I walked into the house, after being out taking a photo of the passionflower, with a buzzing insect around my hair and neckline.of my t-shirt. I almost freaked out as I awaited a sting. I tried to swipe at it to remove it. I was not going to leave me alone and kept sounding an alarming buzz. I got a paper towel and captured it. It was a carpenter bee. It seemed unable to fly. It must have been a male since I read they don’t sting. I thanked God for keeping me safe from a sting!
My husband just got stung the other day by a hornet. I found a nest in clay when I went to water some plants. I had warned my husband to stop, but he already had one fly under his glasses. When he swiped it away, it stung him. It hurt, but he was fine. I have used a couple of cans of hornet spray on the entrance and there are still hornets flying around it! I want to transplant some hostas in that area, so will have to pick up some more hornet spray. We have had nests before but never in the ground like that.
It’s best to spray the nest when it cools off in the evening. Then all the hornets or wasps are there and inactive. If you spray during the day several of them won’t be there to get sprayed.
Kathaleena, the ones in the ground are usually yellow jackets. Next to bald-faced hornets (also considered a yellow jacket species, though they are black and build nests in trees) they are considered one of the most aggressive of insects. If I know a nest is present, I tend to want to avoid that area until they die out in winter (soon!), unless it’s simply impossible to avoid walking there.
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Good morning, Kathaleena.
I saw a new fruit/veggie at the Farmer’s Market, banana flower. It is like a huge rosy bud. Now to look it up and see what people do with them.
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Morning! It is cooler today after some thundershowers moving through yesterday. So thankful!
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I walked into the house, after being out taking a photo of the passionflower, with a buzzing insect around my hair and neckline.of my t-shirt. I almost freaked out as I awaited a sting. I tried to swipe at it to remove it. I was not going to leave me alone and kept sounding an alarming buzz. I got a paper towel and captured it. It was a carpenter bee. It seemed unable to fly. It must have been a male since I read they don’t sting. I thanked God for keeping me safe from a sting!
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My husband just got stung the other day by a hornet. I found a nest in clay when I went to water some plants. I had warned my husband to stop, but he already had one fly under his glasses. When he swiped it away, it stung him. It hurt, but he was fine. I have used a couple of cans of hornet spray on the entrance and there are still hornets flying around it! I want to transplant some hostas in that area, so will have to pick up some more hornet spray. We have had nests before but never in the ground like that.
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It’s best to spray the nest when it cools off in the evening. Then all the hornets or wasps are there and inactive. If you spray during the day several of them won’t be there to get sprayed.
Or so I’ve read.
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Kathaleena, the ones in the ground are usually yellow jackets. Next to bald-faced hornets (also considered a yellow jacket species, though they are black and build nests in trees) they are considered one of the most aggressive of insects. If I know a nest is present, I tend to want to avoid that area until they die out in winter (soon!), unless it’s simply impossible to avoid walking there.
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