MasterBlaster
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Ha! I killed honey bees on monday, myself!
So whadja do today?
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Ha! I killed honey bees on monday, myself!
Dadatwins
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Been stung 3 times this year so far all on the ground in stumps.
Anyone ever use a fire extinguisher to knock out a bee hive?
Did it once up in a tree from the bucket, seemed like a better idea than pouring gas into hole an igniting tree up 30 feet in the air.
Just make sure you know which way the wind is blowing and get behind it or you will look like the pillsbury dough boy.
Anyone ever use a fire extinguisher to knock out a bee hive?
Did it once up in a tree from the bucket, seemed like a better idea than pouring gas into hole an igniting tree up 30 feet in the air.
Just make sure you know which way the wind is blowing and get behind it or you will look like the pillsbury dough boy.
Stumper
One Man Band
Brian, Shoot, after six climbs you have aright to feel whipped. I'm sore from 2 and a half Ashes. I climbed the 2. THe half ash job was all polesaw and pruner work.
P.S. Has anyone ever worked on a buzzard tree? The cottonwood across the back fence from the biggest ash is a buzzard roost. Man it stinks.:alien:
P.S. Has anyone ever worked on a buzzard tree? The cottonwood across the back fence from the biggest ash is a buzzard roost. Man it stinks.:alien:
cybergeek23851
ArboristSite Member
Now let's see. Yesterday, I repaired a china cabinet. I had to cut a new drawer slide for it. Sorry, only power tool used to make it was the circular saw (I had to rip a board to width). otherwise, I cut my tenon the old fashioned way... with a back saw and block plane. Then I started milling some strips of black walnut for a picture frame. Can you imagine a more beautiful wood than a piece of locally grown, cut and milled Old-growth black walnut. I'm gonna miss it when my stash of it is gone.
. Today, I had it easy. Cut the 4 acres of grass in between rain and storms. That and reorganized my tool shelves. Luckally, I havent been stung this year... yet.
. Today, I had it easy. Cut the 4 acres of grass in between rain and storms. That and reorganized my tool shelves. Luckally, I havent been stung this year... yet.
murphy4trees
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They stung first....
I wouldn't have lit them up if I didn't have to move the log to the street for pick up... I got stung earlier from a ground hive that got disturbed by the truck and then I walked over it... I lit them up too... Maybe I shold have let them live, as they weren't intefering with my work at that point.... I try to keep the lives I take to a minimum... Already kill enough trees... Customer has kids and I asked him if he wanted me to gas the nest and he said yes enthusiastically...
When that cherry split open there was a lot more than just bees in there.... a lot of life....
I wouldn't have lit them up if I didn't have to move the log to the street for pick up... I got stung earlier from a ground hive that got disturbed by the truck and then I walked over it... I lit them up too... Maybe I shold have let them live, as they weren't intefering with my work at that point.... I try to keep the lives I take to a minimum... Already kill enough trees... Customer has kids and I asked him if he wanted me to gas the nest and he said yes enthusiastically...
When that cherry split open there was a lot more than just bees in there.... a lot of life....
We have two dogs (Rots) at the lot where we keep the equipment and I try to make sure they have fresh water when I can (seems to be daily;useless owners). Today I went in to the kennel with a full bucket and closed the gate behind me. Well the male went all snakey and went at the female with a horror movie growl and I froze and darn near s**t my pants. I slowly backed out of there with my heart in my throat and was thankful that I still had a throat.
I've been buddies with these dogs for years but I think I'll be filling the water pail through the fence for a while.
I've been buddies with these dogs for years but I think I'll be filling the water pail through the fence for a while.
Stumper
One Man Band
Yikes Matthias!
Today I did virtually nothing. I did one consult/bid, went to the bank, picked up some fertilizer and came home and went to bed. -Just didn't feel well-not hacking or spewing from any orifices but I have a headache and general malaise. Yuck.
Today I did virtually nothing. I did one consult/bid, went to the bank, picked up some fertilizer and came home and went to bed. -Just didn't feel well-not hacking or spewing from any orifices but I have a headache and general malaise. Yuck.
Husky372
ArboristSite Guru
murphy honey bees are fine. but when your talking hornets or wasp types i say the deader the better.
John Stewart
ArboristSite Guru
Hey Murph
I am allergic to bees and wasps and I also understand the God's creature thing but I am not ready to go yet!
To much to do!
So Nuke Em!!!
John:angel:
Here's the cat that lives in the same family as those hounds. He seems pretty comfortable in the air but maybe the dogs don't give him no choice.
I finally got to trim a maple today after 3 days of deadwooding Sib elms and poplar. We start a utility contract in Sept. and as sad as that work is, I'm sure looking for a change from a summer of deadwooding on the local army base. Sure you can look up and admire your work but you can only take so much pole pruner work.
I finally got to trim a maple today after 3 days of deadwooding Sib elms and poplar. We start a utility contract in Sept. and as sad as that work is, I'm sure looking for a change from a summer of deadwooding on the local army base. Sure you can look up and admire your work but you can only take so much pole pruner work.
MasterBlaster
TreeHouse Elder
Yep. The worst I ever ran across weren't any bigger than large flies, but they would chase you down, and make you wish you never got out of bed that morning.
My hardcore bee gear consists of a cowboy hat, with a fine mesh laundry bag over it. It works just fine. You wouldn't believe how loud an angry nest is, even with earplugs.
Gord
ArboristSite Operative
One of our fellows just got thirty or forty stings the other day. He was up in the bucket, cut and toss and cut a limb without seeing the nest. then they all came back up to him. hard to outrun wasps when you're in an old hi-ranger
today we ran into another nest right at the base of a fir i was to prune. trying to SRT into the canopy when they were still buzzing about made for a speedy entry. two 165' firs, deadwood, minimal thin. looked lovely at the end of it.
today we ran into another nest right at the base of a fir i was to prune. trying to SRT into the canopy when they were still buzzing about made for a speedy entry. two 165' firs, deadwood, minimal thin. looked lovely at the end of it.
NeTree
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Newfie and I removed two lightning struck trees today.
Strike first hit a large pine, blew the top half off, then looks like it danced over to a nearby oak and blew the bottom 15' of bark right off the bottom. Oh, and it split both trees in several planes along their axis.
Easy pull-overs with my super-duper conventional notching system.
Thought about using some duct tape and bees wax to save them, but I wanted the firewood.
Strike first hit a large pine, blew the top half off, then looks like it danced over to a nearby oak and blew the bottom 15' of bark right off the bottom. Oh, and it split both trees in several planes along their axis.
Easy pull-overs with my super-duper conventional notching system.
Thought about using some duct tape and bees wax to save them, but I wanted the firewood.
MasterBlaster
TreeHouse Elder
Originally posted by netree
Over-analysis is the epitamy of stupidity.
Hmmmm. Lemme think about that for awhile...
ROLLACOSTA
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today i lost 2 good jobs to uninsured hacks..man what is wrong with the general public: angry:
SteveBullman
User Formerly known as stephenbullman
who were they rolla.
perhaps we should start a name em, shame em campaign
perhaps we should start a name em, shame em campaign
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