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SilverFox
09-15-2004, 03:56 PM
I still want to know why no body has done research on why the wasps, yellow jackets and hornets don't appear to contract AFB, EFB, Chalck brood or mites or any of the other problems that affect our beloved honey bees????
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Michael Bush
09-15-2004, 08:07 PM
>I still want to know why no body has done research on why the wasps, yellow jackets and hornets don't appear to contract AFB, EFB, Chalck brood or mites or any of the other problems that affect our beloved honey bees????
They don't live like honey bees, they don't make wax like honey bees. They mostly live either outdoors in the open or in holes in the ground. They don't feed their young processed pollen, like honey bees.
About the only thing they seem to have in common is they are insects with stingers. http://www.beesource.com/ubb/smile.gif
Michael Bush
09-15-2004, 08:08 PM
You know what Kermit the Frog and John the Baptist have in common? They have the same middle name.
I figure honey bees an wasps are kind of like that. http://www.beesource.com/ubb/smile.gif
Robert Brenchley
09-16-2004, 01:40 AM
Diseases like this are generally species-specific, and bees and wasps aren't that closely related. Doubtless wasps have their own diseases, but since they have no economic value, no work's being done on them that I know of.
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Regards,
Robert Brenchley
RSBrenchley@aol.com
Birmingham UK
bjerm2
09-16-2004, 05:58 AM
The only thing I can think of for wasps is the use of them to make venom for injections to desensitize a persons reaction to stings. They also control 'bad' insects like caterpillars, flies, etc.
Dan
SilverFox
09-16-2004, 02:39 PM
Hey---It was just an Idea, when you think about it kinda makes sense, them vermits eat our bees that may be sick or infested w/mites so what the ---- happens to them???
It would bee interesting if the cure was found in the undiserables, wouldn't it??
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'WHEN WE CLOSE OUR EYES WE ALL LOOK THE SAME' GWPW 03
Robert Brenchley
09-18-2004, 05:06 AM
You're perfectly correct in that wasps are useful predators to have around, but unfortunaltely all most people see is the sting. I've got two large wasp nexts within yards of my hives (I do most years); one of them is in my shed. They don't give me any problems at all.
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Regards,
Robert Brenchley
RSBrenchley@aol.com
Birmingham UK
Michael Bush
09-18-2004, 08:48 AM
Yes but Yellow Jackets and Bald faced hornets are sure a pain. http://www.beesource.com/ubb/smile.gif
SilverFox
09-18-2004, 10:46 AM
LOL, LOL, LOL, LOL, LOL, LOL,LOL< ect, ect
Yes, Michael, I agree. Yellow jackets and baldfaced hornets are a pain. Take it from one who just recently learned the hard way. So far as wasps, etc., I don't know if I'm just lucky or what, but they never bother me. I was doing some culling of my wildflower meadow yesterday and accidentally dislodged a paper wasp nest! The fellows all flew out and around, finally landing on the tall grasses, but didn't bother me at all and I was able to continue my weeding!