Yeah but a wasp is not a sneaky silent assassin trying to bite you undetected . I`m quite fond of them to be honest and have never been stung despite having lots land on me over the years. You know where you stand with a wasp !
I'm definitely not allergic to most insect bites, but I am noticing that they seem to be having less and less effect on me - probably due to being bitten so often. I've been chomped by a couple of horseflies recently but apart from the initial "ouch!" they haven't left much in the way of swelling and itching. Mosquitoes seem to be having less effect too. This is all good.
Consider yourself lucky Glidd.......... It just so happens I think I'm lucky, this morning.........Sitting outside my workshop, polishing some metal when along comes a huge hornet and it decided to land on my forearm.........and it took off after about three seconds...... I'm bloody glad I didn't flinch..........
wasps, bees and hornets are OK if you don't annoy them (although I'm not so keen on the hornets). The worst thing to do is to start batting them and flailing around. That pisses them off...
Do you reckon Castrol R is an attractant, then? Bees are OK, but wasps don't need any provocation from me..........I'm usually minding my own business and they just stab me in the back of my neck..........I think that's happened about nine times now........ ................so I treat hornets with the same caution............. .........like if one gets in the house, I run away and let Mrs AL deal with it.
They just don't like you. You must have bad karma. What did you do to get this reputation? Of course, it could be like dogs, which immediately sense the people who don't like them, and then spend all their time hassling and frightening them whereas if you do like them, they are totally cool with you. It must be in the body language, or perhaps the smell?
Dogs and cats like me............. ....but I have never seen the real point of a wasp or a hornet........... .............unless the b*****d stuck the point in me......
It's vitamin B they don't like (or so I was told), I got blood poisoning from a bite in the Caribbean, I told the doctor that I always get bitten and the Mrs doesn't - he told me that it's all related to vitamin B and suggested I eat Marmite every day for 2 weeks before going out unprotected, if I didn't like marmite then get some vitamin B tablets. Seems to work for me ( the vitamin B as I would rather get bitten than eat marmite every day) I also heard of an Avon cosmetic called skin so soft that is supposedly legendary in Scotland for its anti midge powers (a lady helicopter pilot told me she used to wind up the oil workers by telling them they smelled lovely and asking what perfume they were wearing
