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Thread #22402   Message #244374
Posted By: Liz the Squeak
19-Jun-00 - 09:15 AM
Thread Name: Gardening can be dangerous
Subject: RE: Gardening can be dangerous
Well if you will dress as a giant wasp, what do you expect! Hope you are better now, I'm an in between case, my next wasp sting may be painful, or it may be life threatening! Oh, the joys of anticipation....

I've found that wearing dull green or blue works best. The darker the colour, the less atractive it is. And don't ever wear a dark dress with big white spots or daisies printed on it - you will be smothered!! The contrast of white on dark is really attractive to butterflies, bees and wasps. Using a citrusy smelling deoderant often helps, All Spice (ah, remember that?) was best at repelling gnats and mosquitoes, but Lynx and that one that supposedly has strangers giving you flowers are very nice to bees....

Staying neat the compost heap is probably not a good idea.

Mind you, they say wasps eat greenfly, so they are good creatures. Takes all sorts.

LTS