Originally Posted by fdcg27
I should have bought a lottery ticket yesterday.
I was out after work giving the grass a badly needed haircut.
I had scoped things out beforehand and thought that everything was clear, which matters since I suffer anaphylactic shock when hit by yellowjackets.
Typically, if you run the mower over a nest, the first notice you get is a burn in an ankle with many more similar burns as the little hornets swarm you in defense of their nest. You abandon the mower and run for the house with a cadre of flying warriors in hot pursuit. Been there and done that a few of times, including my younger years before I was so badly impacted.
Anyway, about half done and sweating like a pig I decided to take a beer break.
I looked back over the area I had already mowed and noted a number of the wee devils flying into and out of the ground.
I had actually mowed right over a nest and the yellowjackets had done nothing at all.
I was both pleased and amazed at my good fortune.
Like I wrote above, I should have bought a lottery ticket.
Let me ask a very serious question here....
Do you have a epi pen ??? More than one in fact available ???
I had a friend of mine who died... At the age of 30... From a wasp sting.... I remember very, very well when he told me about his severe allergic reaction to any bee or wasp sting while in Geography class in 10th grade...
YOU must have a epi pen available... And more than one available to you... On your person while working outside your house... This is not up for debate....