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« on: July 16, 2011, 06:24:09 PM » |
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hope she is still on the mend.
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« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2011, 07:00:02 AM » |
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she continues to get better each day. She went to work today....first time since it happened. With that many stings it will be a couple of weeks or more before she is FULLY recovered.
I was walking around the property over the weekend....and i noticed everywhere i went....you could see one or two yellow jackets humming around on the ground....looking for food. they are EVERYWHERE right now! Typically they don't get this active/aggressive around here until the Fall...when they are foraging for food to store up for winter. not sure why they are so active/aggressive this year?
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« Reply #2 on: July 18, 2011, 07:41:51 AM » |
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dang....................no more than i type up this answer.....than i go to the bathroom...come back....get ready to sit in my chair at my desk at work....and there CLEARLY on the seat of my chair is a yellow jacket. It wasn't dead....but it was stunned/near dead. i'm thinking on my ride in from my house on the bike today....it must have got in my clothes....like maybe i hit it and it wasn't quite dead? Anyway, when i got up, it fell onto the chair is my guess?
it didn't sting me....but that's what i'm talking about. they are EVERYWHERE right now down here. one followed Sherry into the car last night when we were going out. I saw it...and mentioned it to her...and we "gently guided" it out of the car and shut the door. but everywhere you look...there are one or two of them............
I'm going to have to be a bit more diligent when riding from now on as long as I'm seeing them everywhere like this..........
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« Reply #3 on: July 18, 2011, 07:54:58 AM » |
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Glad to hear Sherry is on the mend!
Do you live in a drought area? That will get them going into winter mode early! They are nasty little buggers, but they kill a lot of caterpillars . They make traps that will lure them away from your property, but they are a very persistent pest .
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R J
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« Reply #4 on: July 18, 2011, 07:56:08 AM » |
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I've noticed an over abundance of Wasps around my back garage.
Going to have to go out later and look for a nest...
Thought I had them all taken care of last year.
Tell Sherry to be careful for awhile.
After a sting I'm told there is a smell only readable, lack of a better word, that they hone in on the last victim stung for about 3 weeks or so. Well, grandma told me so call it an old wives tale if you so desire.
I just figured she knew what she was talking about as she had bee hives all over the farm for years.
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« Reply #5 on: July 18, 2011, 07:57:06 AM » |
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I was wondering how she was also. Glad to hear that she is getting better every day. That is such a scary thing to happen. Take Care the both of you.
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« Reply #6 on: July 18, 2011, 08:33:59 AM » |
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I hang traps around when they get to much, away from the decks and pool. Try putting one in your barn and it may help keeping the population down. You can make them or buy them. I have made them, but the commercial ones work real good here is an example, not necessarily one I use: http://www.killsbugsdead.com/fop_d_y_t.asp |
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Daniel Meyer
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« Reply #7 on: July 18, 2011, 08:39:58 AM » |
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Yeah, I'd put out some traps, and be VERY alert to where they are coming and going from...anytime I've seen conditions you're describing, there has been a very large nest (or nests) in the area.
Glad Sherry's on the mend!
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