mud dauber stings & other stings and things

chadwick wrote:

tybird wrote:

You're supposed to wait till the outside temperature is below freezing before fooling with one of those things...

you'd think a couple of beer drinkin fools out lookin for timber rattle snakes would know such knowledge



















nope they did not

:fp: :fp:

Be warned that some species are able to keep the inside of their nest at a temperature at which they can motivate.

BTW, beer and rattlesnakes really aren't a good mix, eh

chadwick wrote:

ya actually ppl that are bit by poisonous snakes are messing with them when drunk, it's a proven fact.
dad drank beer pretty much daily. sooo.... whatever. he's just good and lucky.

not lucky with hornets though and not to bright tryin to get a nest down when it was still warm enough out for snakes to be out & about

how do they generate heat? batting their wings ?

That's one way, yes

chadwick wrote:

tybird wrote:

chadwick wrote:

ya actually ppl that are bit by poisonous snakes are messing with them when drunk, it's a proven fact.
dad drank beer pretty much daily. sooo.... whatever. he's just good and lucky.

not lucky with hornets though and not to bright tryin to get a nest down when it was still warm enough out for snakes to be out & about

how do they generate heat? batting their wings ?

That's one way, yes

go on i am listening

That's all I remember right now.....let me look for that book

chadwick wrote:

tybird wrote:

chadwick wrote:

go on i am listening

That's all I remember right now.....let me look for that book

take your time a bit
:corn:

My bad...it appears that honeybees are "the only insects in the Northern Hemisphere that can and do keep themselves active and heated up throughout the northern winter." Heinrich, Bernd Winter World 2003

It seems that form tight clusters of bees inside the hive to share body warmth. They also eat the honey which creates heat when metabolized. Shivering is also a method they use to generate body heat.