Rode to school today minding my own business. Waiting at a red light I suddenly felt a very sharp pain on my neck. I screamed a little...maybe a lot. Reached back there and pulled two bees. Apparently I was stung twice. Well I found out that I'm not allergic lol but my neck was numb/sore for the rest of the day. Why does nature hate me :'(
make the beast with two backs bees
Spent $295 last Friday for the bee guy to come remove 7,000 ish bees that decided my jacuzzi housing was a good spot to set up shop.
Quote from: bobspapa on April 03, 2014, 09:06:12 PM
make the beast with two backs bees
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Bees make my fruit and stuff grow, which makes food for animals that are tasty.
I like to eat.
I've just had bad luck with insects coming into my helmet. I can't wait for a wasp. Lol
My cruiser riding buddy rides in shorts during the summer. He got one way up the leg of his shorts one day. He did quite the dance on the side of the road.
Another buddy that rides with a half helmet a lot took a bumble bee to the forehead at around 60MPH.
JM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUR14_ry1Zo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUR14_ry1Zo)
Quote from: the_Journeyman on April 04, 2014, 06:00:35 AM
Another buddy that rides with a half helmet a lot took a bumble bee to the forehead at around 60MPH.
What kind of mark did it leave? I've hit a bumblebee @ 40 mph with a full face helmet and it was LOUD. Can't imagine what it would be like 50% faster without the protection.
He had to pull over, it left him woozy and with a golf-ball sized knot and red spot.
JM
i rode once with old jeans which had a hole in the right knee. somehow a
wasp flew right up the hole and hit me 5 or 6 times before i was able
to pull off the road and smash it by pummeling myself in the thigh. so in
addition to the stings, i had a big bruise.
pollinating bees are awesome. not so sure about wasps.
Quote from: abby normal on April 04, 2014, 07:29:31 AM
i rode once with old jeans which had a hole in the right knee. somehow a
wasp flew right up the hole and hit me 5 or 6 times before i was able
to pull off the road and smash it by pummeling myself in the thigh. so in
addition to the stings, i had a big bruise.
pollinating bees are awesome. not so sure about wasps.
Agreed. Ive been stung by bees, wasps yellow jackets more times than I know.
Took a wasp right into my jacket last season. Little bastard got me six times before I managed to smash it. Somehow I was still able to see some of the folks around me staring as I rode down the street beating my chest.... I think they thought it was just because I was being an Alpha Male on a Ducati.......
Nothing worse than the digger wasp that got up my pants a few years ago though. I could'a been the poster child for a specific AC/DC album.....
Oh and the gas cap in the chest from rail of the pickup in the oncoming fast lane on the freeway was a real joy..... Glad for leathers and armor plate as it hit me right in the sternum at a combined speed of at least 130mph.....
without bees we'd be dead. no food to grow. I want to get a couple hives. does suck the big one to get stung whole riding
Quote from: Skybarney on April 04, 2014, 03:10:39 PM
Took a wasp right into my jacket last season. Little bastard got me six times before I managed to smash it. Somehow I was still able to see some of the folks around me staring as I rode down the street beating my chest.... I think they thought it was just because I was being an Alpha Male on a Ducati.......
I had this happen. Stung me 7 times as it dropped from they neck through my jacket. Three of the stings were in my belly button. I too was doing the alpha male chest beating thing trying to find & destroy the little twerp.
JM
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Yellowjackets piss me off, but I really like honeybees.
Except for the one I inhaled while bike commuting one day. She stung me inside my trachea, an inch or two past my adams apple. I'm not allergic, so I figured I'd just tough it out, but after about half an hour at work I sounded like John Lee Hooker (which was actually kind of cool) and figured it was time to head for the emergency room before the swelling got much worse. After a brief misunderstanding at the front desk - the intake nurse understood I'd gotten stung in my throat, but didn't quite get that the sting was IN my throat - they bustled me into the ER and hooked me up to a benadryl IV.
Then there was the time I ran a lawnmower over a yellowjacket nest. But make the beast with two backs yellowjackets.
Yup, hit one at about 75 right on my adam's apple last november.
I really thought this was going to be a thread about IZ.
that would be the IZ_ nails and bees thread
I once had a yellow jacket fly into my mouth as I rode down the street. Luckily I was able to chew it before it stung me.
Knew it was a yellow jacket because there were pieces of the little bastard on the inside of my helmet from when I spit it out.
At least we don't have these mofos here:
(http://top10hm.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Giant-Japanese-Hornet.jpg)
What kind of wasp is that? :o
We have European wasps here that are an environmental menace since arriving and have killed people.
Quote from: rgramjet on April 17, 2014, 07:32:49 PM
I once had a yellow jacket fly into my mouth as I rode down the street. Luckily I was able to chew it before it stung me.
Knew it was a yellow jacket because there were pieces of the little bastard on the inside of my helmet from when I spit it out.
I shudder to think if it had stung your tongue.
Had one sting me under the eye (bloody open face helmet) and I swelled up like the Elephant man. One eye and half my mouth shut.
Quote from: koko64 on April 17, 2014, 11:36:46 PM
What kind of wasp is that? :o
We have European wasps here that are an environmental menace since arriving and have killed people.
It's a giant Japanese hornet.
This says it's the most lethal animal in Japan:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_giant_hornet (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_giant_hornet)
The Hayabusa of hornets. :o
Indeed.
I'd be looking for an escape route and a big stick if I saw one of those!
Quote from: Speeddog on April 17, 2014, 10:58:49 PM
At least we don't have these mofos here:
(http://top10hm.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Giant-Japanese-Hornet.jpg)
We get something really similar here in the mountains. They're called "News Bees" locally and they are huge. I certainly wouldn't want to tangle with one at speed.
JM
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Quote from: rgramjet on April 17, 2014, 07:32:49 PM
I once had a yellow jacket fly into my mouth as I rode down the street. Luckily I was able to chew it before it stung me.
Knew it was a yellow jacket because there were pieces of the little bastard on the inside of my helmet from when I spit it out.
That sounds like either Chuck Norris or the Dos Equis guy.
busy bee
Best in Show (6/11) Movie CLIP - Busy Bee (2000) HD (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rARKAStGRy8#)
^hilarious and underrated movie.
I watched part of it. Then I couldn't take any more.
Popeye - That's all I can stands, I can't stands no more (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h97kbv4mbsc#)