I spent most of my time outside barefoot in the spring and summer as a child, all the way into high school. Never been stung by a bee or a wasp. I'm not afraid of bees, they're so oblivious to everything that if they land on me, i just let them crawl. I usually run if a wasp comes at me, though. I was a master wasp catcher in high school when we had to do insect collections...half of my 75-bug project was stinging members of Hymenoptera! Strangely enough, I have stepped on hairy caterpillars (ouch), been bitten by grasshoppers, and chewed on by ladybugs.NEVER????Never ran barefoot as a child? You are the second adult within two weeks that I've read had never been stung by a bee! Not even a sweat bee? Did yo' mama keep you in a bubble whilst you were growin' upwards?
Seriously, is that common in this generation? No bee stings?
I know, I know....weird. I have been around plenty of bees in my life...same as everyone, I guess. But, I just don't seem to appear as a threat! lol I've had them land on me, fly around my head, etc...normal bee activity, but no stings. Ran around barefoot so much as a kid, I've stepped in glass, fire ants, lit cigarette butt, poop, etc... (yuck) ....yet, no bees.
I had a neighbor girl and my cat get stung by bees in my yard this year...the bees are around. Removed a paper wasp nest from a tree limb next to my deck...no stings.
My crazy, weird philosophy (honestly) is that they can chemically sense fear...pheromones, or what, I don't know. They sting whatever fears them and whatever swats them. I simply let them do what they do, and I NEVER swat them. If they land on me, I let them hang out and leave when they want......but no swatting. In other words, I don't piss them off in any way. It's worked so far...42 years.
I spent most of my time outside barefoot in the spring and summer as a child, all the way into high school. Never been stung by a bee or a wasp. I'm not afraid of bees, they're so oblivious to everything that if they land on me, i just let them crawl. I usually run if a wasp comes at me, though. I was a master wasp catcher in high school when we had to do insect collections...half of my 75-bug project was stinging members of Hymenoptera! Strangely enough, I have stepped on hairy caterpillars (ouch), been bitten by grasshoppers, and chewed on by ladybugs.
I have done that and yes it is something your not ready for.
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My chooks can bite grasshoppers. The grasshoppers don't get a chance to bite my chooks.
My home and shop are connected, I change shoes as I go from one to the other to try to keep from tracking up the house. A few months ago I slipped on the work shoes, bent down to pick something up and felt a sharp pain in my toe- thought at first I'd twisted it and pulled a tendon or something. Nope, I took off the shoe and found a wasp. I pulled it out with the full stinger, but still, I was limping for four days. Ouch! (second and third day were worse than the first).
They didn't look like much the other night when the "Iron chefs" cooked them either. The black skinned birds did not even look like a chicken !Walt, beautiful birds!
It's wonderful to see huge birds. The little Silkies don't look like real chickens to me.
I think these are good questions. I think there is such a value in the old breeds. Size and history among them that to me it would be worth it. My hatchery chickens are great but I like the Plymouth rocks for their history and I would like to have a handful of Heritage breeds for that reason. I would endeaver to keep them true. My chickens are a big part hobby right now and the Heritage that take longer etc would fall a little heavier into that catagory. Keeping the "blue bloods" alive is an honorable thing to do I think.
