Yesterday a guard bee patroled the yard every 15 minutes and head butted any creature she encountered on a regular basis. We abandoned the yard and moved to the deck.. same thing. From 8:00 am till noon no one was able to go outside without being harrased by her. A single lonely bee..! At last at 3:00 PM as my wife was playing with the children it attacked my nephew and then my wife. I intervened and swated at it and it stung me in my palm :?. I was very happy it was me and not the children or worse my wife. We were about 250 yards from the hives. This is the first time in two years I encountered such an agresive behavior from a single bee.
Rodni
Next time spray her with sugar water to avoid getting stung.
A bee that never gives up the chase like that one has the intention of completing its suicide mission. You either get away from it or pinch it.
...JP
QuoteYesterday a guard bee patroled the yard every 15 minutes and head butted any creature she encountered on a regular basis. We abandoned the yard and moved to the deck.. same thing. From 8:00 am till noon no one was able to go outside without being harrased by her. a single lonely bee..! At last at 3:00 PM as my wife was playing with the children it attacked my nephew and then my wife. I intervened and swated at it and it stung me in my palm huh. I was very happy it was me and not the children or worse my wife. We were about 250 yards from the hives. This is the first time in two years I encountered such an agresive behavior from a single bee.
I get this every year at my back door. If it gets too annoying I bust out the raid. :evil:
there is an old bee book that recommends killing those girls that get aggressive with you. don't remember which one it was..... i remember laughing when i read it because of the way it was worded.
the only mistake you made was not getting her earlier....and maybe a fly swatter next time?
I usually get a few of these throughout the summer. Usually after particularly aggressive handling of a hive, a full teardown or splits.
And they usually will only headbutt me. Sometime the kids but rarely. Most of the time if you hold really still for a few seconds she'll leave. After a day or so she'll quit patrolling if I give her that long.