Your data reference that 90%+ are Africanized, please? From what I can see on the web, Africanized bees have spread to much of the southwest, but I could find no reference stating that 90%+ of all bees in those areas were Africanized.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Cliff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > I'm curious why you would "africanize" the bees, Sparaig? There > > was no hint of this prior to your comment. > > Shemp said they were in a desert. Estimates are that 90+% of all wild > bees in the US southwest are Africanized... > > If he meant a northern desert, disregard. > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Bee's are great. I've had interesting karma with these > little > > > > > > hive-beings. Place your attention on their world and it > unfolds > > > > a > > > > > new > > > > > > web of inter-relation different from the world we see--a > web of > > > > > > hive-flower and their hive city/mandala which overlaps our > own > > > > > > Dakini-net and awareness flow. I remember when I was still > > > doing > > > > > the > > > > > > siddhis and I would get these loud--really loud bee noises > > > > coming > > > > > from > > > > > > my body (LOL) which were so loud I would stop meditating > and go > > > > > out and > > > > > > check and the neighborhood to see if it was disturbing the > > > > > neighbors! > > > > > > Really tuned me into bees too. Of course it was subtle and > > > > > internal but > > > > > > seemed so real, so tangible. > > > > > > > > > > Yes, when I am in the garden and a bee approaches, I relax > and > > > > > queitly ask them to go away and they do. Easy to communicate > > > with. > > > > > Bees and wasps seem very tuned into us- which is why I think > they > > > > > get so agitated when we wave our arms about and speed up our > > > heart > > > > > rate in their presence. > > > > > > > > > > We also have many crows nearby- very intelligent birds. Also > find > > > > > that dog speech is pretty easy to understand. And my most > > > > wonderful > > > > > experience recently was with a mockingbird I think it was, > though > > > > I > > > > > didn't actually see it. I was in my garden studio/shed and > > > playing > > > > a > > > > > jazz CD. This bird began jamming with the music like I've > never > > > > > heard before! Every time a melody would play, the bird would > > > > respond > > > > > with a brilliant improv- really amazing- really wished I'd > had a > > > > > tape recorder handy. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > About 4 years ago in the spring I was hiking in the desert. It > was > > > > an unusual year in which the desert flowers were blooming more > than > > > > usual. I was all by myself about two miles from the trail head > and > > > > any semblance of civilization and all of a sudden a black cloud > of > > > > bees came towards me. There was virtually nothing I could do; > if > > > > they wanted to sting me to death, they could have. Well, I > found > > > > myself totally relaxing, they passed over and around me (not > one > > > > landed on me) and they went on their way. They were in such an > > > > ecstatic frenzy to get to their nectar in the jackpot of > flowers > > > > that they paid me absolutely no heed. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Generally migrating africanized bees are much safer than those > with a > > > hive to protect. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
