my deck was not constructed to be your nest

i will be sevin-dusting the crap out of you this afternoon

and then painting the wood...which i should have done last year

5/6/2010 7:54:40 AM

i have the same problem with them on my deck. they hibernate in the tree in front of my deck and then migrate over to my deck in the summers.

5/6/2010 7:57:04 AM

i took the dogs out this morning and noticed that a new nest had been made overnight (evident by the pile of sawdust and dime-sized hole in one of the railings)...they're driving me nuts

though i put most of the blame on the previous owners who built the deck but failed to use treated wood

5/6/2010 7:58:43 AM

I hate those fuckers... A nest that can't be taken car of with a hose and a broom is a sign of something sinister

5/6/2010 8:03:09 AM

If you've got dogs you probably don't want to be throwing around sevin dust.

5/6/2010 8:06:57 AM

^ i shouldn't have said "dust" as i'll be using the spray (we used sevin dust all the time when i was a kid, so it's a habit that i say it)...plus the dogs won't be around it for a couple of days

5/6/2010 8:11:34 AM

just a fun fact about carpenter bees

the males don't have stingers... so if you want to be a badass, when you see one with white spots on its face hovering and staring at you (the males do this), grab it in front of your friends

5/6/2010 8:38:13 AM

5/6/2010 8:40:27 AM

i knew this...though the males are the aggressive ones, they can't hurt you...i was stung on the nose last year by a female, though, when i was filling up her nest with caulk

it hurt and my nose swelled up something fierce

5/6/2010 8:40:53 AM

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5/6/2010 8:46:41 AM

^^

5/6/2010 9:26:09 AM

These make good batting practice.

5/6/2010 9:31:44 AM

I grew up calling them bore bees, and they don't have stingers



But they bite like a mother fucker

5/6/2010 10:20:03 AM

Bees are cool with me, man. They give me honey. It's the carpenter ANTS that I can't stand. They're just moochers.

5/6/2010 10:22:45 AM

tennis rackets are MADE for those bees. I keep one in the garage and bat the everliving shit out of them

5/6/2010 10:23:17 AM

Quote :

"Bees are cool with me, man. They give me honey. It's the carpenter ANTS that I can't stand. They're just moochers."

Ants are cool with me, man. It's the carpenter MEXICANS that I can't stand. They're just moochers.

5/6/2010 10:25:57 AM

First order of business
FREE HONEY FOR EVERYONE
YAAYY MAYOR BEE MAYOR BEE MAYOR BEE!!!

5/6/2010 10:36:37 AM

Bees are cool with me, man..eh gives me honey and doesn't afraid of anything.

5/6/2010 10:40:34 AM

at first i thought this thread would involve rule 34

5/6/2010 10:44:08 AM

bees regret the day they buzz onto my property


same goes for pretty much any bug.


i keep cans of raid with lighters attached to them and use them as flame throwers to achieve instant death.

I'd prefer to make them suffer a long and agonizing death to teach them and their fellow bees a lesson but i'd rather them be vaporized instantly instead just in case they try to be a hero and go all kamikaze on my face

5/6/2010 10:45:26 AM

How do they work?

5/7/2010 8:44:15 AM