian]

One of my brothers bought cabin this week. Turns out one of the walls is full of honey bees.

That should be a fun extraction.

[cosmo20002]

Originally Posted by Iowanian

One of my brothers bought cabin this week. Turns out one of the walls is full of honey bees.

That should be a fun extraction.

Are you sure they aren't bumble? We're trying to be accurate here.

[B_Ambuehl]

Talk about a weird coincidence. I read this thread today then a few hours later went thru the drive thru at taco bell. I rolled the window down to place my order and a red wasp flies out of the driver side rear view mirror and charges right at me and stings me in the finger, then goes back in the mirror. Evidently it was a solitary wasp building a nest back behind the mirror and she was going thru the crack between the mirror and the housing. I OPENED the door to get my order, got back in, and wiggled the mirror with the inner controls until the sumbitch came out, then I drove off, leaving her in the dust. Damn thing hurt though finger swelled up nearly double.

[Iowanian]

Originally Posted by cosmo20002

Are you sure they aren't bumble? We're trying to be accurate here.

I am as certain that these are honey bees as I am that you are an annoying douche most of the time. So pretty much guaranteed.

[Kansas City Kid]

Originally Posted by Iowanian

I picture you as the fat kid on "UP" or even better "Arnie" from Gilbert Grape.

When you're jacking off?