They just want to make sure we appreciate them :p
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They just want to make sure we appreciate them :p
LOL! I like the frame hook on the right hand - nice touch there.
There was a poster on beekeeping forum last year used to wear a wet suit under his bee gear and did not seem to think his bees were that unusual.
I have found Olbas Oil deters bees, mosquitos and other flying insects. In large quantities it also deters other human beings.
Available at supermarkets.
Has anybody noticed more mosquitoes around this year? I've had this kind try to get at my blood in the last week in the garden whilst trying to dig spuds, in the orchard whilst looking at bees, at a site in Angus today where I was helping Colin select a site for his new bee colony, and last weekend on the heather moors. The things are everywhere. I've only occasionally sometimes seen it before in Scotland, though it was as common in Berkshire when I lived there many years ago.
The banded mosquito, Theobaldia annulata (aka Culiseta annulata).
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Occasionally sometimes?! What am I on? (red wine, actually)
The apple wine does not addle your head as much, he said rather hopefully.
Does it repel mosquitoes though?
With red wine I can at least pretend that it is filling me up with potent antioxidants.
Nice to see you back safely to the land of drookit queens and dodgy home brew.
I'll let you know about the best kept millitary secret. The comandos who are based near here use Skin so Soft for repelling the midges. Not certain about mosquitoes. Now all you have to do is find your nearest Avon rep. It is one of Avons best sellers but they don't market it as a midge replent.
These monster mozzies with the banding don't think twice about drilling through denim so I doubted that a little skin care would put them off, but a quick Google says that Skin So Soft is good for mozzies too. I'd go for Fatshark's option, with several layers of clothing underneath, piped-in rehydration fluid, and a drain stop-cock somewhere low down for the inevitable perspiration.
The aforementioned Colin yesterday was telling me about the biting insects he encountered in Canada. Sounds like they come with integral tin-openers so I don't think that even Fatshark would be safe.