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5 hours ago, Stubby said:

I drove over a nest in the ground on a zero turn mower once . They got in my hat ( orange husky one ) and stung my swede . I threw the hat away and they all swarmed after it . Went back the next day and cautiously retrieved it .  

I did the same last year, but was in a tractor with a cab. Kept the mower over the nest running for a while, drove off and had swarms attacking the tractor. I was unscathed !

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I Was doing another tall hedge reduction today and got stung a few times but not hundreds .there was the same wasps and was expecting to maybe get attacked again but was ok .but in scenarios like that on a tall ladder what should you do if they all turned on you as falling off seems very likely.(I looked over it before going up but the nest was somewhere nearby)

 

 

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Some time ago, in the days when I had more hair on top, I was clearing some brash amongst some tall nettles with a Manitou which had an open cab.  I was concentrating on the grab and felt some light pricking  (no comments here!) on the top of my jeans and thought to myself that these nettles are rather sharp.  Looked down to see about twenty wasps on each leg giving it their best shot but only able just to touch my skin and not sting.

I leapt off the cab leaving the engine going and did 0--60 quicker than a Tesla across the field followed by a swarm.  I felt them as lumps under my hair and did my best to shake them out with my bare hands.

I arrived at the far end of the field with not one sting and still cannot understand why!

The Manitou was left with the engine going for at least half an hour!

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Fifteen or so years ago our first Newfoundland had to be put down,😢. After the day's work I needed to dig his grave in the field, and the ground was dry and hard, so I decided to use the old JCB 3c I had then. It had not been moved for about 3 months. As soon as I started it up the wasp nest in a locker on the side of the cab woke up. I had 13 stings on my head and neck by the time I had jumped out of the cab. I used a long pole and blower to destroy the nest, fortunately with no more stings, then I was able to bury our beloved Newf.

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I am more worried if it’s happens when on a tall ladder with chainsaw or hedge cutter.they seem to favour very over grown privete hedge for some reason never seen any in beech etc yet. unlike bees they will sting/bite multiple times and not die,some latch on for some time 

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