At 12:21 2002-11-05 -0700, you wrote:
>Thanks Bernie - rubber surgical gloves - What a WONDERFUL IDEA,
>
>What type of yeast pills are you talking about Klaus?
I don't know in English, we call it "=F6lj=E4st" (ale-yeast?) - it's a kind=
of
yeast you get if you want a fast intake of vitamin B. It's not the same a
the bakery yeast.
The test was carried out under scientific control. The pills are quite
expensive however and you should overdose a lot. Also, I don't know how lon=
g
on beforehand you have to take them. But I'm sure you can find info on the =
web.
Personally I'm not allergic. They bite me, but no itch.
Klas.
>
>The single layer bug clothes do nothing for me except concentrate the beas=
ts
>wherever the cloth touches my clothes. Does anybody have a web page or
>supplier for the double stuff?
>
>I decided to try to swear off DEET a couple years ago bit that did not
>last.. Problem the citronella and the other alternative bug stuff I got on=
ly
>made the mosquitoes laugh hysterically when I put it on... Did not get it
>recorded because I was too busy swatting and swearing and hubby laughing t=
oo
>loudly anyway. They were biting on the back of a hand wet with citronella!=
!
>Up here we have lots of mosquitoes and sometimes black flies - terrible
>critters but great bird food. When I get bit by mosquitoes I get welts
>which last for a week or so - my husband is TOTALLY unaffected - they both=
er
>him because the tickle when they bite!! He says all he has to do anyway i=
s
>to take his mosquito magnet (me) along and nothing gets near him. I have
>tried all sorts of things like eating no fruit the week before going out, =
no
>scented hair spray, shampoo, deodorant, loads of garlic, no garlic, etc et=
c
>etc.
>
>
>Please do not bombard me with that "if you do not scratch them they will n=
ot
>itch line" I lived with that for most of my marriage (we have been togeth=
er
>for over 40 years) I even believed it enough to tape small lids over the
>bites so I could not scratch them and so they would not even rub on
>clothing - results - itching welts which lasted a week and I could not eve=
n
>get the satisfaction of scratching them. I only smartened up a few years
>ago and remembered that when we lived in California my husband had frequen=
t
>encounters with poison oak - to which he is VERY sensitive. I can sit in
>the stuff and nothing happens (except I can spread it to my hubby) Anyway=
I
>finally learned to come back with the line that I never scratch poison oak
>and it does not itch me!! Unfortunately no poison oak (or ivy) here for h=
im
>to get into - I am dying to use the "if you do not scratch it it will not
>itch line? on him when he is madly washing it rubbing like crazy with a ba=
r
>of soap.
>
>So... it is large quantities of deet, heavy clothing and Calamine with
>antihistamine to scratch into the bites I manage to get.
>
>Gotta go out and get some surgical gloves before next spring. One great
>thing about winter here (and there is a lot of that) NO MOSQUITOES
>
>Barb Beck
>Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Wild Sanctuary
>Sent: November 5, 2002 9:46 AM
>To:
>Subject: Re: [Nature Recordists] Re: mosquitoes
>
>
>One trick we've learned to use is rubber surgical gloves. They're
>sometimes a bit sweaty, but no mosquitoes get through and you don't
>have to endure deet on your hands. If you're not using a protective
>jacket and/or pants, you will need to use deet on those parts of your
>body not in contact with equipment because it is the only product
>that works in the field for extended periods. Also, recent studies
>published in the last several months (don't ask who sponsored them,
>'cause I don't remember) suggest that deet doesn't destroy your liver
>and brain, after all.
>
>Good luck!
>Bernie
>
>Wild Sanctuary, Inc.
>P. O. Box 536
>Glen Ellen, CA 95442
>707-996-6677 tel
>707-996-0280 fax
>http://www.wildsanctuary.com
>
>
>
>>Hi all;
>>
>>I have a set of insect netting pants and jacket from a company in FL call=
ed
>>Buzz Off. I think that was the name. It is 2 layers of material logethe=
r.
>>
>>It seems to work. Still get hit every now and then but not nearly as muc=
h.
>>I hate using DEET too. Makes my skin crawl.
>>
>>It does trap some heat - its like it keeps the breeze out too. But coole=
r
>>than long pants and shirts.
>>
>>
>>Eric
>>
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