BillyVance 34 #1 April 20, 2005 I had a strange encounter with bees at work today! This morning I was notified to be careful when going outside as a colony of bees had settled somewhere nearby overnight. Well, I was going out to lunch and I by accident just happened to look up and see a huge mass of bees hanging off the top horizontal pipe on the chain-link fence near the parking lot gate. Looked like maybe 2000, 3000 bees tops... wow... so I walk to my car 100 feet away, get in, start up, and what the hell, maybe I'll have a little bit of fun and look for the golf ball I know is sitting in the car somewhere, with the intent of doing a "hit and run". So, I drive up to the gate, but something's wrong. There's a huge cloud of bees swarming all over the gate entrance. Apparently, they sensed my thoughts and decided to disperse and defend themselves. And there I'm sitting in my car at the gate, completely surrounded by seemingly angry bees, trapped because I have to roll down the car window and use my parking card to open the gate with, and I won't with those damn bees out there trying to get in! It took maybe 5 minutes before the swarm slowly drifted out of harm's reach. Phew! Don't fuck with a swarm of bees if you know what's good for you! "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Conundrum 1 #2 April 20, 2005 fuck bees, I'll punch them in the face Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
haniel32 0 #3 April 20, 2005 Quotefuck bees, I'll punch them in the face I'll Back you up! Fuck the bees Face first landing YET again! "I thought I flared" Grass tastes great!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #4 April 20, 2005 Quotefuck bees, I'll punch them in the face Gotta have video of that to believe it! "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkiD_PL8 0 #5 April 20, 2005 QuoteQuotefuck bees, I'll punch them in the face Gotta have video of that to believe it! Agreed, last time I swatted a bee with my hand the fucker stung me right between my thumb and index finger. Greenie in training. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DrunkMonkey 0 #6 April 20, 2005 We had a nest of paper wasps that tried to take up residence outside the door of a place I used to work. I used a CO2 fire extinguisher. No more wasps. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
goose491 0 #7 April 20, 2005 QuotePhew! Don't fuck with a swarm of bees if you know what's good for you! Shit, by the sounds of your story, you should be saing: "Don't even think about fucking with a ....." hehee, that's creepy. Glad you made it. My Karma ran over my Dogma!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skysprite 0 #8 April 20, 2005 I hate bees! Bees are the devil! I will run screaming like a little girl from them suckers.~skysprite Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adamUK 3 #9 April 20, 2005 Dyson bagless vacuum cleaners are the thing to have (nice clear plastic 'bag' so you can see them getting all dizzy in there) for swarms of anything though I usually tend to leave bees alone... Wasps though... Grrr... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GTAVercetti 0 #10 April 20, 2005 Quotefuck bees, I'll punch them in the face That.... was awesome.Why yes, my license number is a palindrome. Thank you for noticing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KevinMcGuire 0 #11 April 20, 2005 One day I was out hiking when suddenly I heard what sounded like a million bullets wizzing over my head. I looked up to see bees so thick I could not see the sky. Having nowhere to run, I just stood there motion less until they had all flown away. After wards, I went to convenience store and bought a lottery ticket but no dice. I had already used most of my luck for that day Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr2mk1g 10 #12 April 21, 2005 I drove over a big bee hive on a ride on lawn mower once that had taken up residence in an old mole hill. They didn't like that. About 1.5 seconds later I was stood about 150yrds away trying to knock a couple o'the bastards out of my hair and wondering how in the hell the lawn mower could possibly be trying to drive up a small tree on its own when I had the key in my hand. Never did figure out how in my rush I'd managed to remove the key without killing the engine. That night I went back and poured a couple of pints of kerosene down the hole. Then I stood back and chucked a lit rag at it. I missed. Apparently bees don't like kerosene either. They began to swarm above the hole. I was just trying to figure out what I was going to do about the situation when the flame from the rag must have caught a whiff of the kerosene and the whole swarm went up in a ball of flames. That was fun. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CornishChris 5 #13 April 21, 2005 Ow, Bees. And they're defending themselves somehow!! ______ I suppose I could go into the fact that bees generally aren't that aggressive when swarming as they are just following a new queen and looking for a new home but when confronted with 1000+ buzzing creatures this would be little help. CJP Gods don't kill people. People with Gods kill people Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beverly 1 #14 April 21, 2005 Well serves you right for trying to harm them. Bees will only attack if they or their queen is in danger. They are really cure little creatures that provide us with endless supplies of fantastic honey. You should rather be trying to rescue them from a bad ordeal or try to set them up in a nice home. I have saved many a bee from an icy daqueri or a sticky cold drink. I have also never been stung, although I have handled them, washed milkshake off them and blow dried them by blowing gently on them to dry their wings. All you that are mean to them, I hope you never eat honey!! They are real hard workers and never harm anything unless threatened, so stay out of their way!!. Humph! I think true friendship is under-rated Twitter: @Dreamskygirlsa Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bobsled92 0 #15 April 21, 2005 I found out that I was only allegic to hornets while I was straped in on a pole while working in a phone terminal. No where to run, just pain and couldn't breath._______________________________ If I could be a Super Hero, I chose to be: "GRANT-A-CLAUS". and work 365 days a Year. http://www.hangout.no/speednews/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #16 April 21, 2005 Now that sucks! Seems to me that all telephone and power company field workers ought to keep a little gadget with them that when activated, it emits a very high frequency sound that paralyzes most insects in the immediate area, but won't kill them. Think of it like a stun gun for bugs. Damned if I can remember what it's called. Being stuck on a pole or in a tree is the worst place to have a bee attack. Can't get away fast enough... I LOVED the kerosene down the hole trick! That I'd liked to have seen! My mom once got stung by a yellow jacket INSIDE her mouth! She was walking in the yard with a can of soda pop checking on the roses. She didn't notice the bee go inside the can. Took a swig and felt the buzz in her mouth. Instinctively she tried immediately to spit it out but it had taken hold on the inside lining and buried its stinger... that little fucker... ouch!! "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quatorze 1 #17 April 21, 2005 Quotefuck bees, I'll punch them in the face Dane Cook, too frickin funny you think for your selfer I'm not afriad of dying, I'm afraid of never really living- Erin Engle Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #18 April 21, 2005 Quotefuck bees, I'll punch them in the face That would be the funniest thing I'd ever see. Say does anyone remember the Monty Python skit where the hunter throws all kinds of weapons, dynamite, etc. at a bug he was hunting... then picks it up and takes a big knife out to carve or cut it... Too funny!! "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tonto 1 #19 April 21, 2005 I've seen the same kind of thing from rouge herds of cattle. Some things are really screwed up. tIt's the year of the Pig. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
