attack of the bees

[missioncontrol]

I went out to my shed to make sure I still had paint and also decide what else I'm going to do to my cabinet this weekend when I heard a buzzing sound in the cabinet....

It appears I've got a few nest from mud dauber bees inside there

[ChadTower]

Fire.  Burn it down.

[GameOver]

Play some of Sephroth57's music in there.

[ChadTower]

He said get rid of them, not turn them into angst ridden middle class teen pseudogoths.

[Stingray]

If you're calling the same thing mud daubers that I call that, then they are actually wasps and are a lot more aggressive than bees. Go buy some raid flying insect killer. That stuff will knock 'em to the ground before they know what hit 'em. Having a bit of a wasp problem myself this year.

-S

[Dartful Dodger]

Whatever you do, have someone video tape you doing it.

Watching a running away from bees screaming like a girl always makes me laugh.

[missioncontrol]

Fire.

[ChadTower]

Having a bit of a wasp problem myself this year.

Damn Protestants.  There ought to be a law.

[Stingray]

I really don't want to use a spray if I don't have to since wood is porous and it maight retain the chemicals

Okay, then get yourself a flute and lead them out of town like the Pied Piper.

The nest sounds like the ones that I call mud daubers, but the insect does not. These are more of a reddish color and will definitely sting you if you get too close.

-S

[ChadTower]

He knows whereof he Stings.

[missioncontrol]

If you're calling the same thing mud daubers that I call that, then they are actually wasps and are a lot more aggressive than bees.

here's what the nest look like:



from what I've found so far they are not supposed to be aggresive and rarely sting.

I think they are called Organpipe mud daubers, but the ones I've seen neer the nest look like the black and yellow mud daubers......

Having a bit of a wasp problem myself this year.

every year it's one type of bee or another that tries to control my yard....

wish I could find a way to eliminate them permanently......

Whatever you do, have someone video tape you doing it.

Watching a running away from bees screaming like a girl always makes me laugh.

[Stingray]

Nests look different from the ones I get. They're more of dome type shape.

-S

[GameOver]

These are the mud buggers I get in my garage.  Just the house - I started to tap the nest to get one out, but then my camera went dead.  Looks similar to what you've got - anytime I see these, I just scrape them off the wall with a piece of scrap wood.  The bugs that come out of mine look just like wasps, but have never stung me.

[missioncontrol]

I'll get some pictures befor I destroy the nest.........

just got to figure out how to destroy them first WITHOUT getting stung. I really want to do some painting this weekend......

my marquee should be here soon...

[missioncontrol]

These are the mud buggers I get in my garage.

[Stingray]

I take that as a guarantee. Please set up your video camera before you test the theory.

-S

[GameOver]

so are you giving me a NO STING guarantee???

I don't guarantee anything!!

If you've got the same bugs I do, no prob.  But we don't know if we got the same bugs!  Just spray some 'Off' on yourself and run in there like a mad man.  Take back your shed!!!

[missioncontrol]

I just want my cabinet back.......

[whammoed]

Put the crevice tool on the old shop vac and scrape it off while vacuuming at the same time.

[Stingray]

And I want to be there (behind a glass partition) when you empty the shop vac!

-S

[whammoed]

And I want to be there (behind a glass partition) when you empty the shop vac!

-S

Um, borrow the neighbors shop vac.

[missioncontrol]

I can see my next post in the BST free thread..........

free shop vac just needs to be emptied 

[JB]

I really don't want to use a spray if I don't have to since wood is porous and it maight retain the chemicals

Okay, then get yourself a flute and lead them out of town like the Pied Piper.

The nest sounds like the ones that I call mud daubers, but the insect does not. These are more of a reddish color and will definitely sting you if you get too close.

-S

If you're talking about the ones I think you are, the red wasps are paper wasps.
They're more agressive than mud daubers, partially because they're a communal insect. They form small colonies with a queen, sterile female workers, and mating insects. The workers have nothing to lose. They exist to service and protect the queen and her babies.

[Stingray]

Paper wasps? Meaning that they make the paper looking wasps nests? If so, those aren't the ones I'm talking about either, though we do have those. They're commonly just called red wasps and they are super agressive and the sting is a lot more painful (I know I set you up there Chad). The ones I was talking about make a mud nest kind of like the nests pictured in this thread, but it's more of a dome shape. They're reddish colored, but they aren't as red as "red wasps".

-S

[ChadTower]

Stingray could be talking about hornets.

[Stingray]

In my last post I'm talking about two dofferent types of insects. One commonly called "mud daubers" at least here, the other are "red wasps". Neither of them are hornets. We have those too, and those were put on the planet Earth  specificly to give humans something to avoid.

-S

[Stingray]

Clearly I've been misusing the term "mud dauber" my entire life. GIS reveals the bug that's bugging you, but I can't find the one I'm looking for. More research is in order.

-S

[ChadTower]

You're going to have to redo the artwork behind the poles at the Sting Hole.

[Zakk]

If you're talking about the ones I think you are, the red wasps are paper wasps. The workers have nothing to lose. They exist to service and protect the queen and her babies.

I think I am a paper wasp!

[GameOver]

If you're talking about the ones I think you are, the red wasps are paper wasps. The workers have nothing to lose. They exist to service and protect the queen and her babies.

I think I am a paper wasp!

Ya crazy cannucks....are you a worker or a queen?   

[Bones]

Create a vacuum and suck them out.

[GameOver]

Good morning bones!  Is it TGIF in OZ?

[Bones]

Good morning bones!

[GameOver]

Good morning bones!  Is it TGIF in OZ?

It is indeed!

I have to give a presentation in 3 hours, then have some lunch, after lunch I have my salary review and then I only chew up another few hours and it's time to go home and attach myself to a case of VB.

Gotta love Fridays.

Excellent!  What's VB?  Is that your fav local brew?  Sounds good!  Or is it that red stuff we see in EVERY pic from your cab build post!    

Presentation and salary review?  Big day.  Hopefully the salary review goes well!  Tell them you need more money and want to work from home several days a week...

[Bones]

Or is it that red stuff we see in EVERY pic from your cab build post!

[Bones]

Nectar of the gods.

[Dartful Dodger]

Good morning bones!

[Bones]

Yeah but TDDIF just doesn't have the same ring.

[ChadTower]

I hate to vote for burn, but I think soothing them with Seph's music, now that I'm listening to it, will work.

[JB]

Paper wasps? Meaning that they make the paper looking wasps nests? If so, those aren't the ones I'm talking about either, though we do have those. They're commonly just called red wasps and they are super agressive and the sting is a lot more painful (I know I set you up there Chad). The ones I was talking about make a mud nest kind of like the nests pictured in this thread, but it's more of a dome shape. They're reddish colored, but they aren't as red as "red wasps".

-S

Indeed, I am talking about a diffrent insect.
This evil bastage, specifically... http://insects.tamu.edu/fieldguide/cimg348.html

Best experience with those was when one flew into my bedroom and tried to land in my torchiere lamp. And was roasted by 120 watts of incandescent lighting.
Was a rapid and very loud buzz for a few seconds as it panicked and thrashed dust out, then blissful silence as the fscker died.
I think the foul creature got caught under a light bulb. I don't remember the exact details post-roast. I know I plucked the filthy beast's carcass out and flushed it, though.



Me and wasps don't get along at all, for the record.




I've never seen an ACTUAL red wasp as far as I know.

[DrewKaree]

I used to get those exact tube-looking things inside the windows of the house when I lived in NC.  Best thing to do is spray them.  Also, it's best after spraying a nest of a wasp to leave it up.  New wasps won't move in for some reason, and it removes a place for them to build a fresh and lethal dive-bombing hangar.  What I usually did (and this won't work for your situation) is let them fly away, and just dribble some of that spray all over the outside of the tube and soak it real good.  Evidently that Raid spray has some pretty wicked residual effects, because every once in a while I'd see some dead/dying in between the windows.

You could probably spray some Raid in a glass and soak a cotton ball in it.  Get the bottom of the tube REALLY good.  Those things DO creep the hell out of you, but I never got stung by 'em.  Dunno if that's cuz I Hong Kong Fooey-ed 'em, or if they were afraid of how toxic I was.

[GameOver]

Good morning bones!

[Bones]

So are ya attached?

Sadly, no.

How'd the salary review go?

Excellent. 

Get enuff to fly everyone to Oz for a bender?

Not everyone....

[ChadTower]

I'm afraid of what the word bender means down under.

[missioncontrol]

I used to get those exact tube-looking things inside the windows of the house when I lived in NC.

[ChadTower]

So put a natural predator in there.  The wasps will go away.

[missioncontrol]

depends......

what eats wasp???

[ChadTower]

Roman Catholics?

[Bones]

I'm afraid of what the word bender means down under.

The day after a bender you feel as crook as Rookwood but nothing a hair of the dog won't fix.

[ChadTower]

How about we set you up with a teabag instead?

[Bones]

How about we set you up with a teabag instead?

How about I set you up with a mountain oyster or a horse's hoof?

[ChadTower]

Only if you want a Portugese breakfast.

[Bones]

Google has taught me much today.

[Stingray]

I followed all the way up to mountain oyster, but quickly got lost.

-S

[danny_galaga]

Having a bit of a wasp problem myself this year.

Damn Protestants.

[Stingray]

With that kind of Wasp, I think I'd skip the spray and go with the "burn them" suggestion.

-S

[Bones]

They are better than cockroaches.

[ChadTower]

I took my kids to see the Wiggles live a couple years ago.  It was surreal.  Hundreds of moms and kids in the theater.  The moms were acting like they were rock stars.  At one point, they came out to the seats and were talking with the kids.  One mom behind me started crying and shaking like she was going to pass out.  Dude looked at her like she was psycho and walked away from us slowly.

[Bones]

My kids are crazy about The Wiggles but I prefer Hi 5. I have had the hots for Charli for years. My wife even calls me in when she is wearing something cute.

[Sephroth57]

These are the mud buggers I get in my garage.

[Sephroth57]

name this quote

"Or what? You'll release the dogs, or the bees, or the dogs with bees in their mouths and when they bark they shoot bees at you?!"

[Stingray]

name this quote

"Or what? You'll release the dogs, or the bees, or the dogs with bees in their mouths and when they bark they shoot bees at you?!"

Homer

-S

[Stingray]

My kids are crazy about The Wiggles but I prefer Hi 5. I have had the hots for Charli for years. My wife even calls me in when she is wearing something cute.

I had no idea that I was missing out on such quality cheesecake by not watching childrens programming.

-S

[Bones]

Yeah she is a sweety. You should hear her sing happy birthday. All I want for my birthday is for her to sing to me and blow out my candle.

[missioncontrol]

name this quote

"Or what? You'll release the dogs, or the bees, or the dogs with bees in their mouths and when they bark they shoot bees at you?!"

hmmmmmmmm perhaps I can train these bees to attack....

[ChadTower]

You can put a pin kicker in there to aggravate the bees according to some gameplay event.  Then the bees swarm out, sting the crap out of whoever is playing, and return.

[Scott84]

Use a fire extinguisher 

I heard one guy who had wasps in his shed put a smoke bomb in it and shut the door and they all died.....

[Stingray]

You can put a pin kicker in there to aggravate the bees according to some gameplay event.  Then the bees swarm out, sting the crap out of whoever is playing, and return.

That's some serious force feedback.

-S

[ChadTower]

I heard one guy who had wasps in his shed put a smoke bomb in it and shut the door and they all died.....

That's because the smoke bomb was full of heroin.

[Sephroth57]

My kids are crazy about The Wiggles but I prefer Hi 5. I have had the hots for Charli for years. My wife even calls me in when she is wearing something cute.

holy crap, that chick is hot. the pic was broke before and i didnt notice!

[missioncontrol]

You can put a pin kicker in there to aggravate the bees according to some gameplay event.

[ChadTower]

What is VR about real bees?

[Stingray]

Just found a new theme for your cab MissionC.





-S

[ChadTower]

Tell them it's Galaga 2005.

[markrvp]

here's what the nest look like:

Wy did you build your arcade cabinet out of bricks? 

[missioncontrol]

Wy did you build your arcade cabinet out of bricks?

to keep the big bad wolf from blowing it down 

[danny_galaga]

I took my kids to see the Wiggles live a couple years ago.

[SirPeale]

You should be able to break them right off the side of the cabinet.  It's just made of mud.

The best part is that the wasps aren't there very much.  They build the 'nest' (it's not really a nest) a little at a time.  They find spiders and sting them.  Then they carry them to the nest, and lay their eggs on them, and encase them in mud (which hardens to what you see).  The eggs hatch, and spend their time eating the spiders while they're still alive.

[ChadTower]

the wiggles made 49 million dollars last year. they ARE rock stars. and smart too. 'the cockroaches' bones alluded to was the band a couple of the guys were in before 'the wiggles'. the cockroaches had one minor hit. in an interview, they said that as the wiggles they have the advantage that the demographic they cater to is refreshed every year or so. now thats smart.

There is a difference between being rich and successful, and having women cry and shake when you come near.  The Wiggles should not be sex symbols.

[Harry Potter]

the wiggles made 49 million dollars last year. they ARE rock stars. and smart too. 'the cockroaches' bones alluded to was the band a couple of the guys were in before 'the wiggles'. the cockroaches had one minor hit. in an interview, they said that as the wiggles they have the advantage that the demographic they cater to is refreshed every year or so. now thats smart.

There is a difference between being rich and successful, and having women cry and shake when you come near.  The Wiggles should not be sex symbols.

And neither should the Hi5 chicks. But that's just my moral side speaking out. I'm waiting for 'Hi5: The Uncut Special Collectors Edition'

[ChadTower]

Hot chicks, four dorky Australian guys... you figure it out.

[missioncontrol]

to show my cabinet isn't made of brick here's the offending nest:

btw I think I'm going with the suggestion of scrapping them off, now I just hope I don't get stung............

[ChadTower]

Hate to break it to you, but someone took a dump in your cabinet.

[missioncontrol]

Hate to break it to you, but someone took a dump in your cabinet.

well considering they are on the upper portion of the right side panel they must have one hell of a squatting position.........

[DrewKaree]

That's droppin' a deuce with a vengeance!

[ChadTower]

Tacooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo bellllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll.

[danny_galaga]

the wiggles made 49 million dollars last year. they ARE rock stars. and smart too. 'the cockroaches' bones alluded to was the band a couple of the guys were in before 'the wiggles'. the cockroaches had one minor hit. in an interview, they said that as the wiggles they have the advantage that the demographic they cater to is refreshed every year or so. now thats smart.

There is a difference between being rich and successful, and having women cry and shake when you come near.

[Bones]

Closer examination of the wasp colony shows how Dolichovespul Vespa invade the outer turdus stoolus and burrow themselves deep inside the archstole waste.


'Professor Bones is one of the world's most engaging and challenging writers...he brings beautiful clarity to the most difficult scientific concepts yet does so in a style akin to that of fine literature.'
Sunday times

[ChadTower]

there are a lot of single mums out there chad, and not all of them go for beefcakes like you!

edit: luckily for me

[Stingray]

Closer examination of the wasp colony shows how Dolichovespul Vespa invade the outer turdus stoolus and burrow themselves deep inside the archstole waste.

If you listen closely you can hear their mating call while they burrow... 'deefer, deefer'.

-S

[mr.Curmudgeon]

How do I get rid of these?




mrC

[ChadTower]

Steel toed boots.

[missioncontrol]

the wat this thread is going I first read that as:

Stool toed boots

[Stingray]

At least he hasn't started nesting on my house yet.

-S

[mr.Curmudgeon]

Steel toed boots.

That might work on the little ones:



But the big ones are meeeean!

mrC

[ChadTower]

Be a better kicker.

[missioncontrol]

[Stingray]

Aye, aye aye!



-s

[Barry Barcrest]

So how did you get rid of them in the end and where is the video?

[hypernova]

You're asking about a post that's 7 1/2 years old?

[ChadTower]

Makes sense to me.  missioncontrol might have gotten up and decided to do something about those bees by now. 

Probably not, though.

[Le Chuck]

Holy Shiznit, Barry made an appearance!?

[Zakk]

How's the bees?  Did they hand out 1000 resumes and get a job or are they still willfully unemployed?