Batting cleanup 2021Feb5

Cleaning up some of the items I've posted/commented in the past few days -

Yellow jackets, galore: 2020Feb3 - The more I look at the photos, the more I think those are honey bees rather than yellow jackets. As docile as they acted when I poked my camera among them, I can believe that. (Yellow jacket is on the left, below; honey bee, right; my photo, below the other two.)

It was confusing because it had been so long since I had seen a honey bee around here and because I've never seen them cart off bits of a corn kernel.

     
 

16 Escapees:  2020Feb4 - This morning, we were visited by all 16 turkey. When Hunky Husband and I counted, we arrived at 15; but, I can count 16 in the last photo (below). I had to lighten the photos a great deal because it was before sunup when the photos were taken. (So as not to flush the flock, the photos were taken through the kitchen window.)

It takes teamwork & Hunky Husband's 15 milliseconds of fame: 2021Feb4 - Hunky Husband just showed me his left arm where his first shot of COVID-19 vaccine had been administered. It has a faintly red area (below). Personally, I would attribute it to his having kept the little bandage on it until now. He may be a bit sensitive to the adhesive. Who knows? My own little bandage came off when I changed clothes upon arriving home from receiving the shot, so I have never been able to tell exactly where the needle went in - near my smallpox vaccination scar from 1941. My shoulder did give me a tiny twinge a few minutes ago when I was examining my own arm; but, I believe that to be from the axe wielding that I did Tuesday, hacking out a couple of small tree stumps. I can't replicate the twinge, now.

Comments

[bogie]

Definitely bees - yellow jackets are only mellow when they are drunk (watched them get drunk on pears that had fermented in a compost pile at the old place).

Just keep an eye on that area to make sure nothing else develops.

[Cop Car]

Bogie--One would think that, by now, I should know what a bee looks like, wouldn't one? I remember in the early 1940s, living in Tulsa, when I was playing (barefoot, of course - we didn't waste shoe leather for playing during the summer) in our front yard and happened to step upon two bees who were plying a clover patch. They promptly committed suicide by stinging me. Although I've had other stings, I don't recall being stung by a bee since then - probably a testament to my poor memory. Younger Brother was allergic to bee venom.

The redness in HH's arm has gone away - no other issues. I'll keep watch, thanks.

[bogie]

Heard on last night's local news that one of the reactions that aren't really known by the public, but are not uncommon (though not prevalent), is a bull's-eye type red mark or rash that appears up to a week later at/near the injection site.