Beware of wasps!

The Spiderman

Never been stung whilst out on the bike,but last night got stung by thelittle blighters twice.First a wasp got sucked in through the front vent on my lid then stung me on the forehead.Then 5 minutes later got stung on the knee by another.

Little bastards! :evil:

Hercule Q

ah the wasp, angry tramp of the insect world

supersonic

I hate wasps. Though they were unusually pleasant tempered in spain, and caused no bother. The inch long flying ants though...

hanoi1

I have just returned from a close encounter of the Bee kind. Blimey a bumble bee (I think) straight on the eye ball when on a downhill section hurts.

I now see the benefit of glasses.

I wonder what the last thing was that passed through his mind before he died??

supersonic

He probably thought 'eye eye, what's this?'

Bumble bees are getting bigger, I swear, we had one in the garden the other day that was so big I thought it had a pilot.

hanoi1

My missus thought I was going mad a couple of years ago. One of those really big wasps you get early summer was stuck in the front window. So instead of going at it like that chinese/jap chap of the pink panther films. I had a quiet word in its hear and let him out the open window. The wife said what did you say?. I told the wasp to tell its mates to leave me alone this summer.

Did it work? ...............Did it f***!!

supersonic

Wasps are usually the only thing I will kill if they come indoors. I will try to get them to leave (they get in through the smallest gaps, yet miss open doors), but usually a rolled up copy of MBR does the trick.

Sarnian

Have been stung 3 times In the past 2 months by wasps/bees, all through the vents of my helmet, the price of being bald

Biggus86

supersonic wrote:

He probably thought 'eye eye, what's this?'

Bumble bees are getting bigger, I swear, we had one in the garden the other day that was so big I thought it had a pilot.

LMAO!!! Sometimes i wonder how they get from flower to flower... no wonder they have to land when it rains... fat bastards!

supersonic

I am gonna have to get a picture of one, they defy the laws of physics!

cat_with_no_tail

Hercule Q wrote:

ah the wasp, angry tramp of the insect world

My wife is giving me funny looks because this post had me laughing my ass off.

Anonymous

i agree about bees, they are masive at the moment. wasnt there some issue with the bumble bee in as much as science couldnt figure out how the bee could actually fly?

Chaz.Harding

sheepsteeth wrote:

i agree about bees, they are masive at the moment. wasnt there some issue with the bumble bee in as much as science couldnt figure out how the bee could actually fly?

If you do the maths on paper, the physics just don't add up. According to calculations, by many different mathmaticians, and phyisicists, they CAN'T fly!! :shock:

Of course they can, but according to the calculations, it's impossible... So much for logic eh?

Stupid bumblebees!

supersonic

They never read any physics tests - they fly under the power of their own ignorance.

Fully

Wasps are annoying little shits. I was at a BBQ recently, and the host had hung up a small water bottle with some small holes in it, with half an inch of jam in the bottom. The wasps couldn't resist and not a single one got back out, end of wasp problem 8) .

Sarnian

As someone once told me, think like a bee, If you think you can do It then you can

toasty

bigchazrocks wrote:

If you do the maths on paper, the physics just don't add up. According to calculations, by many different mathmaticians, and phyisicists, they CAN'T fly!! :shock: :

Nah, that was very old fashioned science that got misquoted all over the internet, this was assuming they were flying using aeroplane physics. Apparently they don't flap their wings like most flying beasties, it's more like a vibration!

Apparently they have more in common with helicopters, hehe.

Edit: -> http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1076/is-it-aerodynamically-impossible-for-bumblebees-to-fly like that!

Hercule Q

supersonic wrote:

They never read any physics tests - they fly under the power of their own ignorance.

so based on your logic if i ignore physics and flap my arms reallly fast i can fly?

cgarossi

I don't mind bee's. They seem to just investigate this and that and go 'Hmmm, not a flower' then go away.

Wasps on the other hand just fly around thinking 'SUGAR SUGAR SUGAR SUGAR... GIVE SUGAR' and sting anyone who gets in their way. Wasps are more aggressive in september when the nights are drawing in.

Bumblebees are capable of stinging more than once since their stings don't have barbs, unlike the Honeybee which dies when they sting. Just a little factoid.


In summary, yeah wasps are little bastards.

Hercule Q

theyre more angry in september cos theyre drunk off fermented fruit

cat_with_no_tail

Hercule Q wrote:

supersonic wrote:

They never read any physics tests - they fly under the power of their own ignorance.

so based on your logic if i ignore physics and flap my arms reallly fast i can fly?

Try it, go throw yourself off your roof.

Wait a sec, let me go get my camera

Hercule Q

i cannee change the laws of physics

benneally

was riding along yesterday and caught up with a bee/wasp flying in the same direction and hit its bum with my left hand. Stung me by accident but still f*cking hurt. I wasnt sure if i was allergic or not so just gunned it home. Turns out im fine

supersonic

Hercule Q wrote:

supersonic wrote:

They never read any physics tests - they fly under the power of their own ignorance.

so based on your logic if i ignore physics and flap my arms reallly fast i can fly?

Why of course! For a bit.

"i cannee change the laws of physics"

Great quote. Klingons on the starboard bow!

bregante

got stung last summer on my commute home. Rounded a bend and saw this bee hovering in front of me. Momentum / inward breath and next thing I know, gulp. Stuck in my throat.
I threw the bike down and tried to cough it up but the fuzzy little git stung me in the back of my throat. Nothing for it but to swallow hard.

Luckily I was only about a mile from home so just got going. By the time I got home my throat was almost totally closed up. Mrs Bregante took me to the hozzy and an xray revealed a tiny sting right at the top of my throat, which was easy for the docs to remove. A quick dose of antihystemine and Bobs your Aunties live in lover

dunker

keep mouth closed as much as possible when riding, check

bregante

Just looking at the Malt 4 in yr profile. I am looking at these for a training/thrash about bike at the minute (see my other thread Steel hardtail dilemma). how do you rate it and will it suit a bigger guy who rides hard?

dunker

well metal bikes arn't likely to break unless you ride them into trees mostly so any mtb will prolly suit as long as you get the right frame size. but if by hard you mean 6 foot drop offs then no it prolly would'nt suit?

bregante

no 6ft drops (got the enduro for that :P ), just concerned it might be a bit flexy but I am getting some rave reviews of it on the other thread so am seriously tempted to go with the RL!!

.blitz

cgarossi wrote:

I don't mind bee's. They seem to just investigate this and that and go 'Hmmm, not a flower' then go away.

I stopped to talk to a bloke on the trails last Sunday. His bike had purple grips and he was wearing lime/purple Nike 6.0s. Within seconds he was being 'investigated' by some very frustrated bees...

The Spiderman

supersonic wrote:

Wasps are usually the only thing I will kill if they come indoors. I will try to get them to leave (they get in through the smallest gaps, yet miss open doors), but usually a rolled up copy of MBR does the trick.

Proof after all,that MBR can serve a purpose,other than when you run out of Andrex..