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To: djf

Been stung by honey bees, always wondered if bumble bees and Carpenter bees stung.

Wasps and Hornets get the spray on sight.


22 posted on 04/06/2015 9:45:43 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: doorgunner69

I am pretty sure that with all bees (not wasps) you are stung by the workers. Mostly.

The reason being that worker bees do not breed - but they are female.

The stinger is actually what would have been, if they were a queen bee, the ovipositor tube!

Interesting, if true.


24 posted on 04/06/2015 9:49:54 PM PDT by djf (OK. Well, now, lemme try to make this clear: If you LIKE your lasagna, you can KEEP your lasagna!)
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To: doorgunner69

I have a log home. I also have carpenter bees. I also have a tennis racket.
Each spring I practice my tennis swing outside.

There are 77 dead carpenter bees littering my property now.

Should nab another 10 today.


50 posted on 04/07/2015 4:33:33 AM PDT by ImaGraftedBranch (If you haven't figured it out, there is a great falling away...happening before your eyes.)
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To: doorgunner69
Wasps and Hornets get the spray on sight.

Speaking of which...I used to use that spray to keep sparrows and pigeons from nesting in our roof tile grooves, but found out that spraying WD-40 works perfectly. Zero recidivism from the little winged pests.

60 posted on 04/07/2015 6:29:48 AM PDT by ErnBatavia (It ain't a "hashtag"....it's a damn pound sign. ###)
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