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Re: Re: Kabu
posted by
Kabu
on September 13, 2013 at 12:16 PM
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Re:
Annicita
posted by
C_C_T
on September 13, 2013 at 10:48 AM
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my mom keeps a couple of fly swatters on hand to swat all the wasps that come into her house...she lives in the country
posted by
Annicita
on September 13, 2013 at 9:16 AM
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Re: CCT..the plain honeybees have become quite active here....
I shall have to tell your Liz off Rumour. It kills the poor little bee if it stings pulls its poor little stinger and insides out. Now waspies can keep poking like well never mind. Alright don't mention it just kiss it better,
posted by
C_C_T
on September 13, 2013 at 12:51 AM
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Re: One blooming shrub - don't know what it is, pink clusters at the ends
Yes bumble bees are my favorite Pat. My mother told me years ago that when she was a little girl an old gardener would pay her a penny for each bumble bee she caught. He released them into his greenhouse, but she did not know what he grew, she said she could not catch many. I think I know the plant you mean.
posted by
C_C_T
on September 13, 2013 at 12:47 AM
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Re: swordfingers
Thankyou SF sometimes I am not too grumpy.
posted by
C_C_T
on September 13, 2013 at 12:39 AM
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Re: Adnohr
Sadly folk want cement parking space for two or three cars Adnohr. I expect the plum trees were a source of annoyance, but I did not want poision sprayed near to my produce. The chap below had a pond with large Carp they all died overnight and no-one knew why, it was after a slight snowfall and one wondered, planes fly over quite frequently.
posted by
C_C_T
on September 13, 2013 at 12:37 AM
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Well Jimmy I made several imitation wasp nests and hung them in different locations.
It deters the early Queens as they a rather naive and will not build close to a another colony .
My visitors come from someone else's holding.
Our Wiley will confirm this is true ,he told me last year but
he bought his imitation nests.
Years ago I approached a nest in a shed with a sprayer of insecticide
the wasps came charging out at me in a swarm before I could nobble them, I just ran.
posted by
C_C_T
on September 13, 2013 at 12:29 AM
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Re: Jay
I don;t think you want to think about that too much Jay, think happy.
posted by
C_C_T
on September 13, 2013 at 12:16 AM
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Re: FS
Good news for you then FS stir up the dust. Yes we fill with memories. More expensive than gas,
posted by
C_C_T
on September 13, 2013 at 12:15 AM
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Re: Kabu
Yes I am not going to introduce these little nasties, well perhaps one to tortureStoppit he's escaping.
posted by
C_C_T
on September 13, 2013 at 12:12 AM
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Re: Naut
Can't keep killing everything Naut, good thinking,
posted by
C_C_T
on September 13, 2013 at 12:09 AM
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CCT
I'm glad you let the wasp go - they're not only kinda neat, but even useful! And your poem reminded me of someone improvising a melancholy tune on a lute...
posted by
Nautikos
on September 12, 2013 at 8:29 PM
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wet here today too and I know why you want the wasps around. I know that you have an infestation or two...these have now joined the others.
posted by
Kabu
on September 12, 2013 at 7:06 PM
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We are getting some rain today as well in the Baltimore Area...It is interesting to read of how the memories flow in the poem.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on September 12, 2013 at 5:47 PM
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I once smelled a leaf of history once...It was poison oak.
posted by
UtahJay
on September 12, 2013 at 2:26 PM
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Yes - we need to be very careful to keep our pollinators alive so that we don't end up obliged to pollinate by hand. Why on earth would the neighbor want to poison plum trees? A very sweet but sad poem.
posted by
adnohr
on September 12, 2013 at 2:12 PM
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We have our share of wasp nests scattered around our house as well. In the corner of our garage, on the edge of our kitchen window, near one of our outside spigots . . . dangerous little buggers indeed if you do swat at them! Best to just let them go about their business, and just try to keep them out of the house . . . 
posted by
JimmyA
on September 12, 2013 at 1:19 PM
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as always... a very deep and thoughtful post... 
posted by
Carolyn_Moe
on September 12, 2013 at 12:43 PM
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One blooming shrub - don't know what it is, pink clusters at the ends
of long stems - grows at the curve in my sidewalk. The blooms attract dozens of those big stripey bumblebees, who gather from morning till night. I am careful not to brush against the blooms which bend seductively over the sidewalk, being respectful of the bumblebee's mission. They, in turn, don't try to sting me. In the last year or so I've gotten much more impressed by the work of pollinators, and will do nothing to complicate their lives. Even the wasps - which you can catch and release - are given the right of way. I loved the way you described liberating one wasp from the pears...
posted by
Pat_B
on September 12, 2013 at 12:23 PM
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CCT..the plain honeybees have become quite active here....
Liz made the mistake of swatting at one in her office the other day and got stung, although fortunately the stinger didn't lodge in her finger, but it bruised right up...the bees suddenly being so noticeable is a sure sign of colder weather and fall...
posted by
Rumor
on September 12, 2013 at 12:15 PM
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