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> From: Allen Dick <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Ants and aphids
> Date: Wednesday, March 05, 1997 8:32 AM
>
> > Sure enough, the hum was not from bees but
from yelowjackets
> > feeding on a massive infestation of aphids in
the tree.  I had noticed
> > the sticky honedew from the aphids on the
sidewalk for several days
> > before the yellojackets arrived and was
considering how best to treat it.
> >  Within a week they had pretty much
eliminated the aphid problem from the
> > tree.
>
> We have ants here that protect and herd aphids
on poplar trees.
>  They keep the aphids on one or two lower
branches and overgraze those
> limbs to the point where the branches almost
inevitably die.
>
> I understand the ants are keeping the aphids
for their honeydew.
 
 
I think that bees will collect the honeydew from
these aphids too. can someone comfirm this?
 
In many ant books they are called ant cows
because they are treated just like milk cows by
ants.
If I remember it right, speicial ants enlarge
themselves and become storing tanks for liquids.
 
thank you
bently durant
 
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Bently Durant
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