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I appreciate the response!

Now that I know this, I will probably remove the tree - eventually. It's near the deck and I don't want wasps around. Additionally, there's a big snake that likes to sun itself around the tree. Not that I mind so much, but a lot of visitors get really nervous!

One of these years, I'll get a better variety and plant it further up the hill, and move the stones that hold the heat that the snake likes so he can go hang out up there :)




> It's near the deck and I don't want wasps around.

To be clear - the wasps that pollinate figs are very, very small, and have no stinger.

They are roughly 1.5mm (2 to 4 times smaller than a mosquito) and you will almost certainly not notice them.


Like most wasps! Wasps get a bad reputation unfairly.




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