And The Bees Nests wonderful untill they prevent you using your own Garden!
Not complaining though as we found with the Bees there was so many people locally wanting to remove them and re site them in wanted places…It was quite a great experience with watching those rescue peeps at work…Fully clothed in the bee keepers clothing and a spray to attach the Queen into the new ‘‘home’’ I believe and it seemed to calm them down as well. Once the Queen is in her new ‘‘home’’ then the others scramble to join her.
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Those dunny budges are attracted to decay, so perhaps I’d better keep my comments to myself 
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A wise decision. Mouth shut and all that. 
I get bitten constantly.
My doctor said it has something to do with my blood type.
Repellents never work on me,i am waiting for a watch device that is supposed to give a signal out to repel
midges,lets hope.
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Mosquitos are pussycats!
Wee swarms of Scottish midges on the other hand…
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It’s been years since I’ve been bothered or bitten by mosquitoes. They leave me alone. And bees? I’ve only been stung once…I was 13 years old in the back seat of a convertible going to the beach with friends, and I sat on one. Short shorts were too short! I think that bee was saying, “Get off me!” in his unique way. 
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I did too, especially in the far east in the tropics. But there was an exception - a tin mine in Malaysia. It got sprayed every day and that was quite a few acres.
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Och, the noo, Mon !
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Once bitten, twice shy.
Don’t go out at night wearing shorts, don’t let them into your bedroom (don’t open the windows after dark).
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Scary stuff, I’m looking forward to some wild camping next year, midges are not to be dismissed lightly! 
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And me !
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Well, good for you!
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Are you helping to keep me safe fron insects or…two legged kind of pest?
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But you have the consolation of living in a beautiful place like Italy 
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Vampires 
(and other blood-suckers!)
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Yes, that’s true, I have never had any regrets moving out here 
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When I first came to Australia in the 1960s I used to burn a mozzie coil every night because a mozzie bite would swell up and itch something terrible.
Over the years I seem to have built up a resistance to them and even though they might still occasionally bite me, the swelling, if any, is so minor I don’t notice it.
However over the years the bush flies have bothered me more, I used to be quite happy with the Aussie wave or using a broken off bit of brush but the last couple of years I have taken to wearing a fly net if they are really bad. I carry one in my car at all times now just in case. I should stress that is if there is a swarm of them, one or two are no worries at all.
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My Wife keeps me safe on this front, when we watch programs like Escape to the Country, and they show idyllic properties with their own ponds or river frontages, she says “Spitty, think about the Biters on a summer evening”, she is my saviour
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Forget anything else; this is a loss that will have consequences for our own well-being. Pollination, makes the conservation of insect diversity critical for future generations.
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