A while back I read on one of the web boards I frequent (I think this one) where somebody had gas grill where bees had built a colony under the grill cover. Our safety coordinator was looking for it (I had sent him the link) to use as safety topic. Anybody remember this? I searched the archives of the old board and could not find it.
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April 23, 2009 8:28 a.m. spitfirebill HalfDork
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April 23, 2009 8:35 a.m. Josh HalfDork
This dude's got bees in his grill:
but this is probably the pic you were looking for:
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April 23, 2009 8:54 a.m. mistanfo Dork
Somebody needs their manticket revoked for not using the grill often enough.
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April 23, 2009 9:15 a.m. joey48442 SuperDork
As a honey junkie I would say that's a pretty good use of a grill.
Joey
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April 23, 2009 9:18 a.m. ignorant SuperDork
shotgun.
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April 23, 2009 9:25 a.m. spitfirebill HalfDork
Josh
Pretty sure that was it. Can you direct me to the thread?
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April 23, 2009 9:33 a.m. slantvaliant Reader
I found a nest of hornets behind the bumper cover of my son's Grand Am. While I was working under the car. It was not fun.
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April 23, 2009 9:38 a.m. slantvaliant Reader
I hit a swarm of bees at about 75 MPH. I didn't check the grill, but counted about 40 solid splats and partial bodies on the windshield alone. On the return trip, at almost the same spot ... hit more bees. Same story. I'm glad I was in a closed vehicle both times. Being in a roadster or on a motorcycle would have been ugly.
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April 23, 2009 10:10 a.m. spitfirebill HalfDork
Never mind. Our safety guy found it through another source.
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April 23, 2009 10:14 a.m. Xceler8x Dork
slantvaliant. You ain't lying about bees and motorcycles. It sucks to have a bee in your helmet. Also down the back of the jacket sucks as well. Other motorists think you're suffering some kind of fit.
"Hey honey. Check out that crazy man jumping off that motorcycle and stripping off all his clothes."
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April 23, 2009 10:51 a.m. RobL Reader
Have you encountered a squirrel yet?
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April 23, 2009 11:54 a.m. Salanis SuperDork
RobL wrote:
Have you encountered a squirrel yet?
Holy E36 M3! That's the funnies thing I've read all week!
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April 23, 2009 12:14 p.m. DirtyBird222 Dork
My dad always rambles on about a squirrel that chewed through every single vacuum line, brake line, and power steering line in his 74 Vette, but never found it until umteen years later.
Bees in grill would suck, but that means homeboy isn't using it enough. The only bees we have to worry about are the wood bees that are freakin' huge. Other than that we have plenty of hornets, wasps, and black widows that occupy our garage.
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April 23, 2009 2:20 p.m. thatsnowinnebago HalfDork
RobL wrote:
Have you encountered a squirrel yet?
I think this is why you should always wear your gear
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April 23, 2009 7:07 p.m. ckosacranoid HalfDork
that story is just too damn funny, i had sevral people looking at me like i was mad after laughing my but off in public....
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April 23, 2009 8:37 p.m. Jensenman SuperDork
Oh my Gawd, that squirrel story was funny!
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April 23, 2009 9:36 p.m. stroker New Reader
I was riding my motorcycle and a wasp flew down the back of my jeans. He couldn't smell. I know that because he spent five minutes slowly crawling as deeply into my ass crack as he could. Then he crawled out and flew away, no doubt to go die. But I couldn't exactly reach in there to get him out for fear of getting stung. Know what I mean?
Anyway, it was pretty exciting for 60 mph.
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April 23, 2009 10:04 p.m. jimbbski New Reader
I've driven through a swarm of bees, had a dove build a nest on my car trailer, had wasps build nests in the door jam of my van. in my gas grill, and in one of my bird feeders. I've also robins build nests under the hood of the van, twice!
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April 23, 2009 10:17 p.m. confuZion3 Dork
My dad had a hornet nest on his truck. It wasn't big, and just had a few bees in it, but he didn't knock it down. We'd drive and they'd either hang on for the whole ride, or buzz off and come back later. I called them our pet bees.
He always left the windows cracked a bit though when he turned the truck off. I thought that was a bad idea.
He eventually got stung by another nest in the tailgate. That was enough encouragement to knock all the nests off.
