[paulwilks]

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

[jay jay]

Originally Posted by paulwilks

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

surely not!!

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jay jay wrote:

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

surely not!!

Oh, yes! As sticky children do that, doubtless they will be forbidden
to eat anything containing sugar, and carefully scrubbed clean before
being allowed outside.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

paulwilks wrote:


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



As it is largely colour and scent that attract pollinating insects, I would
say you are stuffed. And last time I looked, bees and wasps don't carry
children off from the garden.

--
Fortune's Fictitious Country Song Title of the Week:
"How Can I Miss You if You Won't Go Away?"

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.

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.

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!

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

In article ,
"Mike" writes:
| 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

Mine is allergic to bee strings, though not quite as allergic,
and we don't worry about them. All she does is try to avoid
getting stung - which is pretty easy. Bees don't sting unless
you squeeze them.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

--
Mine is allergic to bee strings, though not quite as allergic,
and we don't worry about them. All she does is try to avoid
getting stung - which is pretty easy. Bees don't sting unless
you squeeze them.


"Steer Clear" is the order of the day :-))

Mike

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

pb muttered:

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.

Indeed. If it weren't for bees and wasps there'd be no flowers to garden and
logically no gardeners or garden newsgroups... children need to know that
life isn't going to be devoid of any physical discomfort and parents who are
so over-cautious with them do them a grave disservice.

In article , pb
writes
In article , paulwilks.1nqo82
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.

I've been stung several times, including as a child, but it's no big
deal. OK, some people area allergic and for them a sting is a life
threatening event, but for most of us a sting is not a danger. And it is
in any case very unlikely, since neither bees nor wasps sting unless
provoked.


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

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 , 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.

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