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One wasp
"Michael Saunby" wrote in message ... "Drakanthus" wrote in message ... I personally wouldn't have put the "even" in front of the hornets. They don't occur where I live now, but when we lived further south we had them in the garden. They're much more docile and less aggressive than wasps - big stripey pussycats, in fact :-) Malcolm That's how I think of bumble bees. My wife runs a mile, but I think they are sort of "cute". I can be dead heading plants and they land in a flower next to my hand - they never seem the slightest bit interested in me so I leave them to it. Live and let live. Wasps on the other hand - its open warfare! Bumble bees I remove from the house by closing my hand around them - since they rarely sting and it doesn't hurt much if they do. Wasps I'll admit I tend to flick with a fingernail and then flick them out the window - some live, some don't. Hornets I remove using a glass and a piece of paper. The same for honey bees, though often they can be directed with a hand wave or too. For those that want to try the experimental method of working out what you have by how much the sting hurts - wasp stings hurt a little (rather more than a nettle) and a bee sting hurts like hell and the sting is left behind with the venom sack still pumping. Not sure what a hornet sting is like, probably like a wasp. Hmmm the wasp that stung me left its sting in my leg! O |
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