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?

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by Iowanian

I don't know about that, while you were composing that iron chef worthy roast of pain, I was cooking Tyson Brand Chicken Nuggets at 425 for 10-12 minutes and a delicious patch of Kraft brand macaroni noodle-powder cheese, milk and butter, along with dash of blueberry greek yogert.


Cooking really doesn't register on the list of things that make you a douche.

Your new BF Stavros?

[Iowanian]

easy there Lawyer dagget, else I be forced to cook up a voodoo doll honey cake of you and drop it ass first on a hornet nest.

[srvy]

Originally Posted by Iowanian

srvy,

I've been stung quite a few times over the years. When I was young we mowed a lot of acres of CRP and had on open air tractors. Nothing stirs the "oh shit" button on a youngster than running over a ground nest of bumble bees/yellow jackets and getting stung and then making the next round, seeing the cloud of angry bees as you approach and then have to mow through them. I learned early if you lock your elbows, hunker down and don't move, they more often stung the tires or the muffler. Most I ever got was around 20, but I had a cousin with 58 stings once. He was swatting at them.

I worked in salvage when I was younger and used to get stung sometimes doing that.


Worst sting I have gotten was a humble been just inside my ear next to the hole.....I was dizzy for 2 days.

Yeah I try not to swat or piss them off in anyway. Its usually the unsuspecting nest ya disturb and not even know it.

I have hade to measure up box culverts under highways. They are always full of mud daubers and paper wasps. We take a can of florescent marking paint and a light. Thing is like a flame thrower. Drops them like a rock.
Also works for bats in rock crevasses in limestone quarry mines.

Ever gone working without your shirt hot sunny day sweating. Then sit back in your truck and like match strikes on your back. Them tiny lil sweat bees can be bastards. Made my shirtless days end pretty quick.

[srvy]

Originally Posted by Bwana

Several years ago I went over and cut my folks hedge for them. It was a cold fall morning (high 30's low 40's?) and I was making good progress until I looked down and there were hundreds of ****ing wasps crawling up my pants. It looked like something out of a horror movie. I dropped the hedge clippers, ran to the middle of the yard, kicked off my shoes shirt and pants. I standing in the middle of the yard in my socks and boxers. You talk about an adrenalin rush. I went over and shook my clothes off, got dressed and went to look for the little bastards home. I found a hole in the ground where they were living and they were still crawling out. I went and got 2 gallons of gas dumped it in their hole and fired it up, problem solved. If it would have been warmer outside and they would have been able to fly I would have been up shit creek.

I hate honeysuckle along fence lines always good for a honey bee stingin. They smell good though.

[Darien25]

Years ago had a crapload of wasps take up residency in the tailpipe of my old camaro (project car and not running). Got out the weedeater and positioned it about an inch from the tailpipe opening going full bore and my neighbor then beat on the side of the car to get them going. Good times watching those little suckers zing all over the place as they met up with the Ryobi death machine.

[Simply Red]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

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[cosmo20002]

Playing rap music will disperse WASPs pretty quickly.

[BWillie]

I dont like white Anglo Saxon protestants either

[srvy]

Originally Posted by BWillie

I dont like white Anglo Saxon protestants either

Why?

[Silock]

So, right after we got married, my wife and I were laying in bed, about to get sexy time going. The dog was going nuts, though, so my wife got up and took it outside. She came back in, got in bed and we proceeding to get it on.

All of a sudden, I feel this ZING! on my arm. I bolt upright and WHAM! Another lower down on my arm. A wasp had landed on her, and she accidentally (or so she said) carried it to bed with her. ****er got me twice. Killed it. Got a make up blowjob for the trouble.

[beach tribe]

I was replacing a window on the 2nd story of a house in what they call a "dog house" window on a roof once and went to war with a huge nest that was in front of the window.
I used a bucket of water and a plastic weather strip 2"x32" lightly flexible.
They got me 4 times. I killed about 20 Ken Griffey Jr. Style.

[Radar Chief]

[Three7s]

Originally Posted by Radar Chief

Don't forget Japanese Giant Hornet. Those things are death with wings.

[Dunit35]

Opened up a condenser a few years ago at some rich dudes house. He had a nice in ground pool a few feet from it. As soon as we opened it up several wasps came flying out, yellow jackets and some other kind. I damn near fell into the pool. We proceeded to make it rain with cans of wasp spray.

[otherstar]

Originally Posted by srvy

This is the bastards that got me.

Red Paper Wasps....ugh. I've got those in parts of my eaves. They are fairly aggressive most of the time if you get too close to their nests. I've been stung twice in the 11 years I've lived in the house....but only once each time. Their sting hurts like hell! I can't imaging getting stung more than once.