We have balloon plants. These are very lovely, but they have to be deadheaded daily in the growing season and I’m often competing with bees.

They never seem to get angry when I reach in to pluck dead flowers. They just fly off. Your article might tell me why: I almost always have almonds as part of my breakfast.

My wife is always plagued by mosquitoes, but they almost never bother me. I assume that’s our smells as well.