This may be common knowledge to some but I had never heard of it before. I was on a Jeep trip last weekend. Spent 2 days in the woods. The trail guide had a bottle of pure vanilla diluted with water. We put a little in our hand and rubbed it on our necks. Not sticky, smelled good and we were hever bothered by the knats. He said knats are attracted to the smell of your breath. The vanilla covers it up. Worked real well.
The second tip he told us was to remove a tick that's attached. Take a cotton ball soaked with softsoap and hold it over the tick. It will back out. Now this one I have not tried yet so I can't say for sure it works, maybe someone else has heard of this. If so let us know.