Well I failed to get the feral hive out of the two tires. I was able to approach the hive within a foot or two to remove brush and they never even paid me any attention so I figured they were not AHB. Especially after I had to remove a piece of barbwire from their hive, which mad the hive shake a little.
It was when I made two cuts into the comb when everything turned bad. A couple of things I figured out real quick. The suit I wore only protected me if it was already covering other cloths. So my fore arms received stings. Hover these wore more of a nuisance. As you move, the cloth quickly took the stinger out of me. It felt like those tiny splinters you get in your sock that keep poking you just annoying but not hurting. I was stung once through the yellow dish gloves I was wearing which hurt but again the stinger was pulled out quickly as I move around. However with the stings I received from the below description I have to admit made me start to get a little panicky and caused me to abort the whole project.
Where I got into trouble was my veil. It failed in two places. The first was that it kept touching me under the chin where I took at least 10 stings and could not remove the stingers for over 20 minutes. The second failure I got very lucky on. The brush tore a hole in the top of my veil without me know it. Luckily only a few bees made it in past the brim of my hat and focused on the black veil instead of my face. My throat right under my chin stayed sore for several days.
I ended up trying to get the bees to leave me alone for at least 20 minutes before I could get out of the suit. Even then one was still around and tagged me just to the left of my upper lip. It hurt but was able to remove stinger quickly and had no swelling there.
My goal is to save up for a better suit, wear leather gloves and go after the hive agin.
Some pictures of me starting to go after the hive
http://users3.ev1.net/~beachwalker/image011.jpg
http://users3.ev1.net/~beachwalker/image012.jpg
http://users3.ev1.net/~beachwalker/image013.jpg
http://users3.ev1.net/~beachwalker/image014.jpg
[This message has been edited by Feral Bee (edited March 23, 2004).]
It was when I made two cuts into the comb when everything turned bad. A couple of things I figured out real quick. The suit I wore only protected me if it was already covering other cloths. So my fore arms received stings. Hover these wore more of a nuisance. As you move, the cloth quickly took the stinger out of me. It felt like those tiny splinters you get in your sock that keep poking you just annoying but not hurting. I was stung once through the yellow dish gloves I was wearing which hurt but again the stinger was pulled out quickly as I move around. However with the stings I received from the below description I have to admit made me start to get a little panicky and caused me to abort the whole project.
Where I got into trouble was my veil. It failed in two places. The first was that it kept touching me under the chin where I took at least 10 stings and could not remove the stingers for over 20 minutes. The second failure I got very lucky on. The brush tore a hole in the top of my veil without me know it. Luckily only a few bees made it in past the brim of my hat and focused on the black veil instead of my face. My throat right under my chin stayed sore for several days.
I ended up trying to get the bees to leave me alone for at least 20 minutes before I could get out of the suit. Even then one was still around and tagged me just to the left of my upper lip. It hurt but was able to remove stinger quickly and had no swelling there.
My goal is to save up for a better suit, wear leather gloves and go after the hive agin.
Some pictures of me starting to go after the hive
http://users3.ev1.net/~beachwalker/image011.jpg
http://users3.ev1.net/~beachwalker/image012.jpg
http://users3.ev1.net/~beachwalker/image013.jpg
http://users3.ev1.net/~beachwalker/image014.jpg
[This message has been edited by Feral Bee (edited March 23, 2004).]