the 'todays job' thread

[Mark Bolam]

Dropped a big oak this morning with a GRCS and 5:1 twin pull.

 

A minute later Ross Smith got nailed by hornets on his arm and nose.

Nest in a cavity about 25’ up, which he had climbed past to set the lines.

 

Called in a mate who does pest control, no option but to spray them.

 

You can just make out the larvae wriggling in the combs.

 

Back tomorrow to bust up the stem.

 

 

[Mick Dempsey]

Your mate was lucky.

[Mark Bolam]

I know!

Could have been a lot worse.

[AHPP]

I disturbed some with a leaf blower while on the roof of mum and dad's house earlier this year. Was tied on to the chimney. Had to start thinking along the lines of unclipping so I could jump down onto the patio if needed. Massively unfunny.

[5thelement]

I was working at a house just down the road from me last week. 
The owner keeps bees, has 15 hives and has a wild bee hive in his barn wall, which was where we were having lunch. 
The bees were being predated by Asian Hornets, the bastards hover at the entrance and snatch the poor drones as they leave the nest, clip off their wings and carry them off to their young. They are pretty aggressive in comparison to the European relatives which are pretty passive, and I have clear felled whole blocks of Sweetchestnut around nests in the past, even climbed past nests without issue, felling the tree would get proper on their tits though, he is a lucky boy. 


 

[AHPP]

 

 

Fairly strong nightmare fuel.

[Mark Bolam]

51 minutes ago, 5thelement said:

I was working at a house just down the road from me last week. 
The owner keeps bees, has 15 hives and has a wild bee hive in his barn wall, which was where we were having lunch. 
The bees were being predated by Asian Hornets, the bastards hover at the entrance and snatch the poor drones as they leave the nest, clip off their wings and carry them off to their young. They are pretty aggressive in comparison to the European relatives which are pretty passive, and I have clear felled whole blocks of Sweetchestnut around nests in the past, even climbed past nests without issue, felling the tree would get proper on their tits though, he is a lucky boy. 


 

 

These were European.

Shame they had to go really, they aren’t usually a problem.

 

Asian ones are a different matter, apparently they can kill up to 50 bees every day!

I’d destroy those bastards without a thought.