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Hi Viz Yellow - A Bee Magnet?
- Thread starter kentuvman
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doktortim
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Not just colors. Anyone who works outdoors much learns pretty fast to NEVER use any kind of aftershave or smells good, not even deodorants. Cuts way back on insects of all types. Same for washing clothes, no softners or anti-cling stuff that gives of a sweet smell.
If you are camping in the woods and particularly near water, no smelly stuff at all will greatly reduce bother from insects.
If you are camping in the woods and particularly near water, no smelly stuff at all will greatly reduce bother from insects.
Lew,
You must be the foreman. What did you do, make the guy get out of the cat to take your picture?
You must be the foreman. What did you do, make the guy get out of the cat to take your picture?
lmo1131
New member
Yeah! That's it... . I'm the foreman, sure that's the ticket. I am the foreman....
And here's me just about to get back into my company-provided pickup truck.
Actually, I just an Operating Engineer... an Oiler on that particular job. A buddy took the shot so I could send it to my dear old mum
And on that particular job we were clearing (grubbing) off seven miles of overgrown freeway median strip in preparation for paving it. The bees and wasps were everywhere, not to mention the poison oak.Attachments
hivizguy
www.hivizstore.com
Hi Viz and Bees
I have heard from a few people about bees and wasps being attracted to Hi Viz Yellow. It's never quite happened to me and I tend to wear the Viz all of the time. However being in the Hi Viz Biz, the story that really sticks out with me was about a turkey hunter. He told me that turkey's are attracted to Hi Viz Yellow. He Painted a turkey decoy with Hi Viz Yellow and it worked. The entire flock came in to see their odd dressed friend. Thanksgiving dinner was served.
Just like the gentleman posted a few posts back, I would rather run the occasional risk of a bee sting vs. the constant threat of not being seen while on my bike.
As for me I would rather BE SEEN !!!
See you all at the MOA Rally in Bloomsburg. Stop on by and we'll exchange stories.
Hi Viz Guy
www.hivizguy.com
I have heard from a few people about bees and wasps being attracted to Hi Viz Yellow. It's never quite happened to me and I tend to wear the Viz all of the time. However being in the Hi Viz Biz, the story that really sticks out with me was about a turkey hunter. He told me that turkey's are attracted to Hi Viz Yellow. He Painted a turkey decoy with Hi Viz Yellow and it worked. The entire flock came in to see their odd dressed friend. Thanksgiving dinner was served.
Just like the gentleman posted a few posts back, I would rather run the occasional risk of a bee sting vs. the constant threat of not being seen while on my bike.
As for me I would rather BE SEEN !!!
See you all at the MOA Rally in Bloomsburg. Stop on by and we'll exchange stories.
Hi Viz Guy
www.hivizguy.com
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Dachary
Guest
Poor bee
A bee took a dive at my jacket even when I wasn't wearing my hi viz:
Chest bee
We couldn't extract the poor thing without crushing it, but it had tried stinging my jacket anyway so it was doomed (Rev'It Sand jacket).
We don't seem to have a lot of bees in New England but I never had trouble with my hi-vis last year. I'd sure as heck rather get stung by a bee than hit by a cager, so I'll stick with the hi-vis even if it does draw bees.
A bee took a dive at my jacket even when I wasn't wearing my hi viz:
Chest bee
We couldn't extract the poor thing without crushing it, but it had tried stinging my jacket anyway so it was doomed (Rev'It Sand jacket).
We don't seem to have a lot of bees in New England but I never had trouble with my hi-vis last year. I'd sure as heck rather get stung by a bee than hit by a cager, so I'll stick with the hi-vis even if it does draw bees.
OfficerImpersonator
Seattle-area Rounder
I wear a gray Roadcrafter suit. Sometimes I'll put a hi-viz yellow Icon Mil-Spec vest over it when on long tours or commuting in the dark.
I don't notice any more pollinating insects hitting me when I'm wearing the hi-viz than when I'm not.
Besides, wasps and yellow jackets aren't pollinators - they are carnivores - so they wouldn't be attracted to "flower colors". Only honeybees are pollinators, and thus would have a predisposition towards seeking out flower colors.
I don't notice any more pollinating insects hitting me when I'm wearing the hi-viz than when I'm not.
Besides, wasps and yellow jackets aren't pollinators - they are carnivores - so they wouldn't be attracted to "flower colors". Only honeybees are pollinators, and thus would have a predisposition towards seeking out flower colors.
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From MARS
Guest
The flower color a bee is most attracted to is blue. I just learned this from an NPR interview with some bee expert.
Time of day, temperature, and other enviromental factors probably have more to do with the number of bees one encounters on a ride than does color of ATTGAT.
Tom
Time of day, temperature, and other enviromental factors probably have more to do with the number of bees one encounters on a ride than does color of ATTGAT.
Tom
lmo1131
New member
'Kay....
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That illustrated, wasps and yellow jackets ARE carnivores ... when I was a kid whenever we went camping my dad's solution was to offer them a sacrifice; that being a lump of raw hamburger or chicken gizzards placed left away from the campsite. It worked.
How this could be applied to motorcycling... I have no idea.
OfficerImpersonator
Seattle-area Rounder
How this could be applied to motorcycling... I have no idea.
Attach the raw meat to your riding partner's motorcycle.
Me thinks the yellow ink on all the products above are the results of marketing and not scientific research. The companies are gonna dress up their packaging to attract consumers, not insects.
indygt
67-year-old Teenager
Yellow jackets (the insects) are wasps, not bees, and therefore can sting multiple times. That said, I've been riding with a hi-viz jacket for two years without a problem from stinging insects. I think you've just been unlucky.
LCBIKEMAN
New member
try an EPIPEN or the like
for those of you who experience severe reactions to stings, consult your doctor regarding an autoinjector "pen" with a helpful chemical. You jam it against your thigh and it fires via needle quickly and easily. consider keeping it on your person, not your bike.
switched from a great Vanson black armored jacket to a high viz yellow jacket only because the cages weren't seeing me, even with a white helmet, ATTGATT, etc. No bug problems to date after 2 years in bug country.
for those of you who experience severe reactions to stings, consult your doctor regarding an autoinjector "pen" with a helpful chemical. You jam it against your thigh and it fires via needle quickly and easily. consider keeping it on your person, not your bike.
switched from a great Vanson black armored jacket to a high viz yellow jacket only because the cages weren't seeing me, even with a white helmet, ATTGATT, etc. No bug problems to date after 2 years in bug country.