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Yellowjackets are underrated
Posted on 5/11/24 at 4:55 pm
Posted on 5/11/24 at 4:55 pm
They are so ubiquitous as to be overlooked when people talk about animal stings and bites. For their size and sheer attitude, they have to be near the top. I shared a glove with one recently and it felt like I got popped by a nail gun. It’s not just the sting, but you’re sore for days. Mosquito’s, heat, humidity and Yellowjackets are just some of the reasons to love summer in the South.
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Posted on 5/11/24 at 4:56 pm to Bamafig
I’m bummed they don’t run the triple option anymore.
Posted on 5/11/24 at 4:57 pm to Bamafig
They also tend to sting in groups. No bueno.
Posted on 5/11/24 at 4:57 pm to Bamafig
Mowing the yard and running over an underground yellowjacket nest is one of life's most miserable events.
Posted on 5/11/24 at 5:16 pm to Bamafig
Run over a nest of them while driving a tractor in the sweltering hot of summer. They will make you leave the tractor while it's still moving forward.
Posted on 5/11/24 at 5:42 pm to Bamafig
quote:They're the spawn of Satan. I'm convinced man created cab equipment not for the elements, but for the yellowjackets.
Yellowjackets are underrated
They're 2nd only to bumblebees. The definition of, "nightmare fuel hellscape" is running over a bumblebee nest in the ground and having them tear your arse up. Think carpenter bees, but with a stinger, living in the ground by the hundreds, though not as easily agitated as a yellowjacket.
They're like a quiet, dignified, former heavyweight boxer: they're not as easily pissed off as the loudmouth (i.e., the yellowjacket), but when you push him over the edge, you will regret it.
Ground nesting stinging insects is a sore subject for me, I digress.
Posted on 5/11/24 at 5:43 pm to Bamafig
Posted on 5/11/24 at 5:44 pm to Bamafig
Are hornets the same thing? What about those Japanese hornets?
Posted on 5/11/24 at 5:51 pm to Bamafig
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Yellowjackets are underrated
Not by anyone who spends much time outdoors in the south.
frick a bunch of yellowjackets.
Posted on 5/11/24 at 5:54 pm to Bamafig
I hate when they block traffic.
Posted on 5/11/24 at 5:57 pm to Bamafig
Not underrated by me. One got me in the ankle as i was running away and felt like I got shot in the ankle. I went down rolled and popped up running like hell.
Posted on 5/11/24 at 6:33 pm to Bamafig
Found a nest in the outside wall of my house. Sprayed the entrance good. Little did I know they had an emergency exit on the inside wall. They started coming inside and boy were they pissed.
Posted on 5/11/24 at 6:36 pm to Bamafig
Yellow jackets and yellow/green ground hornets will make you forget your hangnail. Fact. 
This post was edited on 5/11/24 at 6:38 pm
Posted on 5/11/24 at 6:38 pm to Bamafig
Nobody that has ever had an encounter with yellow jackets underestimates them. Dumb thread.
Posted on 5/11/24 at 6:46 pm to Bamafig
My Pops and I were digging fence post holes decades ago. It was through red clay so it was kicking our butts. He would go for a while then we would switch off. It was his turn so he starts going to town and the next thing I know he throws the post hole digger down and starts running. He is hollering something but I couldn’t make it out for a few seconds. Finally I realized he is saying bees. So I took running too. Crazy thing was we where standing right next to each other. They ate him up but I got nothing. It was yellow jackets but in the heat of the moment I guess all he could get out was bees.
Posted on 5/11/24 at 7:11 pm to Bamafig
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Mosquito’s, heat, humidity and Yellowjackets are just some of the reasons to love summer in the South.
I had my best round of golf ever when I got stung by a yellow jacket on my left hand at the ball washer before the second tee. That bastard got me on my thumb through my golf glove.
Swole up real nice and prevented my habitual slice.
Posted on 5/11/24 at 7:20 pm to Bamafig
They haven’t stung me in the hand, I’m sure that hurts. But I got stung by a yellow jacket twice a few summers ago and I was surprised how little it hurts compared to a wasp.
Posted on 5/11/24 at 7:27 pm to Bamafig
I agree that yellowjackets are little bastards but I haven’t underrated them since they chased me and my mom for more than a hundred yards when I was little.
Posted on 5/11/24 at 7:37 pm to Bamafig
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Yellowjackets are underrated
Yeah man. I got hit by one on my elbow while I was running a weedeater a couple years back and my frickin arm throbbed until the next day. Screw them things
Posted on 5/11/24 at 7:41 pm to Bamafig
I had four off them in my blanket one time. And your right. Hurt like hell. The only thing worse is a hornet. Had one flying around me while I was taking leaves as a kid. Son of a bitch flew off I guess too gain speed and nailed me in the chest. And mama being from the south just told me to rub some tobacco juice on it.
I never would tell her if I was sick. She gave me castor oil time.
I never would tell her if I was sick. She gave me castor oil time.
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