F#[k neighbors who don't care for trees and F#[k bees.

[Spiky Bugger]

Dead, or mostly dead, large tree just made a huge cracking sound as it hit the ground and then...at least hundreds, maybe more, displaced bees made their displeasure known.

FD here, ambulances, paramedics, a pest control truck and people running up and down the street swatting at the attacking bees. We were bitten several tines and $4k worth of one hearing aid is outside SOMEWHERE...wherever it landed as Mr. Sue swatted the bees and taught the neighbor children new words.

Up until today, I was worried about bees...today, not so much.

 

[southernlady]

Oh dear...hope you find Mr. Sue's hearing aid.

And what people don't realize is that swatting AT bees makes them madder.

 

[DianaCox]

Bees are the main character in my worst nightmares. They don't bite, they sting, but who cares - I'm TERRIFIED of them. And I'm not even allergic.

My sister Rachael @OldBroad is also terrified. When she was little and we were living in Inglewood CA, we had carpenter bees that made their nests in wood. One of them was buzzing the backyard and she came screaming into the house, shrieking about the "blig black blees!" Ever since then, that's what I call them too. And I'm just as afraid of them, even though I KNOW they don't sting.

 

[Spiky Bugger]

Mr. Sue, with the help of MiniSue, located his hearing aid. And the paramedic got the bee stinger out of my hero's ear. (We waited until all the folks who needed epi pens and such got treated...and one neighbor went to the hospital.) I got stung on the face and what felt like stings on my clavicle area and one arm seem to not have developed into the mess that bee stings usually are for me.

And I'm due for kidney stone procedures starting in ten days, we have six doctors' appointments this week, and I think the central air just died. All in all, we've had better days.

Mosquito bites have sent me to an ER. But bee stings are not fun either.

 

[Spiky Bugger]

Oh...and the average hive has 20k-60k bees.

So I guess it was more than a few hundred.

 

[DSRIGGS]

Mr. Sue, with the help of MiniSue, located his hearing aid. And the paramedic got the bee stinger out of my hero's ear. (We waited until all the folks who needed epi pens and such got treated...and one neighbor went to the hospital.) I got stung on the face and what felt like stings on my clavicle area and one arm seem to not have developed into the mess that bee stings usually are for me.

And I'm due for kidney stone procedures starting in ten days, we have six doctors' appointments this week, and I think the central air just died. All in all, we've had better days.

Mosquito bites have sent me to an ER. But bee stings are not fun either.

Dang sweetheart, you need a fucking break! You have been through the wringer lately and now this horse shit. I don't pray because if there is a GOD he apparently fucking hates me so he would just send a plague of Locust on you if did that, but I am sending as much possible mojo, cats.... chicken bones, you freaking name it, that I can for you.

 

[southernlady]

Glad Mr. Sue and MiniSue found the hearing aid.

My fear of bees is mostly yellow jacket related.

 

[hilary1617]

Ouch! And bees are the "friendly" ones. I'm with @southernlady that I mainly fear yellow jackets. Maybe I need to rethink that.

 

[southernlady]

Ouch! And bees are the "friendly" ones. I'm with @southernlady that I mainly fear yellow jackets. Maybe I need to rethink that.

I really don't like any bees but I have a special dislike for the yellow jackets. They are just MEAN.

I was about 8, my sister was 4...we were at my grandparents mtn house in Cedar Mtn, NC. Across from the house along the side of the driveway (and it was a private drive) was a fairly large bank of dirt...even as an adult, it was well over 2 times taller than I am. But on the side of the bank was a bush that was growing out of a ledge and it made a neat seat. Sister was sitting there watching me dig in the sand kinda below here and a bit to the side. Dug right into a yellow jacket's nest. I had well over 60 bee stings and my sister topped 80...and we were 30 mins away from any real medical help. Thankfully neither of us showed signs of breathing issues. My grandmother bundled us up and we headed to the health clinic in the YWCA Camp next door to us where there was a registered nurse.

Massive amounts of venom means I now have a very low tolerance for yellow jacket bee stings. I swell outrageously but have yet to need an epi pen. I just do my damnedest to avoid them.

 

[hilary1617]

My view is that bees die when stinging and yellowjackets don't, so bees are far less motivated to sting. Plus yellowjackets put their nests in the ground and other places where kids play....

 

[Charris]

Dang sweetheart, you need a fucking break! You have been through the wringer lately and now this horse shit. I don't pray because if there is a GOD he apparently fucking hates me so he would just send a plague of Locust on you if did that, but I am sending as much possible mojo, cats.... chicken bones, you freaking name it, that I can for you.

Scott you are way too funny

 

[Will2014]

What totally freaks me out is the extent to which those freaking varments went just to steal that hearing aid. Creating the diversion by felling that tree, battling the whole neighborhood, the FD, police,etc. It really makes me wonder what they wanted with it. I guess we may never really know now....crafty bastards!

 

[Charris]

What totally freaks me out is the extent to which those freaking varments went just to steal that hearing aid. Creating the diversion by felling that tree, battling the whole neighborhood, the FD, police,etc. It really makes me wonder what they wanted with it. I guess we may never really know now....crafty bastards!

@Will2014 I thought Mini Sue and Mr. SUE found the hearing aid.

 

[k9ophile]

I stepped on many a bee and my grandmother made a poultice of baking soda and laundry bluing liquid. Imagine that on dozens of stings. Everybody would look like a Smurf.

 

[southernlady]

I stepped on many a bee and my grandmother made a poultice of baking soda and laundry bluing liquid. Imagine that on dozens of stings. Everybody would look like a Smurf.

For the above mentioned incident, it was baking soda and bleach, ALL over. Chewed tobacco was mentioned as an alternative. That just grosses me out in more ways than one!