@yakmoose I was in desperate need of a PoE powered PoE switch for the highly resilient bush network and grabbed something small and simple (4 port 1G) online...
Felt a little silly buying a proper bee suit after our recent run in with a bald-faced hornet's nest that is now dispatched. But after apparently stepping on a yellow jacket nest in the ground while mowing this evening, I got stung at least 15 times. Did everything they tell you not to do, which is flail and holler like a maniac. Also ran straight into the house like a nitwit when they were still all stuck in my sock and shirt. I will rest easy knowing we already cultivate a massive playground for the pollinators here when I don the new bee suit and fill that nest with expanding foam.
@briankrebs if it helps I've been keeping bees for 5+ years now and regularly take out wasp nests (as a community service and when people call in about bee swarms that more often than not turn out to be wasps).
I still get stung occasionally, and for the very same mistakes (eg no long shafted boots when my suit is a little on the too short end).
It takes a lot of discipline not to freak out when it happens and to think clearly instead.
Granted most of our wasps aren't that bad, but I still do feel pretty silly every time it happens. Luckily a couple of anti histamines clear the worst for me and then it's just a week or two of itches.
I'm a simple man. Every time YouTube recommends the 'Obere Wasserschlosskammer' video, I watch it and think about how much power water has and the engineering that goes into such projects https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJVBlhgt9j8
