The Bas…..s got me 11 times

[Cabinetman]

So just headed back indoors and was pulling up a tall weed when I felt the first sting, then lots more, ran inside and killed 6 that were on me and my clothes.
Small yellowjackets or Wasps as we call them.
I’m not sure if it’s the same in the uk but over here they spray you when alarmed and then all hell lets loose.
Pic of 6 on my ankle.

 

[RogerS]

Ouch! Hope they don't itch too much

 

[AJB Temple]

It's not good. We keep bees and they occasionally get me. Never 11 though.

 

[CHJ]

Sympathies, the smaller ground nesting species of Wasps in the UK are the most aggressive, go immediately into swarm attack mode when nest is disturbed.

 

[Cabinetman]

Sympathies, the smaller ground nesting species of Wasps in the UK are the most aggressive, go immediately into swarm attack mode when nest is disturbed.

Yes, that sounds pretty much what happened, I’ve now located the nest, a small hole in the pea gravel, will eradicate them when the Grandchildren have gone. Looking at where it is I must have trodden right on it.
And yes Roger they are all still stinging! Lots!

 

[Jar944]

Almost certainly yellow jackets. My wife got lit up a few years ago and just stood there because she had no idea what was going on.
Apparently they didn't exist in the suburbs.

As a kid it was always fun watch the adults burn out the nests with gasoline.

 

[Steve Maskery]

In the UK we think of bees being black and yellow, but the ones round here in France are just black, no yellow on them at all.
S

 

[Lons]

Would they be the same as the ones we encountered in the Yosemite Ian? The place was swarming with them and they were a real nuisance. Very small maybe 10mm long and aggressive.

 

[Cabinetman]

Would they be the same as the ones we encountered in the Yosemite Ian? The place was swarming with them and they were a real nuisance. Very small maybe 10mm long and aggressive.

Sounds pretty much what got me, but we are a long long long way from Yellowstone.