Posted: 7/29/2011 12:04:19 PM EDT
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Besides Fire, how do you kill bumble bees pretty much instantly with household chemicals?
I kicked up a nest of them moving me steel targets and tried really old wasp killer that did nothing but get them pissed and make them chase me back into the house. |
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Brake cleaner does a really good job of killing them. Yeah, brake and carb cleaner work great, if you don't have any insecticides around. Insects chitinous shells are held together and waterproofed with fatty waxes that keep their insides in, and maintain the osmotic balance of their little bug organs. Aggressive solvents melt those waxes, instantly. And their bodies just stop working. Often works faster than insecticides even, most of those are oganophosphate nerve agents that take awhile to work and will often let them get a few drunken stings in before they die. Carb & brake cleaner just drops them were they are. 
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Brake cleaner does a really good job of killing them. Yeah, brake and carb cleaner work great, if you don't have any insecticides around. Insects chitinous shells are held together and waterproofed with fatty waxes that keep their insides in, and maintain the osmotic balance of their little bug organs. Aggressive solvents melt those waxes, instantly. And their bodies just stop working. Often works faster than insecticides even, most of those are oganophosphate nerve agents that take awhile to work and will often let them get a few drunken stings in before they die. Carb & brake cleaner just drops them were they are. Brake cleaner I got! |
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Brake cleaner 1 bumble bees 0 Pics of your hospital visit caused by you falling down when running away from the swarming nest while spraying brakleen over your shoulder...? No hospital today. After the ordeal I was thinking that I havn't been to the hospital lately, then it was, boy this would make a good arfcom story. Then, hmmm would it really??? Anyway when I sprayed the wasp killer it was pandimonium. A few of the bastards honed in on me and I was the fat kid swatting and freaking out running backwards in circle in my front yard. Man what a dumb ass I must have looked like. lol I got my gloved hand on one and used my kung fu grip to swat him out of the sky. I threw the can of wasp spray at the other and ran for the door. Good times. 
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No hospital today. After the ordeal I was thinking that I havn't been to the hospital lately, then it was, boy this would make a good arfcom story. Then, hmmm would it really??? Anyway when I sprayed the wasp killer it was pandimonium. A few of the bastards honed in on me and I was the fat kid swatting and freaking out running backwards in circle in my front yard. Man what a dumb ass I must have looked like. lol I got my gloved hand on one and used my kung fu grip to swat him out of the sky. I threw the can of wasp spray at the other and ran for the door. Good times. An amazing mental picture comes to light with your description. Kinda like last weekend when I belly flopped the sod trying to run from angry wasps. 
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I like starter fluid or even women's hair spray... sprayed through the flame of a propane torch. Crispy critters.
What not to do... I once decided (foolishly) while out grouse hunting, to destroy a huge hornets nest (about the size of a bowling ball) in a maple sapling, with a blast from a 12 ga loaded with #6 birdshot. Direct hit... I'll betcha I killed at least half the little bastards instantly as that nest just exploded... but it was the other half that survived that made me rethink this, as I ran as fast as I could back to my truck. I only got stung once in the neck. But if I hadn't been wearing a long sleeve jacket, hat, gloves, and brush pants, it would've been a lot worse. |
Got nailed by ground wasps while cutting the grass.I pull some recon and discover the hive.Come up with a battle plan.My buddy Tony12steps is to provide cover with 2 cans of wasp killer while I take a shovel and open up the top of the nest.Then once it was breached I was going to pour gasoline down a length of gutter directly into the nest and kill it with fire.We make our approach and I take my first swipe with the shovel.Fuckers go nuts,but I continue on,my budy has my back right.Nope,I turn and the faggot is running like a bitch,never fired a shot AND took the cans with him.Screw it,I continue in my task,getting stung 9 times.Time for me to bring the pain.Gas is poured and the nuclear option exercised.Just then a cop pulls up,no doubt attracted by the funeral pyre."what you boys up to?" then he notices the mass of wasps still circling their doomed home.Rolls up his window with a quickness "have a nice day" and peels out of there.Payback for Tony12steps abandoning his post and leaving me hanging was I believe,appropriate.Since he rarely visits Hometown I will share my method of retribution.I took the attractant from a wasp trap and smeared it on his shirt.He had to cut his visit short as wasps kept buzzing him and apparently he's terrified of them..He brings up zombie/SHTF scenarios and I always dig on him "Fucker,you left my dick swinging in the breeze against bees,what are you gonna do if it's bullets".Gets him all worked up  .
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Quoted: I went in to my shed today and got stung in the neck by a wasp. the sad part was the first thing I thought of while running away like a little *#&@^! was Todd. I need to get a life. As long as your "thoughts" didn't involve him sucking out the venom, you're probably OK. |
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I went in to my shed today and got stung in the neck by a wasp. the sad part was the first thing I thought of while running away like a little *#&@^! was Todd. I need to get a life. As long as your "thoughts" didn't involve him sucking out the venom, you're probably OK. 
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I like starter fluid or even women's hair spray... sprayed through the flame of a propane torch. Crispy critters. What not to do... I once decided (foolishly) while out grouse hunting, to destroy a huge hornets nest (about the size of a bowling ball) in a maple sapling, with a blast from a 12 ga loaded with #6 birdshot. Direct hit... I'll betcha I killed at least half the little bastards instantly as that nest just exploded... but it was the other half that survived that made me rethink this, as I ran as fast as I could back to my truck. I only got stung once in the neck. But if I hadn't been wearing a long sleeve jacket, hat, gloves, and brush pants, it would've been a lot worse. GoPro cams were made for moments like this.
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Quoted: Quoted: I like starter fluid or even women's hair spray... sprayed through the flame of a propane torch. Crispy critters. What not to do... I once decided (foolishly) while out grouse hunting, to destroy a huge hornets nest (about the size of a bowling ball) in a maple sapling, with a blast from a 12 ga loaded with #6 birdshot. Direct hit... I'll betcha I killed at least half the little bastards instantly as that nest just exploded... but it was the other half that survived that made me rethink this, as I ran as fast as I could back to my truck. I only got stung once in the neck. But if I hadn't been wearing a long sleeve jacket, hat, gloves, and brush pants, it would've been a lot worse. GoPro cams were made for moments like this. How well that video would go along with "Flight of the Bumblebee" as the soundtrack. |
