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I was out with chums a couple of evenings ago and, as usual, the conversation got round to gardening, my potagers and fruit trees.
I mentioned to the people there that earlier in the day I have been putting sugar water down in the fruit tree.
I assumed that they would know these were wasp traps but no, one of the guys there asked me if that's how the fruit got sweet enough to eat. I asked what he meant and he had assumed that I was pouring the sugar water at the base of the trees to make the fruit sweet. Took me a couple of minutes to explain that it was in jars to attract the wasps which attack the fruit.
Tho I had to wait with the explaination because everybody else in the room had dissolved in laughter but the poor guy was totally perplexed by the whole thing
I mentioned to the people there that earlier in the day I have been putting sugar water down in the fruit tree.
I assumed that they would know these were wasp traps but no, one of the guys there asked me if that's how the fruit got sweet enough to eat. I asked what he meant and he had assumed that I was pouring the sugar water at the base of the trees to make the fruit sweet. Took me a couple of minutes to explain that it was in jars to attract the wasps which attack the fruit.
Tho I had to wait with the explaination because everybody else in the room had dissolved in laughter but the poor guy was totally perplexed by the whole thing
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