Bees! Really big Bees! I mean Triassic-class Bees!
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Bees! Really big Bees! I mean Triassic-class Bees!
My daughter told me that she saw, with a slight look of horror on her face, that there was a HUGE a bee in my bedroom window last night as she was getting ready for bed.
So I go up there thinking she was exaggerating.
She wasn't!!!
It was the size of my arm!
Ok, it wasn't that big but it was literally the full size of my thumb.
It was making me sick just looking at it.
It was clearly what I envisioned covering the Raver in front of Revelstone.
I managed to trap it between the window panes and went down stairs and asked my wife to call the person she was on the phone with back because she had to see this monster.
There was no doubt in my mind that if it had stung one of us we would have swelled up and been dead until morning*.
(*obscure Bill Cosby reference)
Anyway, my wife spared it's life and managed to open the screen and let it free, it probably killed a dog or a cow later that night I bet.
She did some checking on what it could be and found this:
Nobody knows for sure.
I do know that if the bees become allies with sharks that we may be on the verge of losing the Great Shark War.
www.kensavage.com/index.php/archives/wo ... acket-bee/
So I go up there thinking she was exaggerating.
She wasn't!!!
It was the size of my arm!
Ok, it wasn't that big but it was literally the full size of my thumb.
It was making me sick just looking at it.
It was clearly what I envisioned covering the Raver in front of Revelstone.
I managed to trap it between the window panes and went down stairs and asked my wife to call the person she was on the phone with back because she had to see this monster.
There was no doubt in my mind that if it had stung one of us we would have swelled up and been dead until morning*.
(*obscure Bill Cosby reference)
Anyway, my wife spared it's life and managed to open the screen and let it free, it probably killed a dog or a cow later that night I bet.
She did some checking on what it could be and found this:
Nobody knows for sure.
I do know that if the bees become allies with sharks that we may be on the verge of losing the Great Shark War.
www.kensavage.com/index.php/archives/wo ... acket-bee/
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Was it a yellow jacket like in the link you posted?
I once freaked out by the giant bee I saw in my window. It was black and hairy and had a yellow spot on it's back. I thought it was a black widow bee. And it was ... yes, as big as my thumb.
(P.S. I'm in Massachusetts, too.)
I think what I saw was a "carpenter bee". Or maybe not.
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I once freaked out by the giant bee I saw in my window. It was black and hairy and had a yellow spot on it's back. I thought it was a black widow bee. And it was ... yes, as big as my thumb.
(P.S. I'm in Massachusetts, too.)
I think what I saw was a "carpenter bee". Or maybe not.
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My Dad has these huge bees that look like they could be the WWF steroid infused yellow jackets of the species. I think he said they were accidentally brought over from Europe. Ugh Huge.
Now if I could just find a way to wear live bees as jewelry all the time.....
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The European Hornet: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_hornet
The Asian Hornet: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_giant_hornet
Although I have never seen an Asian hornet there is quite a population of European hornets in my area.
It was most likely a European hornet.
The Asian Hornet: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_giant_hornet
Although I have never seen an Asian hornet there is quite a population of European hornets in my area.
It was most likely a European hornet.
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That European hornet is the one my Dad's got. They like a specific tree that grows on his farm and when they are perched on the bark they are incredibly docile but man are they HUGE. His place in in Virginia.
Now if I could just find a way to wear live bees as jewelry all the time.....
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Sure it wasn't a Giant Cicada Killer or Sand Hornet?
www.vespa-crabro.de/baldfaced-hornet/ci ... r-wasp.htm
www.vespa-crabro.de/baldfaced-hornet/ci ... r-wasp.htm
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That's scary or funny depending on your emphasis...Balon wrote:This thread gives me the shivers, man.
Big ass bees?
Ugh.
Is it big ass bees?
Or is it big ass-bees?
HLT, was it more like a striped hornet or a giant bumblebee looking thing?
We have wood bees all over the place here in Indiana, and they grow pretty big.
My grandparents porch was once taken over by a giant hornets nest - and when I say giant, I mean the nest had been built up to the size of a 24-pack cooler. I've never seen that many hornets, and hope to never do so again.
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I'd be more worried about this HLT.....
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I with you bruthaman.Balon wrote:This thread gives me the shivers, man.
Big ass bees?
Ugh.
I just can't help thinking that is entirely the wrong size for anything with a stinger to be.
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Dude.......bees have "abdomen"s not asses.DukkhaWaynhim wrote:That's scary or funny depending on your emphasis...Balon wrote:This thread gives me the shivers, man.
Big ass bees?
Ugh.
Is it big ass bees?
Or is it big ass-bees?
HLT, was it more like a striped hornet or a giant bumblebee looking thing?
Thanks for the links and suggestions everyone (WF, you're is down at the moment so I never saw it) unfortunately we released the monstrosity and my memory doesn't find an exact match with anything so far.
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You're not much of a Steve Irwin, are ya?High Lord Tolkien wrote:unfortunately we released the monstrosity and my memory doesn't find an exact match with anything so far.
(Crikey! Look at the size of her! I've just gotta get closer ... quiet now ... look at the coloring... gorgeous! Let's see if I can .... ow!)
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Could it have been a carpenter bee. Never saw them until I moved here to NC, and they're freakin' huge.
The ones here are black and yellow, but...
The ones here are black and yellow, but...
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Syl wrote:Could it have been a carpenter bee. Never saw them until I moved here to NC, and they're freakin' huge.
The ones here are black and yellow, but...
That was my first thought actually since there's lots of carpenter ants and dead wood around.
Pictures don't match though.
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[Scene: A New York apartment. Someone knocks on the door.]
Woman: [not opening the door] Yes?
Voice: (mumbling) Mrs. Arlsburgerhhh?
Woman: What?
Voice: (mumbling) Mrs. Johannesburrrr?
Woman: Who is it?
Voice: [pause] Flowers.
Woman: Flowers for whom?
Voice: [long pause] Plumber, ma'am.
Woman: I don't need a plumber. You're that clever shark, aren't you?
Voice: [pause] Candygram.
Woman: Candygram, my foot. You get out of here before I call the police. You're the shark, and you know it.
Voice: Wait. I-I'm only a dolphin, ma'am.
Woman: A dolphin? Well...okay. [opens door]
[Huge latex and foam-rubber shark head lunges through open door, chomps down on woman's head, and drags her out of the apartment, all while the Jaws attack music is playing.]
Woman: [not opening the door] Yes?
Voice: (mumbling) Mrs. Arlsburgerhhh?
Woman: What?
Voice: (mumbling) Mrs. Johannesburrrr?
Woman: Who is it?
Voice: [pause] Flowers.
Woman: Flowers for whom?
Voice: [long pause] Plumber, ma'am.
Woman: I don't need a plumber. You're that clever shark, aren't you?
Voice: [pause] Candygram.
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Voice: Wait. I-I'm only a dolphin, ma'am.
Woman: A dolphin? Well...okay. [opens door]
[Huge latex and foam-rubber shark head lunges through open door, chomps down on woman's head, and drags her out of the apartment, all while the Jaws attack music is playing.]
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