Should we have bumblebees in February?

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On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 16:58:38 +0000, Wicked Uncle Nigel
<wun RemoveThis @wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote:

>>Still can't imagine why he'd want to kill them, tho. I find them
>>quite comforting.
>
>Some people just like to kill stuff. Imagine!

Even weirder, some people like to watch movies of people pretending to
kill stuff!
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Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Champ
<neal.TakeThisOut@champ.org.uk> typed
>On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 16:58:38 +0000, Wicked Uncle Nigel
><wun.TakeThisOut@wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote:
>
>>>Still can't imagine why he'd want to kill them, tho. I find them
>>>quite comforting.
>>
>>Some people just like to kill stuff. Imagine!
>
>Even weirder, some people like to watch movies of people pretending to
>kill stuff!

Bizarro.

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My position was (and, to be honest, largely remains) one of complete ambiguity.
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In article <7n6p75-gu5.ln1 DeleteThis @yahoo.co.uk>, des DeleteThis @yahoo.fr says...
[mozzies]
> I've
> an allergy to the anticoagulant in their saliva which causes bites to swell
> up to golf ball-size.

I've had this before, and now get round it by packing a tube of
hydrocortisone cream in my away kit, calms them down no end, it does.
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On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 17:19:35 -0000, ginge
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>In article <7n6p75-gu5.ln1.RemoveThis@yahoo.co.uk>, des.RemoveThis@yahoo.fr says...
>[mozzies]
>> I've
>> an allergy to the anticoagulant in their saliva which causes bites to swell
>> up to golf ball-size.
>
>I've had this before, and now get round it by packing a tube of
>hydrocortisone cream in my away kit, calms them down no end, it does.

What about when you're playing at home?
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In article <m8sjq3p1l0o2oe534gem0tem8m5d6sk7eo RemoveThis @4ax.com>,
neal RemoveThis @champ.org.uk says...
> On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 17:19:35 -0000, ginge
> <the.gingeREMOVE RemoveThis @THISgmail.com> wrote:
>
> >In article <7n6p75-gu5.ln1 RemoveThis @yahoo.co.uk>, des RemoveThis @yahoo.fr says...
> >[mozzies]
> >> I've
> >> an allergy to the anticoagulant in their saliva which causes bites to swell
> >> up to golf ball-size.
> >
> >I've had this before, and now get round it by packing a tube of
> >hydrocortisone cream in my away kit, calms them down no end, it does.
>
> What about when you're playing at home?

There aren't an excessive number of mosquitos in Derby for some strange
reason...
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cat wrote:
>
> Bees are ace, wasps are fit only to adorn the radiator grill of
> anything that travels faster than 40mph.

Apparently (even though I hate the little bastards) the world would be
a somewhat different place without wasps. I'm told they eat a vast
amount of nasty little bugs that compete with us for food. They also
have been known to polinate the odd plant.

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Wicked Uncle Nigel <wun DeleteThis @wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote:

> >Are they even capable of stinging?
>
> They can in theory.
>
> > In any case, I've never heard of
> >anyone being stung by one
>
> Me neither.

Nor me. BumbleBeez live in small colonies (a few dozen), and generally
on the ground, or rather in it. They produce just enough hunny to feed
themselves and no more, so humes leave them alone and concentrate on the
other Beez.

Which suggests that BumbleBeez might be smarter than we realise.


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We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "TMack"
<tonyREMOVEmackin_at_bigfoot.com> saying something like:


>Bumblebees are only stroppy in the vicinity of their nest. My guess is that
>they have a nest nearby - usually under a flat stone or the like. If
>possible just avoid that area, otherwise you may need to employ chemical
>death.

These are not bumblebees. They are a nasty aggressive wild bee; I
wouldn't be at all surprised if there's a strain of African in them.
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On Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:49:11 +0000, cat wrote:

> I could only get about 30 mins of Bee a day.

I'm sure that WUN would be delighted at such a prospect.

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Grimly Curmudgeon <grimly4REMOVE RemoveThis @REMOVEgmail.com> wrote:

> We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
> drugs began to take hold. I remember "TMack"
> <tonyREMOVEmackin_at_bigfoot.com> saying something like:
>
>
> >Bumblebees are only stroppy in the vicinity of their nest. My guess is that
> >they have a nest nearby - usually under a flat stone or the like. If
> >possible just avoid that area, otherwise you may need to employ chemical
> >death.
>
> These are not bumblebees. They are a nasty aggressive wild bee; I
> wouldn't be at all surprised if there's a strain of African in them.

Depends. Have they told you that they need your help to move 1000 tonnes
of honey to a safe location of your choice?


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platypus wrote:
> Big fat one, happily droning around in the sunshine...

Dunno, but I was very surprised to see a Pipistrelle bat hunting for insects
outside my mate's window at half four this afternoon.
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Doki wrote:
> platypus wrote:
>> Big fat one, happily droning around in the sunshine...
>
> Dunno, but I was very surprised to see a Pipistrelle bat hunting for
> insects outside my mate's window at half four this afternoon.

Last Days, innit...
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