Re: Mud Dauber's !!!
after hearing jasonj info on developing more of a chance for allergic reaction instead of tolerance, it made me queasy... funny how the mind works.
<br />i say this because i've never been too scared of bees, but do know when to run. back in high school, i sold snow cones in the summer. i got paid
by some other workers to fill up their jugs with syrup, at the tanks. the syrup tanks had water hoses on spigots, and the honeybees would be on them like fur coats. i learned from the owner how to gently brush them off, to use the hoses.<br />i thought just the opposite of what jasonj said about stings, and have removed the yjacket nests near my backyard (i have a small child). <br />after reading that info on allergic reactions, i think of @ 10yrs ago when i got stung by yjackets 11x on the back with several right on the backbone. i was mowing, it was very hot (90+), i was sweaty & had my shirt off. it hurt so bad i felt queasy and had to go home and lay down.<br /><br />when we moved where we are now, some construction workers got stung at the edge of the yard. i watched the area until i found the hole in the grnd. that night i doused with gasoline, and lit it. when i dug it up the next day the nest was @ like a basketball! the other 2 i found were smaller, like softballs. <br />had to remove 2 hornet nests from my house last yr, both @ softball size. got them with hornet killer, at night. one on the front eaves, one under the power meter! hehehe <br />had a bumblebee nest in a small birdhouse (wren) under my tall deck. got it with liquid insecticide, dursban i think.<br />had to remove @ 10 dauber nests when moving in, but none since.<br />haven't had much trouble with carpenter bees, maybe seen 3 or 4. maybe being near a lake makes a diff? when just 20mi away, they made my fence posts look like swiss cheese. but then i didn't have any birdhouses over there... hmmm
