This has to be a guy from here

[RTHolmes]

^ interesting, didnt know about the rating thing

I am all for live and let live as far as bees are concerned but when you have a swarm like that guy had you have to do something.

yeah like leave em alone for a day or 2 til they move on ...

[CAP1]

bees make nests in inconvient places. i've been attacked, simply going to a car next to the one where the nest is.....and a car doesn't need to set more than a day or two, before those little effers are nested in there.

 no thanks.......if there's a nest......carb cleaner to the rescue. 

[F22RaptorDude]

Is it okay to kill wasps and hornets? I saw a creepy looking one with a long black body, skinny in the middle linking, and bright blue eyes, needless to say I refused to go into my back yard for a while after that.

[RTHolmes]

bees make nests in inconvient places. i've been attacked, simply going to a car next to the one where the nest is.....and a car doesn't need to set more than a day or two, before those little effers are nested in there.

 no thanks.......if there's a nest......carb cleaner to the rescue.  

that was a swarm, not a nest.

most people think bees are kinda useful if you like honey. they are much more important than that. if you like eating anything on this list then you should be trying to keep em alive, not wipe em out. theres hardly any wild bees left, and the kept bees have been ravaged over the last few years. All of my godmother's husband's hives were wiped out coupla years ago, same story all over europe (and the US iirc.)

trust me, I'm no eco-hippie but this stuff is worrying when food supply is already a problem. have you noticed how much the price of basic foods has gone up over the last decade or so? its not a blip, its a trend ...


edit: exception for the africanised bees. theres a lesson in them.

[RTHolmes]

Just an fyi....

The honey bee decline was caused by a parasite that was getting into their (for lack of a better word) air intake.  They are treating the bees to prevent the parasite from killing them and having remarkable success.  My uncle raises bees and has around 30 - 40 hives last time I checked.  He was real concerned for awhile, but feels that the corner has been turned.

I havent heard about that, must be very recent. last summer was another disastrous year for beekeepers over here.

[TwinBoom]

We are loosing bees at an alarming rate and this isnt good for the farmer

true no bees = no food

[CAP1]

that was a swarm, not a nest.

most people think bees are kinda useful if you like honey. they are much more important than that. if you like eating anything on this list then you should be trying to keep em alive, not wipe em out. theres hardly any wild bees left, and the kept bees have been ravaged over the last few years. All of my godmother's husband's hives were wiped out coupla years ago, same story all over europe (and the US iirc.)

trust me, I'm no eco-hippie but this stuff is worrying when food supply is already a problem. have you noticed how much the price of basic foods has gone up over the last decade or so? its not a blip, its a trend ...


edit: exception for the africanised bees. theres a lesson in them.

 food's going up due to increased fuel prices. as are most things.

 i got no issues with kept honey bees. bees, regardless of species out in the wild,,,or bothering me when i'm trr trying to repair a car......they die. quickly. if they stayed away from me, they wouldn't. i don't just go looking for nests or swarms to kill. i kill em when they bother me.

[RTHolmes]

I probably shouldnt have quoted you there CAP, it was more of a general comment

food/fuel ... its all down to population.

[Rash]

I was stung by a caterpillar on the way to junior high.  The nurse thought I was nuts.  Put a big whelp on my arm.  http://www.ca.uky.edu/entomology/entfacts/ef003.asp

Rash

[F22RaptorDude]

I was stung by a caterpillar on the way to junior high.  The nurse thought I was nuts.  Put a big whelp on my arm.  http://www.ca.uky.edu/entomology/entfacts/ef003.asp

Rash

Yikes, how did it manage to sting you?

[Rash]

Climbed a fence and brush against a tree.

[F22RaptorDude]

Climbed a fence and brush against a tree.

Yikes, i've been cornered by a group of wasps before, went to go see if a friend was home at my old neighborhood and a couple of wasps hovered above the stairs and I was stranded for a few minutes until my dad came. Nasty lil bugs they have a nest on a corner on our roof that is hard to access, needless to say i'm terrified of em even though i've never been stung.

[morfiend]

true no bees = no food

 Yes my exact point,for the most part bees do more good than harm and if left alone they are no threat. The reason for the swarm has been stated already,basically it's a new queen looking for a new home. The queen secretes a substance called royal jelly,this is used by beekeepers to attach and calm the swarm and make capture quite easy.

  The swarm is relatively docile and you could likely sweep them away if they were in a place that made entery to your home difficult. Wasps and hornets also polinate though not on a scale of the honeybee,they can be a threat and should be dealt with with caution. I install fake hornet nests around my yard,2 will cover my whole yard and since they are teritorial they move on to an area that isnt habitated,like the neighboors yard!

  So is it ok to kill hormnets or wasps,well thats up to you,if it's a threat or doing damage I say of course but to needlessly kill them because your afraid ....Well come to your own conclusion.






   

[B-17]

I almost died laughing reading this... I'm a terrible person, I know. I just use waterguns... against wasps.