My 24 YEAR streak is OVER!! Damned bees

[underpants]

Last night I finally got a chance to cut the grass and within the first five minutes I got stung/bit 5 times by yellow jackets. They seem to have been in the ground under one of the bushes in front of the house. I didn't find any stingers so I might have just been bit-left knee, right calf, left pinky, right forearm and one got in my shoe and got the side of my foot about 5 minutes after I had seemingly quited the problem with the garden hose.

Damned bees.

The last time I got stung (I think) was when I was about 14-neighbor kid said "Hey look at this hole in the ground" and stuck his finger in it and out came the yellow jackets. He got it worse than I did-in his shorts- mine was just on my back.

So last night I finished cutting the front yard (very thick) and went inside. My wife checked me out and there was no apparent allergic reaction (allergies change over the years) but I took a Benadryl anyway.

Damned bees.

[BikeWriter]

1. That's the kind I used to encounter with a brush hog.

I'd back it right over the hole, rev it up, and listen to the ping, ping, ping, as they flew out!

[Richardo]

4. That's the funniest thing I've read all week.

:rofl: "Brush hog bee kill." Now THAT'S a true Texas sport :rofl:

[BikeWriter]

11. LOL! It's an effective means of killing them! :-)

Once the flow of them slowed I'd pour a little gasoline down the hole to get the rest.

[Richardo]

17. You're killing me, BikeWriter!

:rofl:

I want to try that this weekend - will a riding lawnmower work?

[BikeWriter]

20. Sure, it will! :-)

[ps1074]

2. I am 31 and I've never been stung in my life

:)

[MissMillie]

3. me either

and I'm 41

(KNOCK ON WOOD!)

[miss_kitty]

5. Being a landscaper

I get multiple stingings every now and again.

They're a bitch.

Edited for pre-coffee typos

[underpants]

6. Creepy hurt

I still feel they from time to time, when my clothes hit them just the right way.

My foot is still hurting nonstop.

[miss_kitty]

9. They hurt at first, but after a while

they itch like hell. I think I take Benedryl for it topical stuff works for about two minutes

[matcom]

7. last time for me was in the Army

pulling guard duty. one to the back of the had. had a fever for 24 hours

[underpants]

8. Oooh the back of the had that sucks

getting one in the back of the had is terrible. Some people say that getting stung in the back of the had can affect your had motor skills (such as typing).

:buonce:

[Taverner]

10. Theyre not bees, theyre wasps

Bees are kind and gentle insects who leave their hives in VERY noticeable places, and only sting when provoked. IN fact, you can pet a bee when gathering nectar.

Wasps are aggressive, bite AND sting, and will bite you just to eat your flesh. I had a yellowjacket chew off a one inch line of skin off my face when I was sleeping once.

[zbdent]

12. You've been streaking 24 years?

Wow, that must make for some interesting mowing of the lawn . . .

:evilgrin:

[underpants]

13. Weed wahcking was ... uh...problematic

whacking

[SoCalDem]

14. I guess I'll have to take back your present.. I got you this shirt

:evilgrin:

[underpants]

15. lol

too funny

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

16. I hate bees...

If it were for the whole pollination and honey thing, I'd say we could do without them.

[trackfan]

18. I've got about a 42 year streak going

I was stung twice before I was 5. I only remember the second time.

[CatWoman]

19. awwwwwwwwww

poor UP!!!

[Blue_Tires]

21. 28-year streak going myself

will be 29 on sept 11