It was bumble bees

The hum/buzzing that hubby heard on porch of old house behind us was bumble bees. First thought they were in the wall. Then under the wooden floor. It has a rock foundation. There is a gap in the rocks so he put 3 bug bomb canisters under there. That didn't help. So he backed the truck up to porch to get the old rocking chair that was on there. Wanted to put it on our back porch. It is a stuffed rocker. Not very good but ok for porch. Got it on truck and saw him take off running and waving hat. Bumbles attacked him and truck. They were in the chair. He hauled it up to other house by old chicken house and dumped it out. Didn't get stung. This evening sprayed the ones left on the porch and sprayed the chair. Kept buzzing in chair. They were up under the arm. Ended up pouring gas on it. That fixed them. Don't want a bumble nest around. Oh Saturday caught 27 crappie at local lake. Sunday hubby caught 7 lb blue cat and I caught a gar and shovelnose sturgeon.

Sounds like and eventful weekend for you.

What's wrong with a bumble nest? I got one near the wood pile. Found it when I was stacking a bunch of new wood and saw four or five on the ground around a little hole in the grass. I knew they were timid so didn't worry too much. Till I got stung by one. Didn't want to get rid of the nest as they're some of the only bees coming around the garden (that *I* notice, anyway). Did some research and learned that there's really only about 60-100 in a hive and they don't produce much honey...no more than they use themselves...and that only the queen survives the winter. So...come fall I was gonna get rid of it. If I'm just going to grab some wood from the pile and leave, they don't bother with me. It's when I was dumping and thumping logs on the ground around their nest that they didn't like.

Glad you caught a bunch!

Congrats on the bumble bee round-up and the catch, glad nobody got stung. Did not know they made honey, thought they just made tuna.:dono:Rofl

That will keep you moving!!!

Honey bees can stay. Not bumble bees where I am going to be.they don't loose their stinger when they sting.

Glad the story ended well...could of been a train wreck.

glad you got a mess of crappie from local, but hate to hear you wiped out bees.

Didn't want to be attacked by them because they were in a place that is used a lot. Farther away would t have been a problem.

To go a little off topic, I've always had trouble with horse flies around my shop every June. They would attack anything that moved. A few years ago, I noticed hornets building a nest on the corner eave of my shop. It was fascinating watching the nest grow almost daily. I could raise the overhead door and it never seemed to bother them. Well, I noticed that year I didn't see one horse fly. The hornets made great neighbors. I didn't bother them. They didn't bother me and they kept the horse flies away. I wished they (the hornets) would come back every year.


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