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[Devany]

YOu know what? I lived on a lake in IL for 5 years and the migrating geese drove me crazy. Every fall and spring they would hit our lake in the hundreds and you could not hear yourself think let alone sleep. I got a BB Gun and tried to scare them. It only worked when they were landing. I made recordings of geese in distress and blasted them on my loud speakers out on the decks. It worked ... only when they were landing. I got spotlights and shined them on the geese, it only made them mad. We got swans which are territorial and that kept the numbers in check a bit... but still they came. I feel like these frogs are the same kind of pests... freaks of nature, products of global warming or some strange kind of freakish situation. The frogs made their way onto the island... illegally yes, but they are here. We must find a way to quickly eliminate them.

There is another danger coming... the honey bee mite. Yes, we are headed for a disaster in that realm. The first mites have been detected near Hilo airport. This devisataed the honey bees on the mainland in the last 4 years and it is on the island now.

BEWARE of these pests. But let's rid ourselves of them in an organic way when possible.

Aloha au i Hawai`i,
devany

Devany Vickery-Davidson
East Bay Potters
www.eastbaypotters.com