| Tim Tyler 2005-06-27, 6:25 pm |
| Nick Maclaren <nmm1@cus.cam.ac.uk> wrote or quoted:
quote:
> In article <II8x9p.I6o@bath.ac.uk>, Tim Tyler <tim@tt1lock.org> wrote:
quote:
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> No, you introduced that irrelevance into a serious debate about
> whether ants cause or enhance aphid infestations.
The subject of whether gardners paid attention to ants was raised
by you, with:
``I know that aphid infestations are a major agricultural problem,
and I knew people working on defences, but not one was even
considering attacking the ants. This indicates that they knew
it was an irrelevance.''
Lots of gardners with aphid problems *do* pay attention to ants -
as I've mentioned - since the idea that ants protect aphids is
a commonplace one - and is supported by expert UK gardening bodies
in their factsheets.
Perhaps the subset you contacted represent a biased sample.
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