Author Topic: oops (Read 13408 times)

Riverrat · « **on:** October 17, 2014, 05:41:39 pm »

Anyone ever back into a hive when running a skid loader. Not going to fess up to how I know but the ladies don't much appreciate it when it happens and you will know when it happens without looking back

Jen · « **Reply #1 on:** October 17, 2014, 06:04:04 pm »

No, I haven't ever done that riverrat

give me some time

riverbee · « **Reply #2 on:** October 17, 2014, 06:52:54 pm »

.................

and FUN was had by all!...........

iddee · « **Reply #3 on:** October 17, 2014, 08:03:38 pm »

When you can operate one this well, you won't make mistakes like that any more.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10202588186977854&fref=nf

Jen · « **Reply #4 on:** October 17, 2014, 09:25:07 pm »

give that driver a beer!

riverbee · « **Reply #5 on:** October 17, 2014, 09:30:28 pm »

show off!!!

Zweefer · « **Reply #6 on:** October 17, 2014, 11:00:23 pm »

truly impressive!

LazyBkpr · « **Reply #7 on:** October 18, 2014, 10:20:32 pm »

HA! I can do that with an excavator but never imagined it with a skid steer...
Never hit a hive with a skid steer.. but I did manage to bump one iwth the brush hog behind the 1942 TE Ferguson.. I can say that little tractor will NOT outrun bees....

Slowmodem · « **Reply #8 on:** October 19, 2014, 07:23:00 am »

I can testify that a cinder block foundation doesn't like being bumped with a back hoe!

Riverrat · « **Reply #9 on:** October 19, 2014, 08:15:38 am »

Just imaging what the guy will be able to do when he learns to run a skid loader

G3farms · « **Reply #10 on:** October 19, 2014, 10:38:55 am »

I flipped a hive head over heels with the front end loader last year trying to set up my pipe stands. I think it shook them up so bad they were not even mad.

Lburou · « **Reply #11 on:** October 19, 2014, 10:55:29 am »

That video is a hoot! Uncommon mastery of a really isolated skill. WoW!

lazy shooter · « **Reply #12 on:** October 19, 2014, 11:24:56 am »

I have seen the skid steer video before. It is an amazing feat. Truly amazing! We have a local fellow that can digs silted stock ponds with a big skid steer unit. It is amazing how much work can be done with it. A skilled operator can do unthought of things with it, but the above video is in a class by itself.

When a boy, I ran over a bumble bee nest with a brush hog mower. I didn't realize I had done it, so it was the next round that brought them out for a visit. Like the above poster, an old John Deere will not outrun bumble bees. I took eight stings before I abandoned the tractor and ran like hades. I wish I could still run like I did then.

As Lborou points out, the bweaver bees are a bit hot, and if during an inspection, you drop a frame of bees on their hive they will come see you in bunches. I am sure of this.

lazy

Jen · « **Reply #13 on:** October 19, 2014, 12:45:38 pm »

I've never been stung by a bumble bee, how does it differ from honey bees?

Riverrat · « **Reply #14 on:** October 19, 2014, 05:52:30 pm »

Quote from: Jen on October 19, 2014, 12:45:38 pm

I've never been stung by a bumble bee, how does it differ from honey bees?

I will take a honey bee sting any day over a bumble bee. I dropped a tree on a bumblebee nest cutting wood when I was in high school. Got it 8 or 9 times before I got away from them. Bumble bees don't have barbs on there stingers so they can just keep hammering away. I would say its about like getting hit repeatedly with a ball bat.

Jen · « **Reply #15 on:** October 19, 2014, 06:04:10 pm »

Ewwwhehehw! Can they bite?

lazy shooter · « **Reply #16 on:** October 19, 2014, 09:16:40 pm »

There is a bumble bee that burrows into wood, especially fence posts. I'm sure that guy could bite, but the ones that live in the ground just sting. I would say that their sting is second only to a scorpion, but I have never been stung by a hornet.

Zweefer · « **Reply #17 on:** October 20, 2014, 12:03:06 am »

Scorpion?!?!? I'm out.

Jen · « **Reply #18 on:** October 20, 2014, 12:05:18 am »

I know Zweef... Mee Too!

lazy shooter · « **Reply #19 on:** October 21, 2014, 08:01:42 am »

We live in a rocky, semi desert and there are many scorpions. Their sting hurts like holy hades for a few minutes and then it becomes numb to the touch for a few minutes. Their sting paralyzes their prey. I don't know about others, but I do not suffer any swelling or residual itching. It is just a PAINFUL sting.

If you turn over a few rocks at my ranch, you will find a scorpion, and they are thick on the mesquite trees at certain times.

My hot bee colonies don't mind you standing around the hive, and I wouldn't worry about them bothering neighbors in a town. It's when you inspect that they go ballistic. I suspect bumping their hive would put their s_ _ t gauge on full.