Swatting at Bees and hornets

[Robbie Cottam]

So who does this?
Who teaches their children to do this?

My daughter was cheering at a foot ball game….

The venue was not keeping up on the trash and hornets and yellow jackets were swarming.

Parents where swatting at the hornets,
Kids were swatting at the hornets

On of the players went on hornet attack and people including my daughter got stung….

My daughter has never been stung, we don’t know if she is allerig but my wife is allergic to the point she Carrie’s multiple epi pens.

I guest the point of my rant, growing up in agriculture I understand that you do t swat bees and hornets….. is this no longer common knowledge

I guess I could understand if it was just a random kid but the parents were the leaders ….

Mods if I posted in the wrong area please let me know and move to the right forum.

Thanks

 

[OKW8297]

I’m with you. Stay still. Don’t swat but I grew up like you.

 

[NotUrsula]

It's reflex, unless you're trained not to. Most people, if not conditioned to flying insects other than mosquitoes being frequently present, will swat at any small flying object coming toward them.

I know not to swat at them, but I had a very nasty hornet trauma as a young child (fell directly on a nest), and my fear of stinging insects is so bad that I absolutely cannot resist the urge to do absolutely anything to get away from them as fast as possible. If they are between me and my escape route, it's all I can do to resist the urge to swat.

 

[Imzadi]

It's reflex, unless you're trained not to. Most people, if not conditioned to flying insects other than mosquitoes being frequently present, will swat at any small flying object coming toward them.

Unfortunately, I agree with you. A couple friends and I went to lunch. We were standing at a corner and a BIG bee started flying towards my friend's head. I reached up to swat it away from her and remembered in time not to.

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

OMG I hate those things. I have been stung a couple times. I don't swat at them. I literally have been known to run though (often).

 

[Robbie Cottam]

Yeah everyone I knows that you don’t swat them. I was shock how many people don’t know that and can’t teach their kids there

 

[E&Cmom]

It is a reflex. We have always told our kids not to swat or run away from them but they still do.

 

[DeeBee3]

Oh you need to see this comedy skit - Michael McIntyre - Different Ways to Cope with Bees and Wasps

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...usg=AOvVaw1GkH4oGrmCV0zHb2GVtlVk&opi=89978449

 

[DeeBee3]

I do have a serious question - if you aren't supposed to swat and a bee, hornet, wasp, etc lands on you - what are you supposed to do? That is very hard to ignore.

 

[mom2rtk]

I think most people know instinctively not to swat them. But it’s a fight or flight reflex. People aren’t thinking. They are reacting in somewhat of a panic.

 

[BrianL]

I do have a serious question - if you aren't supposed to swat and a bee, hornet, wasp, etc lands on you - what are you supposed to do? That is very hard to ignore.

Remain calm and still. It will likely just fly away and not sting if you don't agitate it.

 

[Robbie Cottam]

I do have a serious question - if you aren't supposed to swat and a bee, hornet, wasp, etc lands on you - what are you supposed to do? That is very hard to ignore.

Walk away
If you need to kill them dawn and dusk are the best ….

If not get a good can of bug spray with good range….. most hornet targeting products have a range of 20 to 30 feet

 

[Robbie Cottam]

I think most people know instinctively not to swat them. But it’s a fight or flight reflex. People aren’t thinking. They are reacting in somewhat of a panic.

People not thinking, that usually leads to trouble

 

[BrianL]

Walk away
If you need to kill them dawn and dusk are the best ….

If not get a good can of bug spray with good range….. most hornet targeting products have a range of 20 to 30 feet

Yes, if you need to take out a nest, this is good advice. Honestly, I leave them alone for the most part unless they want to build a nest too close to my door (they get on my front porch a lot). Otherwise, if they are outisde, I don't worry about them. Any kind of bee is fine too, and even yellowjackets don't bother me. I did have those nasty red hornets build a society in the soffit behind my back door's light fixture once - that got ugly! The nest was huge and those guys are mean and aggressive. They had to go.

 

[soccerdad72]

People not thinking, that usually leads to trouble

It's hard to break from instincts and reflexes.

 

[mjkacmom]

Yeah everyone I knows that you don’t swat them. I was shock how many people don’t know that and can’t teach their kids there

I had no idea, until this post. I live in a suburban/urban area and rarely encounter flying insects, and if I do I swat, it’s a natural instinct. Since I didn’t know this, I never taught my kids this. I’m sure there are common knowledge things us city mice know that country mice do not.

 

[Robbie Cottam]

It's hard to break from instincts and reflexes.

Your right, but education is key

 

[Mysterian]

No harm in wearing a full beekeeper's outfit to the game. Just wave a little flag if you need to show your team's colors.

 

[Robbie Cottam]

No harm in wearing a full beekeeper's outfit to the game. Just wave a little flag if you need to show your team's colors.

Apparently, you have never meet kids,
They would pick on you so badly, you wished the hornets stung you

 

[Mysterian]

Apparently, you have never meet kids,
They would pick on you so badly, you wished the hornets stung you

I'm not afraid of a bunch of bumpy, stung kids when I'm pimpin' the beekeeper suit and they're fighting off the hive.