Darwin hits paydirt

[OCmike]

SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. -- Exterminators have removed a hive containing an estimated quarter-million Africanized bees from a home near Bisbee where a man was fatally stung on Aug. 20.


Charlie Pasley, 39, died after being stung about 300 times by a swarm of bees as he was working on the roof of his home with his father, Chuck Pasley, 62. The bees attacked minutes after the pair began work on the roof of their home in the rural community of Whetstone. Chuck Pasley was stung about 100 times but suffered no serious effects.

Michael Smith, a manager for the local extermination company which removed the bees Thursday, said the hive was likely about six months old and was 2 feet wide, a foot long and five inches tall.

"It was a well-established hive," Smith said. "There were about a quarter-million bees and the honeycomb was about 70 pounds."

It was located in a space underneath the family's mobile home and was not visible. He said the family had been noticing bees flying around the area, but were not concerned.

"They weren't bothering anyone," he said. "If you stood and watched them, it was like standing in a garden where bees just come and go, minding their own business."

After the bees attacked, the two men climbed down a ladder and the elder Pasley went into the house and showered to get the bees off him. Charlie Pasley stayed outside and tried to use a water hose to ward off the bees. When the family realized he was still outside, they went outside and tried to help.

"He was lying on the ground completely surrounded by thousands and thousands of swarming bees," said Angela Pasley, his sister-in-law. "If anyone got close to where he was lying, they would attack."

Africanized bees, or "killer bees," have invaded may parts of the United States, including Arizona.

[Luther]

My neighbor was a Fireman and he had one of those huge nests in one of his bushes off of his pool. I first noticed it when I was atop my riding lawnmower. I rounded the edge near our yards and apparantly I was in the landing/flight path of the bee's. I watched them for awhile...following each other in and out of the hive. The thing was about the size of a basketball.

I talked to Doug my neighbor and he said another fireman from his station and himself were going to execute OPERATION DIE later that night. I was standing out on my deck and watched them come out of the house. They saw me and gave me a thumbs up. They were dressed in full fire department raging fire gear. They got to the hive and each of them unloaded a full industrial sized can of bee killer or whatever. A few bees came out but they weren't able to sting through the gear they wore.

I could hear the laughing under their gear. The next day Doug put the dead hive in a plastic garbage bag, sprayed it a bunch more and sealed it up for the garbage guys.

I think bee's must talk to each other as I haven't seen a hive in his or my yard since. I credit our luck to the "BUZZ" resulting from Operation Die.

Rip City

[Jay in Phoenix]

"Operation Die my effin' stinger! When I get over this
goddam buzz, Doug's ass is grass!"

[Diogenes]

You ever been stung by a dead bee?

[the_ouskull]

Growing up, we had a six-foot or so bee hive on the side of my house. It was a rather large, two-story house in the country, so the hive was never a problem...

...until the year that they couldn't hide most of it in the attic, and, instead, built the ENTIRE thing on the side of the house. Well, come winter, I waited until it was a REALLY ridiculously day (for Oklahoma.. mid 20's) and started throwing horseapples at the hive. The bees would get pissed, try to fly out... not be able to because of the cold, and then die when I sprayed gasoline on their writhing bodies on the ground. I repeated this process for a while and then lit the area to get rid of the bodies.

It was amusing, but not TOO effective. My pop later had a pro come and get the hive. Then we re-paneled the house and exterminated the attic. End of problem.

the_ouskull

[BBMarley]

<------ Deathly allergic to bee stings. That is the worst way I can think to kick it... ::shudder::

[Adelpiero]

was attacked by a swarm of hornets


they had made a nest near my buddies pool in his back yard, we were throwing a football in backyard, and a bad throw went near the nesting area, they came out pissed, luckily we were able to get inside as his wife sprayed them with a hose to try and fend them off. I was stung atleast 25 times if not more, those fuckers were pissed and tried to put a darwinism notch on their belts

[Bobby42]

Bees can fuck you up.

[atomicdad]

Speaking of Darwin, I caught his act first hand yesterday.


Man drowns at Encinitas beach

By: North County Times -

ENCINITAS ---- Authorities are investigating the drowning Sunday afternoon of a man at Seaside Beach on the Encinitas-Solana Beach border.

The man, believed to be a Mexico citizen, was seen floating face-down around 4:30 p.m., Carlsbad-based state lifeguard supervisor Brian Ketterer said.

The victim was transported to Scripps Hospital in Encinitas and crews "did everything possible" to save him, Encinitas fire Capt. Paul Spencer said.

The name of the victim was being withheld Sunday night pending notification of his family, authorities said.

I took the family down to the beach yesterday for a late afternoon/evening dinner picnic and swim in the ocean. When we pull up we see a bit of a commotion down the beach with some lifeguards and very shortly the paramedics et. al. arrive on the scene. After we dragged our stuff down I wandered down the beach about 50 yards to see what was going on just in time to see the paramedics stop doing CPR, the was one dead bastard. Near where this was going on I saw some gal crying hysterically while a Sheriff was trying to talk to her. Couldn't help but notice next to the towels and crap was what appeared to be a mostly empty 18 pack of Budweiser and a bag with a bunch of emptys spilling out.

Bottomline, If you go to the beach and don't know how to swim and proceed to knock back 15-18 beers, when you decide to go in the water, Darwin is going to be right there with ya.

Funny thing, the paramedics made a show of rushing him into the ambulance and tearing out of the beach parking lot with all the bells and whistles going because there were alot of kids on the beach. But once they got out on 101 they shut it down.

[Dinsdale]

an estimated quarter-million Africanized bees ...the hive was likely about six months old and was 2 feet wide, a foot long and five inches tall.

Wow, what stellar "estimation" skills.

Bueller? Anyone who passed math class?

Works out to over 2000 bees per cubic inch of "living space." Now, if they had said they were Mexicanized Bees, I might buy the story.


And if you've seen bees or wasps around the exterior of a building, and you climb a ladder without a can of wasp spray in your hand, you're a fucking idiot.

BODE Darwin.

[JCT]

RIP Python.

[Nishlord]

Get down on your knee to the honey bee
For she is very nice
Before you kill her with a rolled-up Mirror
Think twice
How would that poor bee's mother feel
When she finds out her child is a ghost?
Kill the bee
And ultimately
You'll have nothing to spread on your toast

The wasp however is an evil fella
An insect of little worth
Who buzzes in cars and and around jam jars
And must be removed from this earth
So if you see in the vicinity
A wasp, here's what to do
Make sure it's a wasp
Not a bee because
If you kill a bee
I will be
Exceedingly cross with you

[Dinsdale]

Bald-faced hornets are pretty painfull.

Hornets suck, for sure, but I don't think there's anything in the insect word that can inflict a fraction of the unholy pain that a mud dauber can. If I'm not mistaken, daubers are generally fairly passive, so stings aren't common, but they seem to get fired up when it gets really hot outside.

It's only happened once...and once was plenty. If you've never experienced this...trust me, you don't want any part of a mud dauber.

I got one right smack between the eyes as I was hanging from a ladder about twenty five feet high. I was hanging there because I was startled by a bat that flew out behind the shutters of the house that I was attempting to remove the hive from.

Another rookie home improvement/tradesman mistake. If you're climbing a wall that has shutters, ALWAYS look for the tell-tale streaks coming down the wall below it, which indicates that there's little tiny bats living behind it (winged-rats are filthy, and they shit immediately below their living quarters). And when you get close, they will be startled, and generally fly right in your face. Causes more injuries than you might think.

Not a Darwining, but another example of Construction Safety 101 class not sinking in.

By the way....the fireman's killer juice was probably just dishwashing liquid mixed in with water. That's all it takes. Works fast, too.

I did not know this. Thanks. I did know that Shout laundry spot remover stuff is insta-death for bees and wasps after they get even one whiff.

[Y2K]

Works out to over 2000 bees per cubic inch of "living space." Now, if they had said they were Mexicanized Bees, I might buy the story.

nice........

[JCT]

A woman in Hohhot, the capital of north China's Inner Mongolia region, crashed her car while giving her dog a driving lesson, the official Xinhua News Agency said Monday.
No injuries were reported although both vehicles were slightly damaged, it said.

The woman, identified only be her surname, Li, said her dog "was fond of crouching on the steering wheel and often watched her drive," according to Xinhua.

"She thought she would let the dog 'have a try' while she operated the accelerator and brake," the report said. "They did not make it far before crashing into an oncoming car."

Xinhua did not say what kind of dog or vehicles were involved but Li paid for repairs.

Huh, the slopes can't drive in slopeland, either.

[Dinsdale]

Huh, the slopes can't drive in slopeland, either.

On the bright side, at least she didn't crash into shitty warl.

[Tiny]

DODD RAMN YOU LENS-RALE!!!!

You no knock down my shitty wahl. You no even fink about it!!!


Rack the South Park Reset.

[Goober McTuber]

Does this mean that I cleared the idiot hurdle?

Sort of.

[BSmack]

an estimated quarter-million Africanized bees ...the hive was likely about six months old and was 2 feet wide, a foot long and five inches tall.

Wow, what stellar "estimation" skills.

Bueller? Anyone who passed math class?

Works out to over 2000 bees per cubic inch of "living space." Now, if they had said they were Mexicanized Bees, I might buy the story.

We belive that story.

sin

The people who provide estimated "street values" of drugs seized in drug raids.

[JCT]

DUBLIN, Ireland (AP) -- A hot-air balloon caught fire during a circus stunt, killing a clown acrobat as dozens of children watched, police said Tuesday.

The accident happened Monday night as the Royal Russian Circus was performing in Scariff, County Clare, a village in western Ireland. About 100 people were in the audience, most of them children. Police said the clown was a 26-year-old man from Belarus but didn't release his name.

Witnesses said the man, dressed in a clown outfit, was hanging from a cage suspended by ropes and a hot-air balloon inside the canvas tent. When the balloon exploded in flames, the cage fell on top of the man.

The man's wife, who was also part of the act, suffered a broken arm, police said.




"We were all sitting down and they were doing their act. They were up fairly high, but they were doing fine. Next thing, he was down on the ground," said audience member Hazel Harrington. She said many people in the audience initially thought the falling cage was part of the act.

About a half-dozen circuses, employing mostly Eastern European performers, tour Ireland each summer.

[Dinsdale]

It's usually a good idea to use inert gasses to fill balloons.


Sin,

[JCT]

They should use hot air.....

[socal]

It's usually a good idea to use inert gasses to fill balloons.


Sin,

Fixed for the haytas.

[Dinsdale]

If you hate on Dinsdale, the terrorists have won.

[Felix]

but I don't think there's anything in the insect word that can inflict a fraction of the unholy pain that a mud dauber can........

Sincerely,

The Voice of Experience......

[Trollfessor]

Darwin's "theory" proven once again.

[JCT]

Huh, the slopes can't drive in slopeland, either.

On the bright side, at least she didn't crash into shitty warl.

She was too busy eating a bat.

[Dinsdale]

Whoa

[Derron]

Rack a 14 year old thread.

[EAP]

The african bees have been toned down and mellowed like European bees by interracial sex with the white bees here.

The giant Asian murder hornets are the latest scare, but again, through interracial breeding, they too will become assimilated by our liberty loving bees.

The only bee that won't assimilate, is the militant muslim bee. They'll have to be destroyed completely, total extinction.

[JCT]

The African bees have never been dangerous because they hold their stingers sideways.

[The Whistle Is Screaming]

Whoa x 2

[Imus]

The African bees have never been dangerous because they hold their stingers sideways.

No those are one ones that can live in colder climates like downtown Chicago, where most are concentrated into a very small area and mostly sting each other. But the left winged bees promote this reality and try to project it on all the other bees, to further their agenda of stinger control and eventual prohibition of such weapons.

Let them with eyes see.

[JCT]

Whoa x 2

Mah brother!

[Dinsdale]

This board appears to be at a Junction.

[JCT]

I was looking for private alcohol social club of funny people, but I made a wrong turn and ended up here.

I hope most of these boring unfunny cunts fall down 87 flights of stairs.

[The Whistle Is Screaming]

I was looking for private alcohol social club of funny people, but I made a wrong turn and ended up here.

I hope most of these boring unfunny cunts fall down 87 flights of stairs.

Hope is not a strategy & lost doesn't begin to describe your misfortune.

If I could figure out how to properly hold my phone to make myself look good, I'd throw myself down those 87 stairs for a laugh.

[JCT]

Don't worry, salvation is nigh. I talked to orc and the bunny avatars will be done soon.