> wrote in message
...

> My dawn redwood, I planted it 15 years ago and it's now more than 15'
> tall, was time to remove the deer fence. I discovered a Norway spruce
> had sprouted next to the trunk, about 2' tall. Looked too nice to
> destroy but not a good place for it. So asked around and my wife's
> girlfriend who is a bee keeper wanted it. So she tooled over in her
> new Beemer with a shovel. But no, her shovel was too teeny so I
> started to dig it up with my manly shovel and whoa... YELLOW JACKETS!
> I told the girls to get lost... my wife had already gotten stung six
> times and she is allergic, had to go to her doc for meds. Anyway I
> waited for those nasty stingers to calm down and hooked up my cart to
> the small tractor and took a chance, the ground was wet and I was able
> to dig that tree up easily. I got stung once on top of my left hand,
> burned but after a day I was fine. Anyway Janet got her tree and was
> happy, I'm sure I'll soon be soothed with wonderful honey. Dawn
> Redwoods are prehistoric conefirs. I keep thinking I need to plant a
> model of T Rex next to that tree.
> https://postimg.org/image/9pq7y1hw5/

My sympathies to your wife, I hope she is OK.

Cheri