Now I know that some folks ain't gonna believe this but soon as I decided that I was going to leave their weed patch intact, they left me alone to finish bush-hoggin' the other parts of the field...

Yes, the same criiters who ahd been buzzin' me for hours just let me be!!!

Wow -- you too Bobert? After what happened to me a few weeks ago I have no problems believing you!

I've always had a few wasps buzzin round my back porch, and they never really bothered me. I never get stung -- I just ignore them and they've always returned the favour. But early this spring they'd become a real nuisance. Built a nest under the back porch shingles -- and now I had to contend with literally dozens and dozens of them flying about just outside the door every day. They got so thick I couldn't even tend my flowers or relax in the sun for a minute or two without having a few of them bouncin off my head, landing on my chair etc.

Well, I struggled for a few weeks with the idea of killing them. That really goes against my principles -- when it comes to Nature, I've always opted for the 'live and let live', 'do unto others...' approach as much as possible. I really abhor having to kill anything, even bugs!

Dragged myself to Canadian Tire and checked out the sprays, couldn't get myself to buy one. Hummed and hawed for another week or so, but when they started conglomerating in my kitchen every time I opened the back door, I knew I was beat.

Or rather, they were. They do have the right to live too, but this is MY YARD and MY HOUSE, see? That day I asked my parent's handyman about the best sprays and methods, listened carefully to his advice. And resolved, as I went to bed that night, to buy the spray and do the dirty deed the very next morning.

Got up the next morning, still resolute in my decision. Went outside to give the situation a final check and guess what? THEY WERE GONE!   And they've stayed GONE!   8-O

That was a month ago. I think I've seen ONE measly wasp in the backyard since. And absolutely none crawling in and out of that formerly infested hole under the shingles. I swear they must have 'heard' me somehow! Maybe bugs are ruled by some kind of 'higher mind' that can tune into human feelings, thoughts and intentions. WHo knows?

We think we are so smart with all our science and 'higher logic', but I think that when all's said and done we really know diddley-squat about Nature. And about Life.

It's quite the buzz thinking we know it all, though!