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To: William H Huebl who wrote (26404)	8/28/2007 1:47:44 PM
From: Ish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34894

They were pretty big wasps. I had blood dripping out of the sting holes. A guy mowing a highway ditch not far from here hit a nest of ground hornets. When they examined his body he had been stung close to 1,000 times.

To: William H Huebl who wrote (26404)	8/28/2007 8:10:40 PM
From: Ish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34894

The pest guy showed up today. He has a BS in biology. Said we had European wasps, really nasty and he took 3 sprayers into combat plus one of those get stung and inject yourself kits. Took him about 10 minutes to get rid of them and then I got a half hour lecture on stinging insects. I'm never going outside again.

To: William H Huebl who wrote (26404)	8/29/2007 6:48:23 AM
From: John Carragher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34894

may i recommend this plant for garden or deck. mexican heather,full sun. i have it in a half barrel on my deck. it fills out 2"feet around and lays flat down in with elevated sections over it all around the area, It has tiny flowers , blooms all the time, just a beautiful small plant filling out 2' around. why, it is loaded with black bumble bees. for last two weeks. they spend most of the day hitting every little pink flower. there must be up to twenty bees there all day long. figure with the bee shortage and you all having veg gardens this would be a helpful plant to have in the area. it is an annual