BEES!!

[Vanda lover]

Someone recently told me of a great way to trap yellowjackets. You put salmon [other fish should work too] on a skewer over top of a container filled with water and a few drops of dish soap. The hornets gorge themselves on the fish and fall in and drown.

[annierj]

Brilliant!! Will remember that if they should continue to show their striped bodies about my orchids! Gorge yourself silly and then fall into the water and drown...Let that be a lesson to us all!

[Vanda lover]

I like the way you think.

[annierj]

Have discovered ANOTHER nest of little aggressive yellow jackets, only this time in my lawn...so don't know whether they decamped and took up residence there or it's an entirely different colony. Was casually mowing and the little buggers stung me! Of all the nerve... poured Epsom Salts down their hole and will add another dose tonight at sunset. Had to leave the lawn 3/4 mowed, as they are just too aggressive to try to manoeuver around.... a funny haircut, but better to stop there than be stung any more....this is getting a tad old...

[annierj]

Here is what was in the root system of my cymbidium. I used a yardstick for reference. There are actually three sections - one is on top of the other and the third I pulled apart and flipped over. There was an enormous cavity in the roots, where this was living. But, I think we have closed that chapter, at least at this location. Will run some additional water this evening, when all the pots are given a drink, and get the roots settled.

The ones in my front yard will get a heavy dose of Epsom salts tonight -- they are still buzzing around this afternoon. That will teach me to mow my grass - made them all very, very angry....

I really would like to go back to orchids - not nearly as vindictive when you disturb them....

I have another question about phaleanopsis but that will have to wait for another day -- and another thread. The knowledge available at this website is phenomenal so would like to pursue solutions on another thread. Maybe will post this evening, when the sun goes down. It's too gorgeous of a day to be inside!

Thanks, again, for everything.