Mate has BEES Help!

SlyReaper · 23 Jun 2009 at 16:09

WobblerJW said:
not a great fan of wasps and bees soi vote for these and if u got kids get the experts in , i crapped myself when i saw the pix of the wasp on the hand :S

That's one of those Japanese Hornets I believe. They can spit acid you know. And that acid has a pheremone which attracts all other hornets in the area to you.

I think something like 60 people die in Tokyo alone every year to hornet attacks.

Sudden · 23 Jun 2009 at 16:10

[SKR]Phoenix;14342905 said:
I'll show you a wasp!

https://flic.kr/p/6t7cRt

Caught that bugger the other week in the living room. Was FAST, NOT AFRAID and CLEARLY AGGRESSIVE.

I give you, the Pimpla Instigator Wasp. Native to England too....

He doesn't look very friendly

what did you do? just dump it out the window and close it real quick?

Guerrilla · 23 Jun 2009 at 16:10

Just had a read up on some bees/wasps...these sound horrible, Tarantula Hawk!

The tarantula hawks thus prefer female tarantulas and seek them in their burrows. They capture, sting, and paralyze the spider, then they either drag the spider back into her own burrow or transport their prey to a specially prepared nest where a single egg is laid on the spider’s body, and the entrance is covered. The wasp larva, upon hatching, begins to suck the juices from the still-living spider. After the larva grows a bit, it plunges into the spider's body and feeds voraciously, avoiding vital organs for as long as possible to keep it fresh.

Toker · 23 Jun 2009 at 16:10

this sounds like a job for a petrol/match combination

misterPK · 23 Jun 2009 at 16:10

I for one welcome our stripey burrowing overlords.

PK!

Raikiri · 23 Jun 2009 at 16:11

[SKR]Phoenix;14342905 said:
Caught that bugger the other week in the living room. Was FAST, NOT AFRAID and CLEARLY AGGRESSIVE.

It is however, completely harmless... unless you're an insect.

Liverpool-Lad · 23 Jun 2009 at 16:11

Put a cork in the hole. Simple.

SlyReaper · 23 Jun 2009 at 16:11

Toker said:
this sounds like a job for a nuke/site/orbit combination

Fixed.

[SKR]Phoenix · 23 Jun 2009 at 16:13

Sudden said:
He doesn't look very friendly

what did you do? just dump it out the window and close it real quick?

Haha, NO it wasn't friendly. I didn't like.......but I did let it go. Not see one since, thank god!

tomoW1 · 23 Jun 2009 at 16:14

You sure they're not guinea bees? :eek:

[SKR]Phoenix · 23 Jun 2009 at 16:15

Raikiri said:
It is however, completely harmless... unless you're an insect.

Probably right, however it kept dive bombing me. I was hardly gonna ask it to stop whilst I googled it, lol. Never seen one before, maybe it's attracted to something in my garden?

The Dread Pirate · 23 Jun 2009 at 16:18

I have some honey bees in my garden ATM they've set up home in the ol' bird box

Ben M · 23 Jun 2009 at 16:18

here's a wild thought: insect killer.

The Dread Pirate · 23 Jun 2009 at 16:19

However in relation to your problem Napalm should eradicate them!

Rhaos · 23 Jun 2009 at 16:20

Whatever you do don't kill them.

There 'almost' and endangered species, infact you should do some googling and search for the soicety responisble in the UK for protecting them and contact them. Its hoighly likely they will come to the persons house and rescue them.

Raikiri · 23 Jun 2009 at 16:22

[SKR]Phoenix;14342974 said:
Probably right, however it kept dive bombing me. I was hardly gonna ask it to stop whilst I googled it, lol. Never seen one before, maybe it's attracted to something in my garden?

Anything it can lay eggs in I imagine (yeah, that's not a stinger...).

Here's a tiny little one (3mm long) I saw the other day:

Rich_L · 23 Jun 2009 at 16:22

Ben M said:
here's a wild thought: insect killer.

Won't do any good if they are, in fact, badgers.

4T5 · 23 Jun 2009 at 16:23

Fly mo should sort those ****** out !!! be great fun when you hit one an all hearing them bounce of the inside of the plastic in pieces.

matthewhotdude · 23 Jun 2009 at 16:24

Leave them?

The Dread Pirate · 23 Jun 2009 at 16:25

tomoW1 said:
You sure they're not guinea bees?

STARTLING! :eek: