I had a scary moment Sunday around noon. After the morning hunt was over all my hunting buddies left for home and I decided to go and do a little scouting. I had saw a big buck right after day break down near our fence line. I went down and put up a lean to stand. I climbed up 15' and sit down to trim some small limbs with an axe.I didn't know that Honey Bee's had a hive in a hole of the tree. They attacked me . I'm 68 yrs old and a little over weight,but I got down that ladder pretty fast. They chase me about 100 yards. I was lucky that they only stung me about 6 or 7 times. Three times in the face and 3 or 4 on my right hand. I'm okay but that could have been a lot worse.

Glad your ok that's bad stuff!

dang that could have been bad. glad you are ok and well,its time to go get that honey!!!

Glad you got down that ladder safely and got away for the most part unscathed. I bet that was scary when they started coming out of the tree.

Glad you got away okay

Next time hold your breath, climb down slowly, lot less likely to be stung.

Where?

Really?!

Atleast they werent those killer bees

x2 don't think I could think that fast.

Yes the carbon in your breath is what they can target in on.

Yeah bees and wasps attack the carbon dioxide that we exhale is what I've been told.

Holding your breath reduces the chances of getting stung the first time. Once stung, the stinger releases a phermone that tells the other bees/wasps where to attack. I've had a guy run past me, with bees hot on his trail. They were after him, but they never bothered me.

glad you're O.K. that would be scary !!

What he said. I was stationed in Panama, in the jungle there are bees and wasp everywhere. One you're stung the first time look out cuz here they all come.

I just picture holding my breath and climbing down and passing out.

Wow, glad you are here typing this for sure.

Scary moment glad your ok!

Thanks , I'll try holding my breath if it ever happens again. I hunt in the north west area of Young county.

I would have messed my pants and fallen off the ladder. How do they react to methane gas?

If you want someone to get the bees I will come and try and get them, I do bee keeping.

Granted I got this information from JackAss 3D but apparently Bees are attracted to CO2. Hold your breath and they wont bother you as much.

By the way I went to town and came back with the Wasp spray. It did not work at all on the Honey bee's. I just moved the lean to.

Are the bee's still alive?

Thankfully you made it out with only a few stings.

I have to say, I've noticed far more bee & wasp activity this year than I have in the past. I evicted a hive of honey bees from the underside of my box blind at the end of September and now the red wasps are taking up residence. I've tried everything I could think of, even those No-Pest Strips and nothing seems to work.