Comments on: More Hiring, Piclens, Potato Tyres, Strawberries, and Bees http://www.urbanhayseed.com/2008/06/25/more-hiring-piclens-potato-tyres-strawberries-and-bees/ Backyard farming: organic gardening, chickens, bees, compost, and cooking. Fri, 30 Sep 2011 04:49:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Rian http://www.urbanhayseed.com/2008/06/25/more-hiring-piclens-potato-tyres-strawberries-and-bees/comment-page-1/#comment-145 Rian Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:43:18 +0000 http://www.urbanhayseed.com/?p=334#comment-145 Well, as you may already know, ants and aphids are almost always in cahoots. The ants tend them, store their eggs, and defend them from predators in exchange for the goo they exude. I'm hoping that what I saw was some waspy thing carrying an aphid away for lunch. Being all in the same family, ants, wasps, tiny bees, and what-not are kinda hard to tell apart with my aging computer guy eyes. Well, as you may already know, ants and aphids are almost always in cahoots. The ants tend them, store their eggs, and defend them from predators in exchange for the goo they exude.

I’m hoping that what I saw was some waspy thing carrying an aphid away for lunch. Being all in the same family, ants, wasps, tiny bees, and what-not are kinda hard to tell apart with my aging computer guy eyes.

]]> By: Farmgirl_dk http://www.urbanhayseed.com/2008/06/25/more-hiring-piclens-potato-tyres-strawberries-and-bees/comment-page-1/#comment-144 Farmgirl_dk Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:33:44 +0000 http://www.urbanhayseed.com/?p=334#comment-144 Egad - flying ants and aphids in cahoots? What kind of an evil town do you live in? And what did you do in a past life to deserve that? Actually, I was 12 - but I still look great for an aging 32 year old. :-) Egad – flying ants and aphids in cahoots? What kind of an evil town do you live in? And what did you do in a past life to deserve that?

Actually, I was 12 – but I still look great for an aging 32 year old. :-)

]]> By: Rian http://www.urbanhayseed.com/2008/06/25/more-hiring-piclens-potato-tyres-strawberries-and-bees/comment-page-1/#comment-142 Rian Thu, 26 Jun 2008 04:39:11 +0000 http://www.urbanhayseed.com/?p=334#comment-142 I don't know. From the sound of it, you'd think bumbling took no effort at all. To be fair, I have lots more bee pictures with bumblers loaded to the rafters with cargo, barely able to fly. They appear to be working a full day, as it were. I'm very mad at your cherry tree. Mine is pathetic and covered with black aphids. Today, I thought I saw a flying ant placing aphids on it. Can that be? Is this the beginning of a Dostoevsky-like descent into madness? And, you, PRINCESS, had your kids when you were 11? You can't have that one, but after today, I'd make you a deal on the older one. WE DELIVER! I don’t know. From the sound of it, you’d think bumbling took no effort at all. To be fair, I have lots more bee pictures with bumblers loaded to the rafters with cargo, barely able to fly. They appear to be working a full day, as it were.

I’m very mad at your cherry tree. Mine is pathetic and covered with black aphids. Today, I thought I saw a flying ant placing aphids on it. Can that be? Is this the beginning of a Dostoevsky-like descent into madness?

And, you, PRINCESS, had your kids when you were 11? You can’t have that one, but after today, I’d make you a deal on the older one. WE DELIVER!

]]> By: Farmgirl_dk http://www.urbanhayseed.com/2008/06/25/more-hiring-piclens-potato-tyres-strawberries-and-bees/comment-page-1/#comment-141 Farmgirl_dk Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:47:57 +0000 http://www.urbanhayseed.com/?p=334#comment-141 Oh my gosh, what a cute little sad kid. Please feel free to send him my way if he keeps hanging around your place irritating you and such. My cute little sad kids are all grown up and not nearly so adorable anymore. Well, I mean, they're adorable and all, but in the way that 16 and 19 year old boys are adorable.... Oh my gosh, what a cute little sad kid. Please feel free to send him my way if he keeps hanging around your place irritating you and such. My cute little sad kids are all grown up and not nearly so adorable anymore. Well, I mean, they’re adorable and all, but in the way that 16 and 19 year old boys are adorable….

]]> By: Kelly http://www.urbanhayseed.com/2008/06/25/more-hiring-piclens-potato-tyres-strawberries-and-bees/comment-page-1/#comment-138 Kelly Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:35:31 +0000 http://www.urbanhayseed.com/?p=334#comment-138 In other garden-related news, I'm delighted to report that my sad little cherry tree has yielded a while pound of cherries so far! Very exciting. In other garden-related news, I’m delighted to report that my sad little cherry tree has yielded a while pound of cherries so far! Very exciting.

]]> By: Kelly http://www.urbanhayseed.com/2008/06/25/more-hiring-piclens-potato-tyres-strawberries-and-bees/comment-page-1/#comment-137 Kelly Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:34:35 +0000 http://www.urbanhayseed.com/?p=334#comment-137 What is it with the bumblebees and the napping? Lots of bumblebees dozing off here, too. I guess all that bumbling must be hard work, what with the defying the laws of physics and all. If this keeps up, though, we may have to revise that old "busy as a bee" saw. What is it with the bumblebees and the napping? Lots of bumblebees dozing off here, too. I guess all that bumbling must be hard work, what with the defying the laws of physics and all.

If this keeps up, though, we may have to revise that old “busy as a bee” saw.

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