TMCTLT
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Wednesday, August 27, 2014 9:07:55 AM

While visiting our folks in MI. over this past weekend I did some brush hogging on their tractor and low and behold ran over a ground bee nest....of course I didn't come to know this until I went back that direction and because of water laying and trees down I had NO choice but to go back the same way. I put the Ole John Deere in high gear and went for it....got stung only twice but the one in my bicep swelled pretty good but with some Benedryl it went down. Fast forward to Tues. back in Indianapolis and mowing my own yard and YES while mowing up close to our pines....I get stung twice again ( right pinky finger )and realize we also have a ground nest, woke this morn and low and behold my entire hand is swollen and it's made it's way half way up my forearm!! Rubbed some Benedryl cream on it and took two more Bene pills and hoping the swelling will Finally go down. Little Bastards!!!

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DrafterX
Wednesday, August 27, 2014 9:28:54 AM
what kind of bees.... my son recently got stung by some African killer bees... I was surprised how small they are.... always figured they were like bumble bee size or somethin.... but they nested in the ground like you sere talking about.... look up some images.... 😟
rfenst
Wednesday, August 27, 2014 9:36:37 AM
swollen half way up your forarm = ER!
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Wednesday, August 27, 2014 9:41:13 AM

swollen half way up your forarm = ER!

rfenst wrote:

That may come to pass Robert if I don't see some improvement soon!

William, they are either Yellow Jackets or similar

DrafterX
Wednesday, August 27, 2014 9:46:59 AM
my son was weed eating some corp property behind my rental when he was swarmed.. he said they attacked the weed eater first then got him... a couple were still on his shirt when he got home so I killed them and did the google search.. they are smaller than the yellow jackets.. 😟
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Wednesday, August 27, 2014 9:54:03 AM

my son was weed eating some corp property behind my rental when he was swarmed.. he said they attacked the weed eater first then got him... a couple were still on his shirt when he got home so I killed them and did the google search.. they are smaller than the yellow jackets.. 😟

DrafterX wrote:

I didn't get a real close look, as soon as I realized I was being stung I got the Hell out of there. Meant to address the nest last night before going to bed....but didn't. I hate to kill the entire nest as there's such a shortage of Bees already

DrafterX
Wednesday, August 27, 2014 10:05:22 AM
we burned the little bassards out... dug up the nest and killed all the little larva things... they won't be back... 🤐 🤐