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keeperofthebees:
Don't you folks think about spiders hiding in hand holes, and under nuc box lids coming out of florida-georgia-alabama-etc?  Any of you guys ever been bit by one?  I was talking to a kid down in georgia yrs ago that got bit on the leg by a recluse.  There was a half-golfball sized hole under his bandage.  I've seen some nasty ones crawling around on pallets, in old boxes, etc that have been brought up.  Not too many people think about that kind of stuff up north.  With all these weird winters that have been going on(super cold, super warm, etc) we're bound to see more pests moving across country.

apisbees:
I have all them and rattle snakes also up this way but don't worry about them It is not like they are hiding waiting to attack they want to avoid you as much as you want to avoid them. They only seem to get bad and become a problem if we leave piles of stuff and it gives them a place to build a nests. keep the area clean and the grass and weeds cut and they are less likely to be around the hives

LazyBkpr:
Naw...  any insect gets too close to the wife it dies..   had a Centipede on the cieling..  wife tried to mush it with the broom, it fell off and landed on the coffee table... she screamed, and whacked it with the broom.. unfortunately, the coffee table was GLASS..
   She didnt miss.. what remained of the centipede was splattered all over the pieces of glass I had to pick up,,  Pretty impressive from the other end of a 5 foot broom handle WHILE screaming AND dancing... both feet going like pistons in a steam engine...
   So.. if she wanders around a bit and doesn't kill anything I am safe!

Walt B:
When I moved here I was told, "Texas has at least one of every bug ever made."  :D That was pretty close...we do have a lot of insects.

While we've got the others, the most prevalent spider around here is the Argiope.



All they do is eat insects. When they build a web between the hives, I just move them to the garden and they set up housekeeping there. I have a photo of one devouring a grasshopper, but I thought someone may be having a snack while reading the posts, so I didn't post it.  ;D

Walt

keeperofthebees:

--- Quote from: Walt B on February 09, 2014, 09:28:55 am ---When I moved here I was told, "Texas has at least one of every bug ever made."  :D That was pretty close...we do have a lot of insects.

While we've got the others, the most prevalent spider around here is the Argiope.



All they do is eat insects. When they build a web between the hives, I just move them to the garden and they set up housekeeping there. I have a photo of one devouring a grasshopper, but I thought someone may be having a snack while reading the posts, so I didn't post it.  ;D

Walt

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I wish some of these spiders would eat mites & hive beetles!!!

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