Owdtite 2 Posted August 16, 2010 Report Share Posted August 16, 2010 Can I just say Sue that I think you are one heck of a brave lady tackling a job like that, most ladies I know run a mile at just the mention of the word Wasp!!! Were you not afraid of being stung at all?? You sound just like my kind of Gal if you dont mind me saying!!! Owdtite....... !secret! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
susan3 0 Posted August 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2010 I wouldnt say I was brave but thanks for the compliment. The sting I received was painful and unexspected but that wasnt the only time Ive been stung. I sat on one once, who can blame the creature for retaliating. Nobody likes being stung least of all me, my philosophy is, if you dont bother them they wont bother you. But theres always the exception to that rule isnt there? We were at a birthday party the other Sunday, if you recall it was warm and sunny here, it was decided to hold the celibrations out of doors in the apple orchard, big mistake, as the afternoon meandered by the warmer the afternoon seemed to become and the flying insects more numerious, that much so we had to move indoors, several of the guests had been stung you understand only because in my opinion they paniced whenever a stinging creature came near enough to woft away.…. Thank you mick2me the link was very useful, but the council wont remove wasp nests if they cant get at them, the nest is under my ground floor floor juists, which means I would have to get a company in at great exspence. There is a trap door, it was discovered when I needed a leak fixing in an old central heating system, hubby says he will don his minning helmet when the weather turns cooler, thats when hopefully all the young queens have flown the nest to hibinate for the winter and the old queen has died. If the nest is disturbed to soon there can be a problem with swarming, so I have read, but if left alone to empty of the new queens then theres no need to remove said nest, it wont be reused by another queen. Does anybody know anything about keeping bees? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted August 17, 2010 Report Share Posted August 17, 2010 Nobody likes being stung least of all me, my philosophy is, if you don’t bother them they won’t bother you. But there’s always the exception to that rule isn’t there? Try one between your glasses and your face...can't swat it away can you? I couldn't either and it stung my lower eye lid.Spent 4 hours in casualty with a face like the Elephant Man.Not funny...and my first sting for about 20 years. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Owdtite 2 Posted August 17, 2010 Report Share Posted August 17, 2010 hubby says he will don his minning helmet when the weather turns cooler, I m confused here Sue, When you introduced yourself to the Forum you said you arent married, now you say you have a Husband who is going to don his helmet!!! I was going to chance my luck and start chatting you up when I thought you were single but now you state you are married. I dont want to waste my time chatting up a married Woman so come on, are you available or not?? I want to see if its true what the say about good Catholic Girls.... !yowza! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob237 89 Posted August 17, 2010 Report Share Posted August 17, 2010 "Celibrations,Numerious,Paniced,Woft,Juists,Exspence,Minning,Hibinate..." Seems vaguely familiar...'just like the old days'... ..."Dylsexia lures, KO!"... Cheers Robt P. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Owdtite 2 Posted August 17, 2010 Report Share Posted August 17, 2010 "Celibrations,Numerious,Paniced,Woft,Juists,Exspence,Minning,Hibinate..." Seems vaguely familiar...'just like the old days'... ..."Dylsexia lures, KO!"... Cheers Robt P. Hi Rob, are you saying that Sue is not what she seems??? Do you think that Sue could be a Man in drag???? ...OMG, I was just about to start to chat her up and see if she wanted a free holiday in Scotland and for us to get to know each other better......Scuse me while I just go and fetch the sick bucket!!!!! !secret! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hippo girl 1,995 Posted August 17, 2010 Report Share Posted August 17, 2010 Hi Rob, are you saying that Sue is not what she seems??? Do you think that Sue could be a Man in drag???? ...OMG, I was just about to start to chat her up and see if she wanted a free holiday in Scotland and for us to get to know each other better......Scuse me while I just go and fetch the sick bucket!!!!! !secret! what are you guys like !!!!!! !yowza! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted August 17, 2010 Report Share Posted August 17, 2010 what are you guys like !!!!!! I know what you are like, cos I met you Perhaps Sue should come to the next meet Up, I could pick her (and hubby) up from broxtowe area. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted August 17, 2010 Report Share Posted August 17, 2010 Steady girl!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limey 242 Posted August 17, 2010 Report Share Posted August 17, 2010 To get back on subject - are we dealing with wasps, or bees? I have only been stung twice - both times while riding a motorcycle! Once on my thumb, and once in my knee! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Owdtite 2 Posted August 17, 2010 Report Share Posted August 17, 2010 I know what you are like, cos I met you Perhaps Sue should come to the next meet Up, I could pick her (and hubby) up from broxtowe area. But Mick, Sue has a lovely cottage garden, I dont think they have them in Broxtowe do they (unless they have improved since I was there last)....And....she doesnt have a Hubby according to her first post, been divorced 10 years she said. I think she should put a photo up of herself before I seriously start to woo her!! I bet she's a cracker when the truth is known!!!...I feel a stirring in my loins !! !rotfl! !rotfl! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted August 17, 2010 Report Share Posted August 17, 2010 Dot worry the cold weather will soon return to those parts. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
littlebro 234 Posted August 17, 2010 Report Share Posted August 17, 2010 A man went into a pet shop and said: “I want to buy a wasp.” 'Sorry sir, we don’t sell wasps’, insisted the shopkeeper. 'But you’ve got one in the window’, said the man. !rotfl! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
susan3 0 Posted August 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2010 But Mick, Sue has a lovely cottage garden, I dont think they have them in Broxtowe do they (unless they have improved since I was there last)....And....she doesnt have a Hubby according to her first post, been divorced 10 years she said. I think she should put a photo up of herself before I seriously start to woo her!! I bet she's a cracker when the truth is known!!!...I feel a stirring in my loins !! !rotfl! !rotfl! Broxtowe is my council not where I live Owdtite luv... I've explained in a previous post that I refer to my partner as Hubby. The habit of calling my partner 'Hubby' is something that’s been engrained into my subconscious and is now a normal response whenever I’m asked am I married. I didn’t petition for divorce he did, he saw in a younger version of me something of his mother. If photo is necessary to prove my identity then I will post one when I have learnt to do so but until then you will have to be patient Owdtite and while away the hours/days/weeks/months/years/decades by counting the sheep from your bedroom window….lol Bee keeping is my next project, honey is so exspensive to buy and i have such a nice cottage garden for them to enjoy. That's a good idea Mick, would picking me up on the A52 be out of your way, I live very close to Bramcote baths. Sue x Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Owdtite 2 Posted August 21, 2010 Report Share Posted August 21, 2010 !sleeping! !sleeping! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted July 22, 2013 Report Share Posted July 22, 2013 Note the wasp about to enter its house: 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted July 22, 2013 Report Share Posted July 22, 2013 Sign made from empty bicycle repair kit lid and plant label. Super Scrimper, me! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,507 Posted July 22, 2013 Report Share Posted July 22, 2013 At our previous house we'd get at least 5 wasp nests under the roof tiles every summer ....... I hate the damn things! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted July 23, 2013 Report Share Posted July 23, 2013 Stung by a wasp as a kid, I am still frightened of them? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted July 23, 2013 Report Share Posted July 23, 2013 Mick2me It must have made an impression on me because i have never forgotten the circumstances, I was 5yrs old sitting on the lawn at an Aunts house,on Sutton Passey Cresent,Wollaton,when i had my first sting,the little monster crawled into my ankle sock and did its worst, I had more over the years but the next big baddie was a Bee sting,i leant forward sitting on a deck chair on Yarmouth beach and when i leant back a great big bee had settled on my chair and got me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted July 23, 2013 Report Share Posted July 23, 2013 Try one under your glasses...so you can't swat it! A sting on the upper eyelid and four happy hours in A&E with a face like the Elephant Man. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TYAFANS 26 Posted July 23, 2013 Report Share Posted July 23, 2013 My advice for killing bees and other insects, before they get you first is a simple solution if you're a non smoker. I used to use Starting Spray, used to start your car on cold winter days....it will explode, so please be careful - but when sprayed at insects it puts them to sleep on the spot. So, end your fear - best used out-of-doors - not in the house. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 I was wearing a hooded coat on my motorbike going over Clifton Bridge at sull speed limit [1973] and a wasp got caught in the hood. By the time I mamaged to sptop I had been stung 7 times on my neck. Boy did that hurt! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MELTONSTILTON 452 Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 My advice for killing bees and other insects, before they get you first is a simple solution if you're a non smoker. I used to use Starting Spray, used to start your car on cold winter days....it will explode, so please be careful - but when sprayed at insects it puts them to sleep on the spot. So, end your fear - best used out-of-doors - not in the house. Why kill the poor things, my rule is, if they don't bother me, I don't bother them, most of last summer there was a wild bee colony, in a tree not 100 yards from my back door, and despite people saying get rid of it, no one in the area ever got stung, also in one of my sheds almost every other year there is a wasps nest, I don't bother them they don't bother me. You respect wild life and it will respect you. But there are times when they must go, because they are too close for comfort... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 Bees are not naturally aggressive like wasps Depends where wasps are, you dont want then nesting in the house. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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