Jet sitter

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,386681,00.html

Lainey

I was no where near NJ, thank God!

Although yesterday, my poor little granddaughter stepped on some kind of bee and got stung. I don't think it (the bee) had escaped from NJ, but you never know.

plantpixie

Honey bees rarely sting ..... they die after they do. Bumblebees are also not aggressive. Bees as a group are beneficial insects ... please respect them.

Thanks!

Jet sitter

Two years ago, I was in my back yard and stumbled upon a mud wasp nest. They must have bit me 50 times. I just rushed into the house and filled the bathtub wtih cold water and jumped in.

plantpixie

Wasps are another story. Beware any wasp! Many are not aggressive but I avoid all of them.

plantpixie

BTW, a good way to avoid wasps is to walk your entire property regularly. You can see the activity of wasps entering their nests and avoid them. Matt and I had wasps building a nest behind a water faucet. Matt duct taped a garage can liner around it and set off a wasp bomb in it ....... no more wasps.

I would recommend a profession person though to avoid problems.

Filthy Beast

A coffee can full of gas works wonders, kills em instantly

boltonblue

good old fashioned road flares smoke is incredibly toxic to bees too.

DrCloud

It's useful, perhaps, to point out that the bee-like insects called "yellow jackets" are really wasps. I've mostly seen their nests manifest as holes in the ground, but it may be that they can nest elsewhere as well. And, apart from eating spiders, wasps don't seem to have any real virtues that I'm aware of.

But, yes, true bees are quite beneficial; honey-bees are on the verge of endangerment to a mite (or maybe a virus, I forget) infestation that's exacerbating habitat problems. But we need 'em. Bee nice! HPH

raymo19

I haven't seen more than a handful of honeybees here all year. The bumblebees seem to be filling the pollination role for now but no honeybees equals bad news.