"Thomas" scythicon311@yahoo(dot)com expounded:

For the life of me can't understand why anyone would want to encourage
bumble bees near your plantings. Clearly you have had little experience in
defending yourself from those beasts. I had to rush my son to the emergency
room when he was 5 after stumbling into a nest of bumble bees, and I've been
stung also. He was rewarded with 5 stings to the top of his head at once.
Bumble bees are fiercely territorial, at least the ones here in Texas are. I
encourage you to simply hand pollinate your tomatillos....or buy them at the
supermarket. I can do with more honey bees and fewer bumble bees.
Thomas

Bumble bees around here are faily docile - they nest in the ground and
don't bother anyone. I work around them all day long in my garden and
have never had a problem with them. They're good pollinators.
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Ann
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