For quite some time now, we have been plagued with ants coming into the
house. This year, we have seen none. Did the cold winter kill them off?

Dave

Dave wrote:
For quite some time now, we have been plagued with ants coming into the
house. This year, we have seen none. Did the cold winter kill them off?

Dave
No, they have come over to our place. lots of flying ones too.

Bob

In message , Dave
writes
For quite some time now, we have been plagued with ants coming into the
house. This year, we have seen none. Did the cold winter kill them off?

Not hardly!

Last years fliers have started nests all over our lawn. Now we have
regular visits by a Green Woodpecker and the yard was full of Martins
this afternoon: presumably enjoying the next crop.

regards

--
Tim Lamb

On Aug 4, 8:58 am, Dave wrote:
For quite some time now, we have been plagued with ants coming into the
house. This year, we have seen none. Did the cold winter kill them off?

Did you have a cold winter? The BBC and Guardian and University of
East Anglia keep saying how hot the world has been getting. Are they
lying?

On 03/08/2010 23:05, Matty F wrote:
On Aug 4, 8:58 am, wrote:
For quite some time now, we have been plagued with ants coming into the
house. This year, we have seen none. Did the cold winter kill them off?

Did you have a cold winter? The BBC and Guardian and University of
East Anglia keep saying how hot the world has been getting. Are they
lying?

In the North West of England it was very cold and dry, it was the dry
bit that started me coughing.

Dave

Matty F wrote:
On Aug 4, 8:58 am, Dave wrote:
For quite some time now, we have been plagued with ants coming into the
house. This year, we have seen none. Did the cold winter kill them off?

Did you have a cold winter? The BBC and Guardian and University of
East Anglia keep saying how hot the world has been getting. Are they
lying?

The two statements are not inconsistent.

In message Px%5o.42432$d34.12766@hurricane, Bob Minchin
writes
Dave wrote:
For quite some time now, we have been plagued with ants coming into the
house. This year, we have seen none. Did the cold winter kill them off?

Dave
No, they have come over to our place. lots of flying ones too.

Yeah, swarmed here on monday


--
geoff

On Aug 4, 10:36 am, Dave wrote:
On 03/08/2010 23:05, Matty F wrote:

On Aug 4, 8:58 am, wrote:
For quite some time now, we have been plagued with ants coming into the
house. This year, we have seen none. Did the cold winter kill them off?

Did you have a cold winter? The BBC and Guardian and University of
East Anglia keep saying how hot the world has been getting. Are they
lying?

In the North West of England it was very cold and dry, it was the dry
bit that started me coughing.

It looks like there was a lot of snow all over England:
http://i26.tinypic.com/2wex5qx.jpg

On Tue, 3 Aug 2010 15:05:28 -0700 (PDT), Matty F wrote:

Did the cold winter kill them off?

May well have reduced the number over wintering if not completelky
killed 'em off. We don't have ants, ever. We do get cold by low land
UK winters being at 1400'.

Did you have a cold winter?

We had periods of several days where the temperature didn't rise
above 0C and minimums well below -10C. Level lying snow out in the
middle of the fields was at least 18", where it had drifted against
the 5' drystone walls it had completely buried them. The entire
countryside became smooth an white.

The BBC and Guardian and University of East Anglia keep saying how hot
the world has been getting. Are they lying?

You need to find out the difference between "weather" and "climate".

--
Cheers
Dave.

On Aug 4, 8:54 pm, "Dave Liquorice"
wrote:
On Tue, 3 Aug 2010 15:05:28 -0700 (PDT), Matty F wrote:

The BBC and Guardian and University of East Anglia keep saying how hot
the world has been getting. Are they lying?

You need to find out the difference between "weather" and "climate".

I know this one!
Weather is when it gets cold, and climate is when it gets hot.

Matty F wrote:
On Aug 4, 8:54 pm, "Dave Liquorice"
wrote:
On Tue, 3 Aug 2010 15:05:28 -0700 (PDT), Matty F wrote:

The BBC and Guardian and University of East Anglia keep saying how hot
the world has been getting. Are they lying?
You need to find out the difference between "weather" and "climate".

I know this one!
Weather is when it gets cold, and climate is when it gets hot.

Too right. Been a lot of climate this year in Khazakstan...wheat futures
through the roof.

On 04/08/2010 04:05, Matty F wrote:
On Aug 4, 10:36 am, wrote:
On 03/08/2010 23:05, Matty F wrote:

On Aug 4, 8:58 am, wrote:
For quite some time now, we have been plagued with ants coming into the
house. This year, we have seen none. Did the cold winter kill them off?

Did you have a cold winter? The BBC and Guardian and University of
East Anglia keep saying how hot the world has been getting. Are they
lying?

In the North West of England it was very cold and dry, it was the dry
bit that started me coughing.

It looks like there was a lot of snow all over England:
http://i26.tinypic.com/2wex5qx.jpg

That shot looks to have been taken when the whole of the country got a
few inches of snow.Trouble was, the sun came out and softened it a bit
than the night frost turned it into near ice. It was impossible to drive
across established ruts on untreated roads and I got my car stuck and
that was on the South coast close to the Isle of Wight. All the way home
that night, I kept pushing the outside temperature button on the climate
control panel just to see if the outside temp had gone below zero C.

Dave

On 4 Aug, 19:55, Dave wrote:

All the way home
that night, I kept pushing the outside temperature button on the climate
control panel just to see if the outside temp had gone below zero C.

smirk - you have to press a button?!?!

Jim K

On 04/08/2010 21:16, Jim K wrote:
On 4 Aug, 19:55, wrote:

All the way home
that night, I kept pushing the outside temperature button on the climate
control panel just to see if the outside temp had gone below zero C.

smirk - you have to press a button?!?!

Yes, otherwise it tells what temp I have set for the interior. It does
have a frost warning symbol that comes on at zero degrees C.

Dave