Denholm Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 So I'm using my bbq this weekend... so I thought I'll clean it up.. I have known there are bees coming from under the cover so I thought I'd kill them, obviously... so heres the BBQ in question Now I know these bombs aren't for bees and that but I thought I'll suffocate/smoke them out. So here is the weapon of choice and delivery system I thought I was pretty smart hehehe designed to be easily manoevered under the cover of darkness... so then I release the weapon of buzz destruction.. OMFG! the sound from under the cover was incredible!!! You could hear it 3m away easy... Then I ran like the clappers.... Coming back few mins later to see the death toll... Was at least 20mm deep mass grave I continued to remove the cover and to light the bbq to give it a clean when I noticed some fatty looking substance on the top of the side shelf thing.... Bit weird.. I clean it before I put it away for winter and no way was there fat there so I begun to wonder...... NO..... it can't be could it? I slowly removed the rest of the cover only to find the HQ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C++ Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 Damn... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denholm Posted November 13, 2008 Author Share Posted November 13, 2008 Damn... Man wipes out BBQ-invading bees :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asaki Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 thats crazy! :o how long was it sitting there ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PL_ Veteran Posted November 13, 2008 Veteran Share Posted November 13, 2008 (edited) Holy crap :laugh: EDIT: Digg this http://digg.com/odd_stuff/Cleaning_out_BBQ_for_the_summer Edited November 13, 2008 by PureLegend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Veteran Posted November 13, 2008 Veteran Share Posted November 13, 2008 holy moly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Frank B. Subscriber² Posted November 13, 2008 Subscriber² Share Posted November 13, 2008 Holy Zarquon. That's just scary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmesisca Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 I cant see any of the pictures at the moment.. but.. you seriously killed them???? why would you??? they are dying 'en mass' around the world and you killed them to clean the BBQ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denholm Posted November 13, 2008 Author Share Posted November 13, 2008 I cant see any of the pictures at the moment.. but..you seriously killed them???? why would you??? they are dying 'en mass' around the world and you killed them to clean the BBQ? I still hear buzzing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reeve Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 Oh **** :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+John Teacake MVC Posted November 13, 2008 MVC Share Posted November 13, 2008 Wow! Although it does make me cringe looking at it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMaster23 Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 Holy crap! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XerXis Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 waste of bees and honey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmesisca Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 waste of bees and honey +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knife Party Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 h-o-n-e-y ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundayx Veteran Posted November 13, 2008 Veteran Share Posted November 13, 2008 You wiped a whole colony, reminding me of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deuz Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 you up in QLD?, cos all we get is wasps near our houses :(...........but daymmm! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangbang023 Veteran Posted November 13, 2008 Veteran Share Posted November 13, 2008 I cant see any of the pictures at the moment.. but..you seriously killed them???? why would you??? they are dying 'en mass' around the world and you killed them to clean the BBQ? What was he supposed to do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnMarsten Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 What was he supposed to do? Call a bee keeper, he would have removed them for free. Also the bees would be put to good use in agricultural lands which need them and everyone could enjoy some sweet honey :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bokajinn Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 I did something very similar to that. I had a small wooden tool shed out back with a huge nest in it. So i drilled a hold in the side and popped 3 insect bombs in there. They most defenitly do the trick, although I think 3 might have been overkill. To bad you were un aware of the nice honey comb they had made, that could have been a win win situation for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narc2500 Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 H O L Y crap..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmesisca Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 What was he supposed to do? you can call anyone that keeps bees (for business or pleasure of course, and theres plenty of them), they will come to your place for free, put them to sleep and relocate them to their own premises. They do it because: 1) a healthy hive is valuable and not easy to find 2) they produce honey, wax and lots of other very lucrative products. 3) they get something for free, so everyone is happy... the bees included. So... what he just did was NOT a good idea. :cry: Have you ever seen that documentary showing what would happen in the world if bees got extinct?? At the moment entire hives are dying from an illness we cant still understand, all over the world, they are very much in danger of extinction. now, if they were wasps, that would be slighlty different.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3 of 7 Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 Pretty tough to tell what kind of critters they were and how many are under the cover... Cut the guy some slack here k? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Prowler Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 The majority of honey bees are not dangerous and this despicable act was truly unnecessary. Wouldn't it have been so much better to have pictures of a bee keeper actually removing the colony? I'm guessing the person was after; shock and awe. People that do these types of things are really capable of much worst and most likely have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheshire Cat Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 that is one hell of an extermination job :o Feel sorry for the bees though, they were just doing what they do... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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