login | | |

» Willy World » Members History » Forum Life 2005 » Wasp Hounds - What Next?!

Author Garden: Wasp Hounds - What Next?! Carly Garden Pro! Member # 3052 posted                    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051203/ap_on_sc/bomb_sniffing_wasps This is an amazing thing, is it not? Training wasps to act as search hounds. It's a marvelous thing really - it must cost municipalities a lot to train and handle dogs. * * * * When sorting seeds, do not whistle. Plants: 2784 | From: Toronto, Canada | Registered: Jul 2004  |  Seeded: 69.194.112.206 Thornius The Bird Man Member # 5603 posted                    And here is the very first graduating class of this new program in their newly-designed dress uniforms! * * * * A bird in the hand......can sometimes be a mess. Plants: 2894 | From: Nashville, TN | Registered: May 2005  |  Seeded: 70.156.15.4 Carly Garden Pro! Member # 3052 posted                    Ha ha! Eeeeek! I shouldn't be laughing - is no funny, those wasps. I got stung a few weeks ago by something - a wasp, a bee . . . I was running my hand along the library railing as I walked down the ramp and caught something on my hand - it felt like paint thinner. I stood there cursing like a son of a gun. I had a swollen thumb and finger but it didn't last long. * * * * When sorting seeds, do not whistle. Plants: 2784 | From: Toronto, Canada | Registered: Jul 2004  |  Seeded: 69.194.112.206 Thornius The Bird Man Member # 5603 posted                    Those are actually Hornets, also called Yellow Jackets. They are MUCH more aggressive and their stings MUCH more painful than bees or wasps. * * * * A bird in the hand......can sometimes be a mess. Plants: 2894 | From: Nashville, TN | Registered: May 2005  |  Seeded: 70.149.129.78 comfrey Garden Pro! Member # 6055 posted                    Just a helpful hint here on stings...This works for wasp, bee, yellow jackets etc. As soon as you get stung, wet the area and then apply a large amount of "Adolph meat tenderizer" to the area...It has an ingredient that neutralizes the poison and lessens the pain and stops the swelling instantly. I don't use this on meat, but keep a bottle in the medicine cabinet where it can be found easily. A women who was visiting us got stung by a red wasp and she was allergy to them, this stopped her allergy reaction saving a quick trip to the ER...It is amazing. Very important also if you have little ones around, so you can give them fast relief! * * * * Plants: 2524 | From: Arkansas | Registered: Jul 2005  |  Seeded: 209.142.172.86 Thornius The Bird Man Member # 5603 posted                    Also a paste of tobacco snuff mixed with water works the same way..... But not that many people use snuff anymore. * * * * A bird in the hand......can sometimes be a mess. Plants: 2894 | From: Nashville, TN | Registered: May 2005  |  Seeded: 70.149.129.78 Carly Garden Pro! Member # 3052 posted                    Thanks for the tips on that one - adolph's meat tenderizer - never would have thought of that. I wonder if plain tobacco would work. Hmmm . .. I just rinsed it under water and sucked on it - ha ha! Still hurt though. * * * * When sorting seeds, do not whistle. Plants: 2784 | From: Toronto, Canada | Registered: Jul 2004  |  Seeded: 69.194.112.206

Printer-friendly view of this garden

Hop To: Select a Forum:   Category: Willy's Place -------------------- The Further Misadventures of Wild Willy Plant Pictures and Profiles Wallpaper of the Day Members Favorite Recipes   Category: Gardening Reference -------------------- Gardening in 2002 Gardening in 2003 Gardening in 2004 Gardening in 2005 Gardening in 2006 Gardening in 2007   Category: Members History -------------------- Forum Life 2003 Forum Life 2004 Forum Life 2006 Forum Life 2005 Forum Life 2007

The Garden Helper | Privacy Statement

Powered by Infopop Corporation
UBB.classic™ 6.7.2