Kabu wrote today about her garden and her neighbor, the garden spider who is one means of keeping down insects of more damaging kinds. I have spiders here and there in corners that I leave alone because they cut down the mosquito and fly populations. Now and then, I clear the evidence of their effectiveness, and they have to make new webs. We have hornets, too. Not bees: I would rather see bees! The hornets hover around the shingles on the roof, crawl in and out all day. I would hate to be the... Sign in to see full entry.