socks 32,253 Posted September 25, 2014 Report Share Posted September 25, 2014 Had to dust a massive hornets nest today ... Nothing unusual ... Typical nest up in the eves of a house and when you get there the hornets are dancing and striking at you around the head area ... Now this is where the first comes in ... One of them hit the face veil on the suite and must have unloaded his sting into the suite and his sting must have pierced the mesh and he unloaded his poison straight into my eye ... I could feel it instantly ... Luckily I had water in the truck and managed to wash my eye out pretty quickly .... I've got an eye like Dracula now lol .......... Quote Link to post
Lid 194 Posted September 25, 2014 Report Share Posted September 25, 2014 Nasty - hope it is completely OK soon. Quote Link to post
moxy 617 Posted September 25, 2014 Report Share Posted September 25, 2014 I got a few up the suit yesterday, being a cocky shite I thought I would dig up the nest, they clung to my trousers and managed to find their way up into my smock Stung a few times up the stomach and chest. Sorted them out and headed back to the van with my tail between my legs then got stung in the feckin armpit. Missed a sneaky bugger. My fault completely and not a mistake I will make in a hurry again. That's what gaffer tape is for.......... That's a shitter in the eye mate. Glad your ok Quote Link to post
Hareydave 1,214 Posted September 25, 2014 Report Share Posted September 25, 2014 got stung on the ankle with one an the lads with me thought I was electrocuted . wouldn't fancy it in the face Quote Link to post
BRY 79 Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 Ouch Socks I bet that hurt, lucky you weren't blinded . I treated a hornets nest 2weeks ago ( first nest for as many years ) boy as you said they were at me in no time, Don't they get loud too forgot how big they are compared to wasps. I had a crowd of young golfers watching me throu the patio window as well filming me on their phones hoping I'd get stung lol. hope the eye heals quick mate Quote Link to post
Bushwacker 13 Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 There seems to have been lots of hornets about this year, I did a nest a few weeks ago where they were flying into an overflow pipe sticking out of a wall at high level, the nest had been built around the ball valve in a redundant water tank. Would probably pay to get the wasp suit laundered now to get rid of the venom scent/pheromone, it could trigger attacks at further nests you treat. Glad you are ok. 2 Quote Link to post
torchey 1,328 Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 Got stung a couple of weeks back two in the head,my own fault..usually find hornets very docile ...... Quote Link to post
Wildling 520 Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 What about these bad boy Asian Hornets that are meant to be on the way to the UK, meant to be really aggressive as well f****d if I'd want to go near them!!.................. Quote Link to post
RemyBolt 420 Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 Check out these beasties: http://casualnotebook.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/hornets.jpg?w=529 Found that picture when a woman in the office was telling me about pests she's dealt with. Quote Link to post
Phil Lloyd 10,738 Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 (edited) As Torchey so rightly said,..Hornets,.as a rule,.are usually fairly docile,..they are nowhere near as aware of your intentions as are some Wasps. There have been occasions where a colony of wasps have attacked me, almost before I have got suited up,...they seemed to know that I was on their case... These nests are always trouble.. I often wonder if the customer has had a go at them, prior to me turning up The tell tale signs, of insecticidal foam or spray running down the wall often give the game away..FFS ! The problem with Hornets is that they are a fabulous predatory insect,.top of their game and well equipped to have a ruck. So,.it pays to be respectful of their venom.... Gently, gently, is the way... All the best,...Phil. Edited September 26, 2014 by Phil Lloyd Quote Link to post
RemyBolt 420 Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 To be fair, I didn't even realise hornets were poisonous. I assume it's the same sort of thing as bee poison? Quote Link to post
neil cooney 10,416 Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 What about these bad boy Asian Hornets that are meant to be on the way to the UK, meant to be really aggressive as well f****d if I'd want to go near them!!.................. A few years back we got a new load of scaffold just after been shipped in from Dubai. I broke the bands on the first pallets load and turned one of the scaffold tubes upright. The whole inside of the tube was full of those bad boys in your photo. Luckily all were dead, from the cold I presume. Quiet intimidating, even when dead, LOL. 1 Quote Link to post
j j m 6,564 Posted November 12, 2014 Report Share Posted November 12, 2014 not nice mate Quote Link to post
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