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On Apr 25, 2010, at 9:15 PM, Jwlehman@aol.com wrote: In a message dated 4/25/2010 7:47:16 PM Eastern Daylight Time, list@ginda.us writes: I didn't mean to say they are aggressive. I have no idea if they are aggressive. They just look really scary - I spent an afternoon cooped up inside a friend's house because the friend wouldn't go outside because he was afraid the carpenter bees would sting someone. I've had better luck with bumblebees than some of you. I get bumblebees working my raspberry blossoms while I pick the earlier berries, and we work within inches of each other, and have never had a problem. They don't sting me, I don't hurt them. AND, I've never had a friend so frightened of bumblebees that I couldn't go outside. Also, bumblebees don't damage wood, so you can say "they are completely harmless if you leave them alone" and it's true. I couldn't make that argument to my friends re the carpenter bees, because those bees had already done some minor damage to the house. Ginda |
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