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August 2, 2006 | Life | Nature & Environment
At 5:10 AM it's 79 degrees. Wha? Forecast is for 97 degrees and thunderstorms, read: air as thick and close and humid as you can imagine. Welcome to August.
This morning's wake-up fun was to attempt killing a bee's nest under a deck chair. They say to do this at night or early morning, "when the bees are at rest." I think what they mean is, "when it's cool outside and the bees are too sluggish to move." I slowly turned the deck chair on its side and bees immediately started crawling out, blowing my carefully choreographed plan. I started wildly spraying them and the nest before one escaped and circled around the mist and came after me. I think I got him in the face while I was running for the door. Unharmed, today. Requires another attempt tomorrow.
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LOL...now you can add pest removal to your resume`!
Posted by: Kat at August 2, 2006 04:39 PM
This sounds pretty dumb and I take no responsibility but what the heck, so long as it's not me doing it . . .
What if you took the rubber head of a plunger, stuck the nozzle through it, and sealed it with, I dunno, duct tape or something? Then you could quick cover the hole with the plunger head and spray away. You might even then tape the plunger to the deck so you could creep off while the foul poison worked.
I think they recommend night or early morning so you don't have to deal with returning bees who can become annoyed to find a marauding giant blocking their hole.
Posted by: Doug at August 3, 2006 02:09 PM
Also, if you could capture some video of this operation, it would make a great addition to your blog. Especially if . . . well, never mind.
Posted by: Doug at August 3, 2006 03:10 PM
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