--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Cliff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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.
I live in Tucson. We rent property here. We've had 3 or 4 hives removed from our property in the past few years. The beekeepers who remove them told us this. The assumption they make is that ANY hive is now africanized unless it's a commercial hive. The biological factis that once africanized bees arrive, they automatically takeover. They are more agressive, and the queens hatch 3 days earlier than european queens, so they automatically take over any mixed hive since the first actof a new bee queen, african or european, is to kill all rivals before they hatch. > > --- 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/
