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#621820 - 08/26/14 11:33 AM Re: Hummingbird vs. Wasp [Re: DLC]
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Registered: 08/11/02
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Good luck, DLC!

Pretty frustrating.

The ants came back overnight. Good thing they're so dumb! smile
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#621822 - 08/26/14 11:43 AM Re: Hummingbird vs. Wasp [Re: Stumpy1]
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Wish you had some video of that! Sounds like a real dogfight (like WWI type dogfight I mean).
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#621831 - 08/26/14 12:31 PM Re: Hummingbird vs. Wasp [Re: yoyo52]
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Registered: 01/18/04
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I kind of like Carpenter Bees.

They're BIG & NOISY but relatively passive
when it comes to PEOPLE... you gotta pretty
much grab one and slap it around to make one
sting you...

But you're quite right about them Patrolling
Their Territory... I never thought of their
persistent droning, darting & hovering as
"Defensive"but then I never saw them encounter
any other frying creature as I went about my
gardening with them droning around my head...

...yeah... they're BIG! Bet they'd could put up
one hellova fight.. if they had a mind to.
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#621837 - 08/26/14 01:44 PM Re: Hummingbird vs. Wasp [Re: Stumpy1]
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Stumpy..Bees and wasps are attracted to the color yellow.... many feeders have bits and baubles of this color...
The color red as we all seem to know does appeal to these little jewels....I have a red cap I put on when sitting on the deck...get one and you will see the little buggers up close...I also grow scarlet running beans every year...a great vine that grows like a weed...the seeds are large and colored pink with black spots....and the beans are great to eat...i plant these and red varieties of morninglories here there and everywhere on the farm...put them in the ground and forget about um laugh
I found a link covering many of the things I do to keep them happy...it has a lot of info RE: bugs http://www.hummingbirds.net/feeders.html
Hope it helps everyone here with bug problems
love my birds laugh

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#621869 - 08/26/14 10:41 PM Re: Hummingbird vs. Wasp [Re: DLC]
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Loc: Southern Lake Superior
By the way, DLC, I like that "Hymenoptera Hangout!" laugh
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#621878 - 08/27/14 01:00 AM Re: Hummingbird vs. Wasp [Re: bird]
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I saw something about getting rid of the yellow, which wasps are supposed to like.

We could probably get some red duct tape to tape over the phony yellow flowers on the feeder.

Thanks, Bird!
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#621890 - 08/27/14 03:03 AM Re: Hummingbird vs. Wasp [Re: Acumowchek]
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Registered: 11/04/02
Posts: 20167
Loc: Lindale, TX (Tyler)
Acumowchek… looks more like a hornet than a wasp!

Doesn't matter much - still Hymenoptera !! laugh

aka " lil' bastids !!" wink

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#621893 - 08/27/14 03:52 AM Re: Hummingbird vs. Wasp [Re: DLC]
Acumowchek Offline
Is this thing on?

Registered: 12/30/07
Posts: 4208
Loc: Petaluma, CA
Don't care what it is, lil' bastids will do…
Had a swarm of m them this year.
I used the most lethal spray on the market, PC be damned.
It was either that, or burn the house down.

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