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Thread #107837   Message #2239921
Posted By: GUEST,Bemused & Bewildered
19-Jan-08 - 07:17 AM
Thread Name: BS: Bizarre Bee Sighting !!!???
Subject: RE: BS: Bizarre Bee Sighting !!!???
hi. and thanks for replies..

Somerset coast..

and there are no pets in our house..
but the wife does work in an infant shool ..
so fleas & lice may be an occasional occupational hazard !!!

Spent last night in very interesting google research on Bees..
'ours' seemed too dark to be a "Bumble" but not dark enough to be one of the "Carpenter" types..

the wife now feels very guilty because, in her panic at mistaking it for a cockroach
she dropped a stack of solid beermats on top of it
before screaming for me to come downstairs to remove it.

it didn't look too injured.. in fact it was a very strong powerfull little creature..

but mrs is worried now she might have mortally wounded it.

even more so now that she knows her visitor was a young royal 'Queen'...






but the wife does work in an infant shool ..

so fleas & lice may be an occasional occupational hazard !!!


anyway, is there a definite visual difference to distinguish mozzy from flea bites ?

..and something else I've never found a conclusive answer..

can mosqitoe bites apear as a delayed reaction over several days latere
from the actual mosqitoe attack ?

or do they only show up immediately after being bitten..????



and i've now got more on my legs, and now a very itchy cluster on my abdomen .. grrr!!!