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[tanis cuff <tanistanis@hotmail.com>]

Thanks for the E.Fudd analogy.  Such is my life too!

But, "...wasps, flies, moths..." my point is what species?  More species & 
individuals of 'good guys' or 'bad guys'?


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Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:45:02 -0400
From: alandhaigh
To: nafex
Subject: [NAFEX] more on yellow jackets

Rivka, you kill me, you actually relocate wasp nests so you aren't destroying 
them?  I wonder if this doesn't create territorial wars between your 
immigrant nests and already established nests.  Hmm you may be doing more 
harm than good.  OK, just kidding.

As a fruit grower bald-face hornets and yellow jackets can be more than a 
nuisance some years as they destroy a lot of fruit by chewing holes in all 
the best stuff just as it ripens.  You grab a piece of fruit that is occupied 
and it's even more annoying.  If you try to harvest while they are active 
they sometimes actually swarm you and drive you from the tree.  Growing fruit 
is not a Disney nature animation and I have become ruthless, though sometimes 
I feel a bit like Elmer Fudd, I have to admit.

As far as beneficials being caught in apple cider, I get mostly wasps, flies, 
moths and finally some carrion beetles as things get funky.

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