On 4/19/05 8:32 AM, in article , "Mike"
wrote:

I don't panic over wasps or bees,

BUT

my wife is allergic to wasp and bee stings. It is noted in her medical
records. She has been stung in the past and then it is panic FOR US if stung
on the arm or wrist

Off rings, off watch lay down call doctor.

She swells up like a barrage ballon and that is without any panic at all

on the other hand

I went into the garge, picked up my spade and there was a wasp under the
handle. Stung me, Ouch, and that was all.

As they say in the Royal Navy, "Different Ships, Different cap tallies" What
suits one does not suit another

Mike
Very good point Mike

On 4/19/05 8:27 AM, in article
,
" wrote:

i love seeing bees flying around my garden and i think as gardeners it
is our duty to encourage them.
I even have a bee nest! Most bees are completely docile and will only
stung if you harass them. What you might want to watch out for are
wasps in autumn when they are drunk from eating ripe fruit and go a bit
crazed and angry - so keeping fruit trees out of the garden instead of
flowers.

Yes they do go a little bit wonky in the fall but as usual one does not want
to sit on them. Otherwise, from my experience, they are just looking for
food...ignore them is the best way but that is hard to do if they happen to
be sitting on the fork you are about to put in your mouth! Just watch out
and usually you won't be stung....there is no one I know (me included) that
likes wasps around but one can learn to live with them should one try and
understand just what they are doing! They are trying to steal your
food...the little twits...bring out the artillery!

On 4/19/05 8:21 AM, in article
, "pb"
wrote:

In article , paulwilks.1nqo82
@gardenbanter.co.uk says...

As we have children, anything that attracts bees & wasps is a no go!



Why is everyone so afraid of bees and wasps? I am 60 and have been stung
once,
when a bee flew through my car window and got stuck between me and my seat.
My
wife has never been stung and neither have my two children. Have we just been
lucky? Or is it because none of us flap and squeal about when we see the
beasties?
Now ants, the spiteful little buggers bite me every time I go in the garden.
That just proves that insects have their preferences...

In article , Gary
writes
On 4/19/05 9:47 AM, in article , "Kay"
wrote:

In article , paulwilks paulwilks.1
writes

As we have children, anything that attracts bees & wasps is a no go!

You may not realise that you are posting to the uk.rec.gardening (urg)
newsgroup, and not a part of 'gardenbanter'.

So 'addition to the last thread posted' is not a very helpful heading,
since there is no guarantee that what you see as the last thread is in
fact the last thread on urg.
Good point....Can I ask a question? Would it have been a good idea to change
the subject line..?

Not particularly. The OP wouldn't recognise the new subject, and I was
aiming their comment purely at them.



--
Kay
"Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river"

Kay wrote:
In article , Gary
writes
On 4/19/05 9:47 AM, in article
, "Kay"
wrote:

In article , paulwilks
paulwilks.1 writes

As we have children, anything that attracts bees & wasps is a no
go!

You may not realise that you are posting to the uk.rec.gardening
(urg) newsgroup, and not a part of 'gardenbanter'.

So 'addition to the last thread posted' is not a very helpful
heading, since there is no guarantee that what you see as the
last
thread is in fact the last thread on urg.
Good point....Can I ask a question? Would it have been a good idea
to change the subject line..?

Not particularly. The OP wouldn't recognise the new subject, and I
was
aiming their comment purely at them.

The Usenet convention I find most useful in this situation is to put
in the subject line Clue to subject of sub-thread [Was: Old
header]. I think most newsreaders recognize the square brackets and
"Was" as signals to place the sub-thread correctly.

--
Mike.