Re: Bringing things to a close - suggestions?

On Fri, 03 Aug 2007 19:37:44 GMT, James Eades <jeeades@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 15:15:33 -0500, Ric Locke <warlocke@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

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Around here the black-and-yellow ones ("yellow jackets") are reasonably
decent armed citizens :-) It's the red ones, actually brick-red with
almost-black abdomens, that you have to watch out for. We also have an
extensive selection of mud daubers. I believe they're capable of
stinging, but I don't know anyone who's had the experience.

Regards,
Ric

Here, too, the red wasp is viewed with some degree of caution - but if
I were forced to choose, I would designate the little yellow and black
varmints we call 'sugar bees*' as most bothersome. They resemble
smaller, plumper yellow-jackets, but mostly hang around camp sites and
picnic areas, making life miserable for vacationers trying to enjoy
their out-of-doors meal. They make sipping out of a soda can an
adventure that can prove painful.

Give them their own full-sugar soda can some feet away and they'll
gather over there. Sciplus has something to trap them inside soda
bottles -- http://www.sciplus.com and put 92723 into the item number
search.

I, too, have heard that dirt-daubers can sting, but have no proof one
way or the other - safer just to avoid them. ;-)

*I've also heard them called 'sweat bees,' but can't vouch for that,
either.
--
Marilee J. Layman
http://mjlayman.livejournal.com
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