More wasp stories - around the mud house I live in the wasps are aplenty. Within the crevices they lay their larvae and stuff the hole with insects and then seal with mud. In one round sprinkler that wouldn't work last summer, I broke the seal of mud and counted 74 spiders packed in the 3" circle, and 4 larvae.
Animal symbiosis - we often see small birds riding the back of large mammals here. Good luck Merla, wish I could help you out, but as a single mum of 3 and a fulltime student I am thankful that our gov't helps us with such things in Australia. Arden Andersen was saying that there are no subsidies for you in the US to attend such conferences. Our farmers are helped in that way, which makes learning of alternative systems more of a reality. L&L Liz on 19/9/02 12:19 AM, kentjamescarson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > about wasps,... I've been following the conversation about yellow jackets, > and wanted to share an observation about wasps. we used to kill wasps nests > around the place because if one bumps into one ,especially a child , there > is hell to pay. Now however we don't ,unless they nest in an obvious place > of danger , like a child's swing , or a doorway. We have observed them > eating, in large quantities ,cabbage worms. We need all the help we can get > there. : )sharon > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 8:45 PM > Subject: farm journal > > >> The other day after I fed the cows I stood and watched them eat. As I was >> looking a yellow jack bee landed on the top wire right in front of me, it > was >> holding a fly. In front of my eyes I watched the bee bite off the flies >> wings and legs, then eat the head, with the appendages dispatched and the >> head gone the bee flew off. All summer I saw the yellow jackets hovering >> around the cows feet where the flies like to chew. The flies would get >> caught up in the long hairs of the Scottish Highlander cows and become bee >> food. This is a very beneficial relationship. Has anyone else seen this >> phenomenon???...sstorch >> >> >> > >
