Guest guest Posted October 3, 2001 Report Share Posted October 3, 2001 A friend of mine wrote concerning ground hornets - below is her message - can anyone offer advice to get rid of them. I'll forward her messages.... Thanks. Suzi Comanche Moon Farm of Texas <silkielady wrote: We have been taken over by hornets.They are everywhere.I wasnt certain it was a hornet until sunday when oneof my Anatolians got stung by one of them.They are not living in the tree in a hive,they areliving in the ground in little holes.These suckers are BIG and they are mean.I have no ideal what to do,no one seems to have anyideal about this.They are a real hazard.I have two house dogs that haveknown allergic reactions to stings.So the concern isgrowing over this.My dog that was stung,swelled up like a ballon,butrequired no treatment.She got stung on the nose andtuesday night she was beginning to look more normal.I suspect a hornet is the cause of a large swollenabcess that has suddenly appreared on another dog.Itsright around his neck and face and he has clawed at itduring the night and caused it to become infected.Any ideals would be greatly appreciated.My grandfatherknew how to take care of hornets but he died in 1997.We need help.raine Listen to your Mail messages from any phone with by Phone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 4, 2001 Report Share Posted October 4, 2001 I would call a professional... Some will take them for free to sell for medicene. Ground nests can be a lot more HUGE in numbers. Please ne careful God Bless, Jamie - Suzanne Nottmeier 7mfarm ; herbal remedies Wednesday, October 03, 2001 5:41 AM [herbal remedies] Fwd: [goatslivestockdogs] Hornets: need ideals A friend of mine wrote concerning ground hornets - below is her message - can anyone offer advice to get rid of them. I'll forward her messages.... Thanks. Suzi Comanche Moon Farm of Texas <silkielady wrote: We have been taken over by hornets.They are everywhere.I wasnt certain it was a hornet until sunday when oneof my Anatolians got stung by one of them.They are not living in the tree in a hive,they areliving in the ground in little holes.These suckers are BIG and they are mean.I have no ideal what to do,no one seems to have anyideal about this.They are a real hazard.I have two house dogs that haveknown allergic reactions to stings.So the concern isgrowing over this.My dog that was stung,swelled up like a ballon,butrequired no treatment.She got stung on the nose andtuesday night she was beginning to look more normal.I suspect a hornet is the cause of a large swollenabcess that has suddenly appreared on another dog.Itsright around his neck and face and he has clawed at itduring the night and caused it to become infected.Any ideals would be greatly appreciated.My grandfatherknew how to take care of hornets but he died in 1997.We need help.raine Listen to your Mail messages from any phone with by Phone. Federal Law requires that we warn you of the following: 1. Natural methods can sometimes backfire. 2. If you are pregnant, consult your physician before using any natural remedy. 3. The Constitution guarantees you the right to be your own physician and toprescribe for your own health. We are not medical doctors although MDs are welcome to post here as long as they behave themselves. Any opinions put forth by the list members are exactly that, and any person following the advice of anyone posting here does so at their own risk. It is up to you to educate yourself. By accepting advice or products from list members, you are agreeing to be fully responsible for your own health, and hold the List Owner and members free of any liability. Dr. Ian ShillingtonDoctor of NaturopathyDr.IanShillington Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 5, 2001 Report Share Posted October 5, 2001 This is a serious environmental problem. Hornets do not ordinarily do this sort of thing. They gravitate toward disturbed areas. You've brought up a whole huge field of study in itself -- Geobiology, which is the study of energies that emanate from the Earth, and how they affect living beings. I've written some on this subject elsewhere, and don't really have a whole lot of time to redo that work. But if we get into direct communication, perhaps there's a way to work things out, or i could find and send a few files, depending on what can be read at the other end. When you say " Comanche Moon Farm of Texas " my first instinct is to tell you to find a Kiowa medicine man, because he would know how to purify your ground. (There's an inside joke here -- Comanches were the mortal enemies of Kiowas and many other decent people -- but they were ultimately founded by a tribe closely related to the Kiowas. There aren't too many Comanches left, but the Kiowas have kept up their knowledge of the southern prairie ecosystem and its appropriate medicines.) Another factor is, the proximity of the infested area to any buildings, especially the main house. That's a very important thing, because there can be other effects of the fundamental problem besides just the hornets, and some of those effects can literally be deadly. You can regard hornets as a blessing, because they are warning you about a deeper problem. Obviously, pesticides are not the answer. They will eventually make the problem worse, as they create a disturbance of their own. As a last sort of " shotgun " approach, i would recommend planting certain flowers and trees in the area. This is a lousy time to plant the best flowers, which would be marigolds, petunias, and geraniums. But you can put in some gladiolus bulbs now, and they may help. It's also a good time to plant trees. For trees, i would need to know the exact ecosystem you're in, to make any fair recommendation. Oh, there's the homeopathic approach -- capture a whole bunch of the hornets, burn them, take the ashes and put them in a blender, dilute the whole mess about 100 times, and then spray the water where you don't want hornets. Rudolf Steiner did this with rabbits in southern Germany once. When you think about it, this is a very ugly but effective way to deal with a problem. But i don't think this would address the fundamental disturbance of the land. At 05:41 AM 10/3/01 -0700, you wrote: > > A friend of mine wrote concerning ground hornets - below is her message - can anyone offer advice to get rid of them. I'll forward her messages.... Thanks. >Suzi > Comanche Moon Farm of Texas <silkielady wrote: We have been taken over by hornets. >They are everywhere. >I wasnt certain it was a hornet until sunday when one >of my Anatolians got stung by one of them. >They are not living in the tree in a hive,they are >living in the ground in little holes. >These suckers are BIG and they are mean. >I have no ideal what to do,no one seems to have any >ideal about this. >They are a real hazard.I have two house dogs that have >known allergic reactions to stings.So the concern is >growing over this. >My dog that was stung,swelled up like a ballon,but >required no treatment.She got stung on the nose and >tuesday night she was beginning to look more normal. >I suspect a hornet is the cause of a large swollen >abcess that has suddenly appreared on another dog.Its >right around his neck and face and he has clawed at it >during the night and caused it to become infected. >Any ideals would be greatly appreciated.My grandfather >knew how to take care of hornets but he died in 1997. >We need help. >raine > > -- Michael Riversong ** Professional Harpist, Educator, and Writer ** RivEdu ** Phone: (307)635-0900 FAX (413)691-0399 http://home.earthlink.net/~mriversong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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