Bees & Wasps in Lake Tahoe

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mrtropy

Trad climber

Nor Cal

Sep 13, 2016 - 10:53am PT

Lots of meat bees up on Ebbetts Pass full of meat bees in the the 5k-7k range. Everytime you stop on a moutain bike they start to flying to you best to keep moving.

A few years back at the Gabbs fire about 4 or 5 fire fighters had to go hospital because of the wasp bites.

splitclimber

climber

Sonoma County

Sep 13, 2016 - 12:37pm PT

Need any volunteers Willoughby? I miss that type of work

anyone think the thundershowers today will knock them down a bit?

thinking of headed to Tahoe. would higher elevation be better than lower?

Winemaker

Sport climber

Yakima, WA

Sep 13, 2016 - 02:17pm PT

We're lucky here in eastern Washington this year. I've only seen a few this year and usually you can't eat outside this time of year. Was in the Goat Rocks last weekend with my visiting daughter and didn't see any; I've been driven off peaks by them in previous years. Guess they all migrated to Cali. Thanks!!!

Michael Dorame

Sport climber

San Francisco, CA

Sep 26, 2016 - 01:46pm PT

Wasp Alert!!

Hey guys, a group from my meetup (http://www.meetup.com/Get-Your-Climb-On/); came into a swarm of wasps at 90 Foot in South Lake Tahoe this weekend and had between 20 to 30 stings per person, to the point they had to go to the ER so please be mindful of this when you climb at 90 Foot or even Mayhem Cove. Thankfully no one was allergic!

Reilly

Mountain climber

The Other Monrovia- CA

Sep 26, 2016 - 01:53pm PT

Went out to the gazebo last week for a BBQ and about 6 yellow jackets showed up!
I was totally like WTF? I DIDN'T BUY HERE FOR THIS SH!T! The wife said,

"I'm going inside!"

I was like,

"I'll race you to the back door!"

26 years in this house and those were the first we've ever seen!
Had a barbie Sat and Sun and no problem! Were they like passing through
the week before or did the low life renters nearby run out of toilet paper?

Fritz

Social climber

Choss Creek, ID

Sep 26, 2016 - 02:30pm PT

Idaho yellow-jackets sting if they percieve they are trapped, but otherwise just want some food & they are aggressive at that. I've never heard of a biting yellow-jacket before reading this thread.

They were quite active at 8,500 Ft. in central Idaho this August. I set up a "beepark" with some chicken for them, and they mostly didn't swarm me, or our dinner.

They come & go at our ranchette. We killed a huge nest inside a cherry tree about 15 years back & didn't have any for years, then they peaked again about 3 years back.

We finally spotted the entrance to an underground nest, under a spruce tree in our yard. About one a second was entering or leaving. Conventional wasp spray did not penetrate to the nest, so I finally used a weed sprayer with an 18" long spray wand and a Pyrethrin solution to kill them. I went in at night all covered up, & still had some working me. After that Heidi did a final daylight attack and we were done with that nest. They were also nesting inside cracks that open into bubbles in our basalt cliff. Yes, we have wasps too and they do enjoy stinging us for little or no reason.

cencalclimber

climber

Aug 19, 2017 - 06:25pm PT

How are the wasps near south lake this year? As bad as last year? My family was at the leap end of August last year and had to leave early because of too many wasps. Wondering if we just avoid it entirely this year. Maybe higher elevation like Wrights lake would be better?