hypochondrial primitive wants to live with wasps

[franksolich]

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Oh my.

mopinko   (1000+ posts)        Tue Jul-27-10 02:22 PM
THE HYPOCHONDRIAL PRIMITIVE
Original message

is it possible to live with wasps? 

we have a nest in the compost pile in the garden. not sure what kind they are, but they about the size and color of honey bees. smaller that the usual yellow jackets.

they have not bothered anybody till now, when DH pulled up a big weed that was covering the opening to the nest. they got a little upset about that. between the 2 of us we have had about a dozen stings.

the thing is, i think these are our main pollinators. i have seen so few bees this year, and our berries are not really producing. i have wildflowers in my front yard that are usually abuzz, but this year not. right now we have cukes, beans, and tomatoes that are blooming.

if it is possible to have a little detente, we are thinking the smart thing to do is to leave them be until things stop flowering. am i nuts?

Yeah, the hypochondrial primitive's nuts, but nothing to do with wasps and bees.

The hypochondrial primitive's been afflicted with every ailment and disease known in the history of mankind, and some not yet discovered, including prostrate cancer and hemophilia.

She's nuts.

hippywife  (1000+ posts)        Tue Jul-27-10 08:05 PM
MRS. ALFRED PACKER
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1. We have many here all over the place.

A few even manage to enter the house quite frequently. This has been going on for years. We find if we keep our distance and leave them alone, even in the house, they leave us alone.

Update on the upcoming War and Peace-length sex novel about Mrs. Alfred Packer; I'm still stymied about what to do with the pig-tailed bent-backed slipper-wearing Chinaman (Mrs. Alfred Packer is a racist sinophobe) who peddles cookware out of a suitcase, but I'm making some progress.

Still unresolved is the question: does Mrs. Alfred Packer hop around in the sack with him, or eat him?

akwapez  (326 posts)        Wed Jul-28-10 11:39 AM
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2. Depends on what it is exactly. Most wasps are not pollinators

I'm not claiming to be able to answer further should you ID them, but just sharing what I do know.

awoke_in_2003  (1000+ posts)        Wed Jul-28-10 03:07 PM
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3. I would kill them...go after them at night. I just took out a couple nest two nights ago without a sting. All I heard was dead wasps hitting the concrete- it was a lovely sound

 

Uh, is this remedy in concordance with the primitive worship of Mother Gaia?

[DumbAss Tanker]

Wasps are generally predators, not pollinators, and bees are prey for some of them.  There may be a connection between the lack of bees and the wasp infestation, DUmmie.

[JohnnyReb]

but they about the size and color of honey bees. smaller that the usual yellow jackets. ....say what?

Yellow jackets usually look like midget honey bees....build nest in ground (and other places) and are mean as hell. Just kill'em DUmmie. The world won't end.

[AllosaursRus]

but they about the size and color of honey bees. smaller that the usual yellow jackets. ....say what?

Yellow jackets usually look like midget honey bees....build nest in ground (and other places) and are mean as hell. Just kill'em DUmmie. The world won't end.

The only good yellow jacket is a dead yellow jacket!!!!!!!!1111

I've declared war n 'em longer than Iraq and Afghanistan put together! ****in' pests!

[delilahmused]

And these people are supposed to be so in tune with nature.

cindie

[Ballygrl]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=246x13565

Update on the upcoming War and Peace-length sex novel about Mrs. Alfred Packer; I'm still stymied about what to do with the pig-tailed bent-backed slipper-wearing Chinaman (Mrs. Alfred Packer is a racist sinophobe) who peddles cookware out of a suitcase, but I'm making some progress.

Still unresolved is the question: does Mrs. Alfred Packer hop around in the sack with him, or eat him?

Well you could incorporate the Wasp story into a scene, making love in the fields, and at an inopportune time a Wasp nest goes into a frenzy.

[AllosaursRus]

Well you could incorporate the Wasp story into a scene, making love in the fields, and at an inopportune time a Wasp nest goes into a frenzy.

Prolly as close as they'll ever get to a real orgasm. Just sayin'...................

[delilahmused]

Prolly as close as they'll ever get to a real orgasm. Just sayin'...................

Probably the best little prick she ever had.

Cindie

[BlueStateSaint]

Probably the best little prick she ever had.

Cindie

 

My cubicle farm-mates are looking funny at me now . . .

Once upon a time, I was cutting down a small tree in the backyard.  I put the blade right into the entrance of a yellow jackets' nest.  This isn't an experience I'd recommend to anyone.  Tough to outrun those little bastards.  Another time, our Siberian Husky made the mistake of digging into a nest.  He survived, but it wasn't pretty, as I was killing the damned things all along the ten-mile trip to the vet.

[Ballygrl]

You guys are

[dandi]

Hey, somebody call me?

 

[AprilRazz]

Update on the upcoming War and Peace-length sex novel about Mrs. Alfred Packer; I'm still stymied about what to do with the pig-tailed bent-backed slipper-wearing Chinaman (Mrs. Alfred Packer is a racist sinophobe) who peddles cookware out of a suitcase, but I'm making some progress.

Still unresolved is the question:does Mrs. Alfred Packer hop around in the sack with him, or eat him?
 

I say both. Think black widows.

[PatriotGame]

hippywife  (1000+ posts)        Tue Jul-27-10 08:05 PM
MRS. ALFRED PACKER
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1. We have many here all over the place.

A few even manage to enter the house quite frequently. This has been going on for years. We find if we keep our distance and leave them alone, even in the house, they leave us alone.

Yea - flys, mice, COCKROACHES, lice, rats, termites, mites - embrace them, live with them, EMBRACE their natural existence living with you, accept them, BECOME THEM, revel in your acceptance of vermin equal to you...

[miskie]

The easiest way to deal with wasps is with some dry ice at night. leave a few hunks around the ground where they nest. The dry ice will suffocate them as they sleep.

With a bit of poking around the web, one can find plans to build a cold version of a flamethrower, which is great for hanging nests. Wait until the night.. Carefully insert nozzle.. Pull trigger... and Waspcicles !!! once the hanging nest has a healthy frost coating the outside, cut it down and toss it into a fire, or just smash the hell out of it with a bat -- either are fun to do.

I wont post any dry ice gun plans here, because they can be dangerous if poorly constructed - and a primitive may decide to raise a stink if their failed experiment results in frostbite, or injury from explosion.

[PatriotGame]

The only good yellow jacket is a dead yellow jacket!!!!!!!!1111

I've declared war n 'em longer than Iraq and Afghanistan put together! ****in' pests!

Oh yea!!!111

Some PESTS are made for killin'...

[PatriotGame]

You guys are

It is a penis, testosterone, need to kill things...thang! Personally, I am proud to know that legacy allowed humans to survive for the last 10,000 years....

[Ballygrl]

It is a penis, testosterone, need to kill things...thang! Personally, I am proud to know that legacy allowed humans to survive for the last 10,000 years....