Isn't that considered a "weapon" which would make it illegal?
Drone hired to kill bee's.
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Ha! They planned the whole thing. “Good job fellow yellow jackets, now let’s fly in and have a little vodka before it dries up.” Pesky some (Mod Removed Language) I’m tempted to breeze their nests every day until they give up and leave. Wasp spray is the easiest of course, but not near as fun.
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Well, if he did, then he's one smart dude.A shotgun would have been way more effective. Who would be stupid enough to put a $1500 drone through this? You know, bees make honey and I have to wonder how gooey the drone was after this "adventure".
Perhaps the drone owner charged $3000 to cover the cost of a new M3?
Doc, I hope you keep your sting-free record going. The little rascals hurt, especially wasps!
But I agree with the guy that said he wouldn’t use his drone for that job. Neither would I but it does look like fun with someone else’s drone.
But I agree with the guy that said he wouldn’t use his drone for that job. Neither would I but it does look like fun with someone else’s drone.
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I’d say so
It’s also illegal to fly under 250g rules at 253g
Yes, there’s a slight difference, lol.
What the heck, you register it as a aerial firearm under 25kg.
Dang! You made spit out my last swig of sodaI’d say so
It’s also illegal to fly under 250g rules at 253g
Yes, there’s a slight difference, lol.
What the heck, you register it as a aerial firearm under 25kg.
Last week had a swarm of hornets follow my A2 all the way up to 400’. A bloodbath. What a mess to clean the drone. Even alcohol, my usual method, didn’t work so well. Hot soapy water was all that would remove the splatter that was everywhere. Camera view looked like leaves falling. Used sport mode and took the long way home.
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I'm just the opposite, till one bites or stings me. I got stung on the cheek once trying to be kind to a wasp nest. Drove straight to walmart and bought a can of wasp killer. I never thought I'd see a Drone take one out though.
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Dang! You made spit out my last swig of soda
At least you weren’t washing down a mouth full of Nutella !!
(I hope !!!)
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Well your video header says hornets, but the post header says bees. Maybe they should "jive" so some won't freak your out killing honey or other beneficial bees.
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Had a big hornets nest in a tree and the raven / crows took care of it for us. Guess they got hungry enough to go after the larvae. They'd hit it and fly away real fast and back again and again and again. Guess that took care of the hornets for this year.A shotgun would have been way more effective. Who would be stupid enough to put a $1500 drone through this? You know, bees make honey and I have to wonder how gooey the drone was after this "adventure".
Perhaps the drone owner charged $3000 to cover the cost of a new M3
Incidentally if you get stung by a bee DO NOT pick it out. Their venom sack is attached to the stinger, attempting to pick the stinger our forces more venom into you. Instead, scrape it out with a finger nail etc. watch
True. Hornets, on the other hand, don't have venom sacs but do have multiple stingers.
I've been stung by hornets even though they were unprovoked, and here in southern Arizona most of the bees are now African hybrids. They are normally not a threat while going about their business, and I have often sat by my goldfish pond while several dozen were sucking up water just a few inches away. But every few years somebody local gets killed from hundreds of stings from a hive that thought it was being threatened, even if it wasn't. Nasty way to go.
