Hornets

[landtracdeerhunter]

We'll, my luck ran out. Hit a nest of them with the tractor stack by the front woods this morning. Suddenly what felt like a hot nail driven through my left ear. More nailed me in the back that felt like hot spikes driven in. Once in the neck. My God, that smarts. I luckly don't have a reaction to them.

Sure wish I would have taken the cab one.

 

Be carefull out there people.

Edited July 22, 2014 by landtracdeerhunter

[Doc]

We had a local farmer killed exactly that way a bunch of years ago. Apparently he did have allergic reactions to bee-stings.

[Two Track]

A friend of mine became sensitized by an attack from a hive of wild bees when the tractor stirred them up a few years ago while discing up the back end of a field..  He was rushed to hospital by ambulance for treatment.  Now has to carry an Epi-pen and seek immediate treatment.

 

I am lucky that I am not that sensitve stings, so I do my best to avoid them.

Found a ground-bee's nest under my canoe the other night.  Been staying away until I get something to take care of that issue.  Have to keep the dog way from there too.  She is mildly sensitive, Her snout almost doubled in size last time she discovered a nest and tried catching them.   She also had at least 8 stings on her body too, tufts of fur standing straight on her sides where she got stung. Had to dope the dog with benedryll at vet's instruction.