I didn't think they lived in the UK, but I've seen them in my garden
and I don't want to die!

How do I get rid of them?

Patty wrote in message ...
I didn't think they lived in the UK, but I've seen them in my garden
and I don't want to die!

How do I get rid of them?

how do you know or recognise killer bees.............

Patty wrote in message ...
I didn't think they lived in the UK, but I've seen them in my garden
and I don't want to die!


99% of people die in bed. Don't go there.

Steve

"Pongo Potts" wrote in message
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Patty wrote in message
...
I didn't think they lived in the UK, but I've seen them in my garden
and I don't want to die!

How do I get rid of them?

how do you know or recognise killer bees.............

Easily identifiable by the large bloodied knife carried by the bees and the
unmistakable tune from Psycho (sp) playing across the garden.

Quick, run away!!

"shazzbat" wrote:

99% of people die in bed.
Within days of eating mashed potatoes, too.


Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic
Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G

Haha!....... I very, very rarely eat mashed potatoes .... so I'm safe !!!!

Seriously, how do you know they are killer bees? I thought these were a
tropical/semi-tropical variety?

(Asking as someone who is completely irrationally and childishly scared of
anything with wings and black and yellow stripes, and who thankfully lives
in a temperate country where most insects and spiders are relatively
innocuous ....!!)

Barb


"Gary Woods" wrote in message
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"shazzbat" wrote:

99% of people die in bed.
Within days of eating mashed potatoes, too.


Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at
home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic
Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G

"Barb" wrote:


Seriously, how do you know they are killer bees?

The person is an obvious troll; probably the same character that
periodically posts "I found an unexploded bomb in my garden; what should I
do?"

Short of DNA testing, you can't tell; the Africanized honeybee is a cross
between the friendly Italians and some unpleasant Africans. And last I
heard, not at all cold-hardy, so not an issue in Northern U.S. or the U.K.

But I can't do much outdoors yet, so this is a nice diversion. I was going
to stake out my pop-up greenhouse, but the wind is coming up and maybe I'll
wait, so as not to do my Mary Poppins impression.


Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic
Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G

.... I can relate to your last paragraph. Yesterday was the most glorious
day - I live near Cannock Chase and went for a long walk, in just my tshirt
(..... and other clothes as well, of course ... !!... ;-) )

But today it's cold, and I'm putting off getting out in the garden until it
warms up again. I hope we have a nice weekend ... loads to do!

I think this group is cool!

Barb



"Gary Woods" wrote in message
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"Barb" wrote:


Seriously, how do you know they are killer bees?

The person is an obvious troll; probably the same character that
periodically posts "I found an unexploded bomb in my garden; what should I
do?"

Short of DNA testing, you can't tell; the Africanized honeybee is a cross
between the friendly Italians and some unpleasant Africans. And last I
heard, not at all cold-hardy, so not an issue in Northern U.S. or the U.K.

But I can't do much outdoors yet, so this is a nice diversion. I was
going
to stake out my pop-up greenhouse, but the wind is coming up and maybe
I'll
wait, so as not to do my Mary Poppins impression.


Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at
home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic
Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G

"Barb" wrote:

But today it's cold, and I'm putting off getting out in the garden until it
warms up again.

To expand on that a bit: The forecast warming trend has been _very_
altitude* dependent here; the forecast upper 50s will here barely, maybe,
make 40. That combined with stiff breezes, makes it a mite chilly for the
light "hoodie" I've been bumming around in of late.

*I'm at 1400 feet above sea level.
I'm not gonna convert all those numbers; my brain is too chilled.


Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic
Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G

Gary Woods wrote:
"Barb" wrote:


Seriously, how do you know they are killer bees?

The person is an obvious troll; probably the same character that
periodically posts "I found an unexploded bomb in my garden; what
should I do?"

Short of DNA testing, you can't tell; the Africanized honeybee is a
cross between the friendly Italians and some unpleasant Africans.
And last I heard, not at all cold-hardy, so not an issue in Northern
U.S. or the U.K.
snip

I beleive there is a small difference in wing size/construction. So, as you
say, us mere mortals can't tell.
--
ßôyþëtë
London, UK

On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 16:44:05 +0100, "Barb"
wrote:

Haha!....... I very, very rarely eat mashed potatoes .... so I'm safe !!!!

Seriously, how do you know they are killer bees? I thought these were a
tropical/semi-tropical variety?

(Asking as someone who is completely irrationally and childishly scared of
anything with wings and black and yellow stripes, and who thankfully lives
in a temperate country where most insects and spiders are relatively
innocuous ....!!)

Barb



Hi,

Such things as you describe are usually called wasps!

Roy
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Roy.
The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,
Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wo -- oh!