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27 April 2013

Re: [DIY] RE: Jan/ Yellow Jackets?

 

Well, isn't that *special*... I was happily going along through life en-visualizing all the bees that stung me dying without their stinger... : (

'carmen
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On Apr 26, 2013, at 3:09 PM, Lawrence White wrote:

 

Honeybees have a barbed stinger, that stays lodged in your skin, after the sting, and, ultimately kills the bee.. other species have smooth stingers, like a hypodermic needle, and can quickly sting multiple times without injury to themselves..

--- In DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com, Aki <01dyna@...> wrote:
>
> ..and as I recall, yellow jackets are aggressive and can sting mulitple
> times (and hurts like the dickens). Unless you have some of those nasty
> african honey bees, the humble honey bee has to get pretty po'd before they
> will sting.
>
> -aki
>
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 11:28 AM, carmen s. <mom2mini@...> wrote:
>
> > These nasty, slick, aggressive, slender and stripped yellow and black
> > Yellow Jackets are nothing like our rather cute and fuzzy bumblebees.
> >
> > On Apr 26, 2013, at 9:59 AM, Sandaidh wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > From: Ray Kornele
> > Some folks refer to yellow bumble bees as yellow jackets. Where I came
> > from,
> > the black and yellow striped paper makers were called yellow jackets. The
> > ones that live in the ground are probably bumble bees.
> > --------------------------
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_jacket
> >
> > From the article -
> > Yellow jackets build nests in trees, shrubs, or in protected places such
> > as
> > inside man-made structures, or in soil cavities, mouse burrows, etc.
> >
> > I've come across the occasional yellow jacket nest in the ground. Pouring
> > gasoline on the nest takes care of them.
> >
> > Sandaidh
> > sandaidh@...
> >
> >
> > carmen stuart
> > Brightwood Aviary
> > http://brightwoodaviary.com
> > Dawsonville, Ga.
> > 770 889-0353
> >
> >
>


carmen stuart
Brightwood Aviary
Dawsonville, Ga.
770  889-0353

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