Bees!!!

[Jkebxjunke]

those sound like 'africanized' bees.. from what i have read they will swarm and be very very aggressive.

 

[wkpoor]

those sound like 'africanized' bees.. from what i have read they will swarm and be very very aggressive.

According to the keeper the Africanized don't survive this far north. But I'll agree they acted like what I've heard about them. Those things where incredibly persistent and fierce. At over 300' from the hive they had scouts that would notice me at the door inside the house and they would buzz at the glass. Hours later I snunk outside only to have them find me in a matter of seconds and back in I went. I know they have a sense of smell because when the keeper returned 10hrs later (8PM) they were on him like stink on sh***t when he got out of the truck. We knew then it was hopeless to try and save them.

 

[Jkebxjunke]

Yeah I have read that they shouldn't survive that far north but they sure should like it... might be time to call the county extension service maybe they might have a answer or they might like to know about this. Maybe the africanized bees have finally made the jump to survive in the north... that would suck. I applaud your efforts to have them relocated instead of killing.. unfortunately it didn't work... but at least you tried. and hey that's whats important.

 

[mga]

The first swarm I did call a bee keeper. He came out and attempted to remove them. They were so mean we had to destroy them. He said he had never seen such aggressiveness before.I had such a bad experience with them I'm inclined to just do the same with the chimney. However I did call another keeper and I may give it a try one more time.
The first swarm got extremely angry when he moved the queen to the box. They out right attacked me and him both. I ran to the house (stung along the way) and he ( with gear on) walked calmly away but no amount of distance would make them give up. He ended up getting in his truck and driving away. Meanwhile I'm trapped in the house all day with them trying to get at me through the glass. He came back in the evening and when he got out of the truck they where on him again with fury and this was several hours later. I had the dust ready and he throwed it at them. After dark I finished them off with kerosene. I told myself then forget it. Next swarm I'm waiting till dark and spray em down with the fuel. Can't have that crap and waisting a whole good day in the house over those lousy bees!!!

holy sh*t.....sounds like some sci-fi movie!

if they were that bad, then go for the kill. some times you just can't reason with nature.

 

[ken45]

holy sh*t.....sounds like some sci-fi movie!

if they were that bad, then go for the kill. some times you just can't reason with nature.

I doubt that one can ever reason with nature...

Ken

 

[TJ-Bill]

Speaking of bees.. I just got from a walk in the back. Dogs and I were looking for trees to cut in the fall.. Well you of my dogs started rolling on the ground like crazy (I thought he might have gotten stung by A horse fly because there's ons out there.. I went over and found a squashed bee in his head.. I heard buzzing and saw a few things flying around but with so many horse flies It was hard to tell.. Well they were bees.. pissed off bees.. Didn't take long for us to high tail it out of there.. I picked a few more out of his hair when we got back to the house, I'm going to give him a brush and makes sure thats it..

FUN!!

 

[Stihl 041S]

mean bees

I had 25 or so hives on the farm(orchard). Caucasians and Italians. Most I would lift the lid and let my neices see the bees. Except one hive of Italians. You had to swat the grass down quick and run like the devil. Mean as the ####ens. And half way down the hill, get rid of the bright yellow Stihl hat!!!!!!!!
Rob

Other hives next to it, no problem.

 

[logbutcher]

SEMTEX 1 oz, 10 m wires to power. "Bees" no longer aggresive.

 

[gtstang462002]

SEMTEX 1 oz, 10 m wires to power. "Bees" no longer aggresive.

Fill hole with water make new fishin hole....

 

[Jkebxjunke]

SEMTEX 1 oz, 10 m wires to power. "Bees" no longer aggresive.

what was the last thing through those bees minds?

 

[Zodiac45]

This happened to us last year. A hive of yellow jackets took up residence in a somewhat punky stick of ash. The wife got stung 7 times while hanging the laundry. Quite traumatic for her.

What I'm most fearful of is being out in the woods with the saw and disrupting an underground nest. Those things will get on you line a monkey on a football something quick!

I agree with WB that they are most likely not bee's but Yellowjackets. A very different species and quite aggressive. The good thing is that it's probably a small hive in a firewood stick/stack. I was recently rebuilding my porch and splicing out a rotten 6x6 beam. Same deal. If you didn't have too move it you could wait for cold weather and they'd be dormant. Other than that, I had too RAID and run (inside) a couple of times. Here's a pix of the nest after a RAIDing.