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Washington man lights beehive on fire after sting
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August 29, 2011 10:48 PM EDT

LYNDEN, Wash. (AP) A Washington state fire chief says a man dumped gasoline on a beehive in a tree in retaliation for a bee sting, then ignited the hive, causing an explosion heard throughout his suburban neighborhood just a few miles south of the Canadian border.

Lynden chief Gary Baar tells the Bellingham Herald (http://bit.ly/pBBpg0) that the Sunday night fire caused a large "whoosh," singed the tree and killed the bees but no people were hurt.

Baar says the man's friend had been stung earlier in the day.

The fire chief says, "The correct way to do that is to call a beekeeper."

Firefighters explained that to the homeowner, and the newspaper says it doesn't appear that that the man will be cited.

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I think it was about 5 years ago I discovered a "baldface hornet"
nest in my crab apple tree. Nest was big as a basketball. I got
this notion to put a ladder up into the tree and "saw" the limb
off that contained the nest. That resulted in an immediate
sting right between my eyes by a baldface hornet. Since I dint
actually get the chance to do any sawing another plan came
forth. This is the plan most people resort tu is the "big can of
RAID" hornet, wasp, and what ever you want to kill spray.
OK...the day the "Raid" was to take place, several neighbors
gathered to watch the debacle. Took guts to get within 10ft
of the nest and spray the shit out of it. Well it turns out
"baldface" hornets are tuffer than you think. I thought the
hornets were getting high off this spray initially. Quickly
had move to get the garden hose sprayer nozzle dial into
"intense stream" and see if I could shatter their dream home
in my crab apple tree. I eventually won the battle but it went
far from smooth.

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You know that if you leave bald-faced hornets alone that they abandon their nests and die in the late fall, right? The nest is empty like Jeebus' Tomb.

Another thing is that the venom is collected. There are volunteers who will come out and remove the nest. They put it in dry ice and Fed-Ex it to St. Louis. They were tickled as pigs in shit to come out to the Snippylvanian wilds to remove the nests. (Turned out the guy was Snippy's Claim Agent. The irony of it all.)

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What a buncha pikers......

Do not stand directly below the nest. Aim wasp spray for bottom entrance hole and spray away with yer bic lighter just under the stream, making for the most "Blow Torch" effect.

You'll see the guard bees falling out the bottom on fire.

When the can gets about 3/4 done, drop the lighter and throw the wasp spray can on the ground. The nest should be fully involved and wiffing good.

Problem solved... 



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Oversimplification. Calvlina: Violation #76. Ten days BAND. Now go away. To your room!

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Snippy wrote:

You know that if you leave bald-faced hornets alone that they abandon their nests and die in the late fall, right? The nest is empty like Jeebus' Tomb.

 No way to leave this nest alone. The baldface bastards were getting

increasingly more difficult to co-exist with. So Snippy...when do you

think those baldface bastards are done in the nest and have abandoned

it? When is it OK to knock down the nest with a stick and not 400

baldface bastards wanting to kill you come flying out?



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Why knock it down? It recycles itself.

They will not return to the empty nest. They build a new one, admittedly sometimes in the same general vicinity. That probably isn't affected by whether or not the old one is still hanging there.

Snippy sez, Krink, join me now:

"I say, 'Live it, or live with it.'"

 

right on!
straight Ahead!



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Our weather's been fine lately... And I like that! But it makes me sad ta hear about Krink suffering from a bum knee... All I can say is been there... Ice it down for about twenty minutes, then use warm (Not hot!) ta ease it... Then if need be take a couple Ibuprofen ta lessen the swelling. [If ya hate drugs... Just ice/warm] Just easy stretching...and stay off it a few daze.

You'll survive.

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I 'member a huge hornets nest that Krink had on his hothouse window a few years back. I think he let it bee... They left for good... And then he 'recycled' it for 'em.

Did they return Krink, or did that outfit move on ta greener pastures?

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Alaska is the PNW. Tu. She's cute... The pup.

Alaska woman punches bear in snout to save dog
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Brook Collins holds her dog, Fudge, at her home in Juneau, Alaska on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011. Collins punched a black bear in the snout after the bear attacked Fudge on Sunday, Aug. 28. (AP Photo - Juneau Empire, Michael Penn)
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September 01, 2011 10:13 AM EDT

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) A Juneau, Alaska, woman says she knows it was stupid to punch a black bear in the snout to save her dog.

But Brooke Collins says the attack happened so fast that all she could think about is keeping her dachshund, Fudge, from being killed.

The 22-year-old says as soon as she let her dogs out Sunday, Fudge started barking and she saw the bear carrying him like a salmon.

Collins told the Juneau Empire (http://bit.ly/qJVzQ3 ) she did the first thing she thought of and punched the bear's face and scooped away her dog when it let go.

The startled bear took off through bushes to a mountain.

Fudge suffered some claw and bite marks, but they weren't deep. Collins says he appeared to be more shocked than injured.

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FUDGE PACKER PUNCHED!



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Ouch! There's this weeks prize winner! Mister Troll...a drum roll please! Yess folks Freddie's done it again! Beaten Snidely ta the prized prize. Hand it over BJPCman!

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I thought it wasn't bad. The gay sexual innuendo is the hook. I looked up innuendo by the way. I have to show some humility somewhere in order to win the prize. It's genuine, not like Snippy's.

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Where the Phuck is my prize????

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Freddie Krueger wrote:

Where the Phuck is my prize????

 The better question is where the phukk is the BJPC?  



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