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It just occurred to me that I haven't yet seen any this year! Not that I'm complaining, but last year they were so incredibly awful, it's a nice change to not have them this year. How about you all?
It just occurred to me that I haven't yet seen any this year! Not that I'm complaining, but last year they were so incredibly awful, it's a nice change to not have them this year. How about you all?
No problems here either, not here in town or picking berries up in the mountains.
I was stung on the back by a wasp while grilling which I thought was uncalled for.
But compared to last year....I'll take the one sting and not complain.
I didn't live here last year so I can't compare but during the late spring/early summer there seemed to be a higher population of yellow jackets than I experienced back east. I was expecting it though because of all the forum posts from last year. Now I only see the occasional yellow jacket my garden attracts.
It's been a light yellow jacket year here, as well. In my vaaaaaaast experience () of four summers, the bug population has varied each year, with different populations peaking during different years. So far it has been: lady bugs, stink bugs, yellow jackets, and this year, bald-faced hornets . (Thankfully, their "peak" has been less peaky than the others and we bombed the bejeepers out of any nests we found, but still...we were quite unhappy at the beginning of summer before things were gotten under control.)
It's been a light yellow jacket year here, as well. In my vaaaaaaast experience () of four summers, the bug population has varied each year, with different populations peaking during different years. So far it has been: lady bugs, stink bugs, yellow jackets, and this year, bald-faced hornets . (Thankfully, their "peak" has been less peaky than the others and we bombed the bejeepers out of any nests we found, but still...we were quite unhappy at the beginning of summer before things were gotten under control.)
I've not seen very many ladybugs but the stinkbugs are always prolific here in the fall. Yuck.
I was stung on the back by a wasp while grilling which I thought was uncalled for.
But compared to last year....I'll take the one sting and not complain.
All wasps have very bad manners.
Bees are much more civilized; I've been stung by bees, but there was always a reason why I was stung. I believe wasps, barbarians, every single one of them, like to sting for the fun of it.
It aways pays to be on the watch for yellow jackets when riding horse. They will nest close to the ground, and I've been bucked off a couple of times when a horse riled them up from just walking close to the nest. For some reason, the yellow jackets always goes for a horse's belly and privates, and even the best horse can blow up under the circumstances. And they are persistent as all get-outs.
My poor bro got bucked off once and landed on the nest! He was stung over 30 times! When my Dad was a kid, he got swarmed by hornets while riding bareback.
He jumped the horse into a nearby creek that was deep enough to cover the horse, but the horse could still stand on the bottom. Both of them ducked and held their breath for over an hour before the yellow jackets finally gave up on them. The hornets stung both of them on the tops of their heads several times.
Bees are much more civilized; I've been stung by bees, but there was always a reason why I was stung. I believe wasps, barbarians, every single one of them, like to sting for the fun of it.
It aways pays to be on the watch for yellow jackets when riding horse. They will nest close to the ground, and I've been bucked off a couple of times when a horse riled them up from just walking close to the nest. For some reason, the yellow jackets always goes for a horse's belly and privates, and even the best horse can blow up under the circumstances. And they are persistent as all get-outs.
My poor bro got bucked off once and landed on the nest! He was stung over 30 times! When my Dad was a kid, he got swarmed by hornets while riding bareback.
He jumped the horse into a nearby creek that was deep enough to cover the horse, but the horse could still stand on the bottom. Both of them ducked and held their breath for over an hour before the yellow jackets finally gave up on them. The hornets stung both of them on the tops of their heads several times.
I've been bucked off into a nasty patch of prickly pear before but I think I'll forego the honor of landing in a yellowjackets nest. That's out of my paygrade.
As it is, every single ache and pain in my body is horse related. I'm just thankful I've steered clear of cows in my lifetime. I've heard they give you a whole different assortment of owies to carry into old age.
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) of four summers, the bug population has varied each year, with different populations peaking during different years. So far it has been: lady bugs, stink bugs, yellow jackets, and this year, bald-faced hornets 
. (Thankfully, their "peak" has been less peaky than the others and we bombed the bejeepers out of any nests we found, but still...we were quite unhappy at the beginning of summer before things were gotten under control.)
