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  1. Al Smith

    Wasp stings

    FWIW plantain is used frequently by nature foods people .It contains a blood coagulant and often in olden days was called the soldiers herb because it was used for battle field wound dressing . It's pretty widely scattered and is said to have come from Europe via the early settlers .The native...
  2. Al Smith

    Wasp stings

    When I was a youngster,about 14 my big old German shorthair "Duke" got into the hornets .Poor old Duke had a head the size of a basketball,eyes swollen shut .His big old floppy ears were even puffed up .His head looked like it was growing golf balls . The old man said he'd either make it or not...
  3. Al Smith

    Wasp stings

    From what I heard Toms' crew got into them some yesterday also . With this cooling off here of late I'd think they would be less active .Then again if you cut into a bunch in a hollow tree chances are they'd be pizzed off a tad .
  4. Al Smith

    Wasp stings

    After looking at that link I see the error of my ways .They lack the "hair" of a honey bee . Yeah we have them,they are the ones that like to fool with my wife .Also the ones I torture .I stun the things with a flp of my hat then work on them with my pocket knife .With part of a wing gone and...
  5. Al Smith

    Wasp stings

    Those things look like honey bees .
  6. Al Smith

    Wasp stings

    Well you about have to spray the things with shellac,varnish ,urethane or something because even in a building they will fall apart .The two I have in my shed are falling apart because I didn't seal them . As soon as the leaves are falling I might try to find a couple more .By frost the wasps...
  7. Al Smith

    Wasp stings

    I can't say I've ever heard of fishing for hornets before .:lol:
  8. Al Smith

    Wasp stings

    Yeah a good thump with a meat hammer would change your thinking .My mother used to beat on round steak that must have came from a bull it was so tough .After she worked on the stuff it became tender enough to eat otherwise it was like chewing on the soles of an old work shoe .
  9. Al Smith

    Wasp stings

    There might be something to that theory .My wife seems to get stung all the time .She's scared to death of them plus she smells good . I on the other hand smell like a goat and am mean as a snake about wasps .They know in their little wasps minds I'll torture them should they get the bright...
  10. Al Smith

    Wasp stings

    I've got these great big yellow hornets that keep hanging around my wood yard not aggresive at all .The only thing I can figure is some of the unsplt stuff have cicada larva in them .The insides of some of those rounds almost look like they are packed with top soil . Meat tenderizer works on...
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