In Alabama when we were there an old man fell in a fire ant mound and was killed by them. I hate them - love Amdro.
On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 1:25 PM, Chuck Alexander <chuckalexan...@hughes.net>wrote: > Don: I'll have to do a test on that and try to find out. I'll let ya know > what I find out. Down in FL, those things are worse than they are here in > Bama, and my wife's grand daddy had hardly any feeling in his legs cause of > diabetes, and he was standing in a fire ant bed once, and was bitten over > 1,000 times before he knew what hit him. He should have been dead, but > survived somehow. Chuck > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Don Ordes <f...@tribcsp.com> > *To:* vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > *Sent:* Tuesday, October 05, 2010 10:30 AM > *Subject:* Re: [VFB] Ant swap flies arrived > > Chuck, > > Do the gills eat the fire ants if you toss them in (via a shovel)? > > I've done research and some believe some fish are turned off to ants because > of the high levels of formic acid. Others say the acid in a fish's > stomach is stronger and breaks the formic acid down. > > I know all about them fire ants. It was a secondary reason my dad moved to > Wyoming (leading our move). He was very allergic to fire ant bites- would > go into shock. > > DonO > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Chuck Alexander <chuckalexan...@hughes.net> > *To:* vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > *Sent:* Saturday, October 02, 2010 4:26 PM > *Subject:* Re: [VFB] Ant swap flies arrived > > I should have made that giant "Bammy Ant" red in color though, cause we > have those huge "far ants" here. Now you get a few of those down yer > britches leg and you'll be "dancin a jig" LOL, Chuck > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Allan Fish <afi...@sbcglobal.net> > *To:* vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > *Sent:* Friday, October 01, 2010 5:10 PM > *Subject:* Re: [VFB] Ant swap flies arrived > > Flies from the Ant swap arrived yesterday in Bama. All looked great (cept > for that Alexander guy's flies LOL). Thanks to Jerry McK for meistering and > to the tiers for tying. Chuck > > > > > THE ANTS CRAWLED ALL THE WAY TO HOOSIERLAND TOO. > > > A great batch of ants. Including the 'Bamy ant. > > > Ditto on the thanks to Jerry McK for hosting. > > And thanks to all for participating. > > > a. > ------------------------------ > > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1120 / Virus Database: 422/3172 - Release Date: 10/02/10 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" > group. > > To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" > group. > > To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com > > ------------------------------ > > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1120 / Virus Database: 422/3179 - Release Date: 10/05/10 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" > group. > > To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" > group. > > To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com > -- Mike Bliss Aloha from Hawaii -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com
