Soooooooo....
Two days ago??? I'm mowing the fronT yaRD and I have maybe: 8 more passes left to finish...all of a sudden I get swarmed by a bunch of yellow jackets stinging me relentlessly...the little bastids went up my left blue jeans pant leg and stung the f**k out of my calf, ankle and foot...
I run away with the mower but ditch it at the gate ..bees all over my left pants leg still ..my new puppy (14 months) is in the backyard and runs towards me to play...
Those f**kin" YJ's start attacking him too!! He gets pissed, I'm really pissed tearing off my pants at the back slide glass door...bees are flying out of my pants too...get inside and 3 it the bees follow me in, 2 still on the pup...I smack the bees on him while I get stung again ...all in all the dog got 3 stings and I was around 7-8?
Go to kitchen and pop two benedryl and give one to the pup...he and I are ok now..
Leg puffs up and hurts for 2 days.
Tried to buy wasp and hornet spray that shoots 25 feet...couldn't find any at 3 different stores but Weis foods wanted $8.59 a can ..screw that noise...
Ollie's sells that crap for $2.49 a can...
Finally went to Target and got 2 of them/RAID @ $4.29 each...
WENT OUT AFTER DARK, 30 OF THOSE PRICKS WERE AT THE NEST HOLE TOP ALL AROUND THE RIM...FLASHLIGHT BLINDED THEM and I unloaded that entire can on the hole top for 60 seconds? (From about 15 feet away)Non stop...about 100 crawled up but couldn't fly out...
Ran back inside...
I know they can be beneficial but the nest is in a very bad well used spot...
I usually don't mess with any bees due to pollination and pest insect control that YJ's actually help with...any other area I would have left them alone and just avoided it till winter ..