Well, I just had the defining moment of country life - found a bumblebee nest the hard way by mowing over it. I was luck and only got stung in the ankle. So now I can come in and wait to see if I react to these stings as I do to honeybees. I'm not blue of dizzy, so I imagine not.
It's all part of the great outdoor experience - finding ground-dwelling stinging insect nests the hard way. At this moment, I would rate bumblebees as most painful, but yellojackets as most doggedly persistent.
Looks like I'm going to live. Too bad I have to figure out how to move the mower off the nest without pissing them off any more than they are already.
It's all part of the great outdoor experience - finding ground-dwelling stinging insect nests the hard way. At this moment, I would rate bumblebees as most painful, but yellojackets as most doggedly persistent.
Looks like I'm going to live. Too bad I have to figure out how to move the mower off the nest without pissing them off any more than they are already.