Those probably were "africanized" bees. A
bee-scientist from USDA gave a lecture on the
africanized bees at my university two years ago.
Basically, just about all bees south of the
Mason-Dixon line are africanized. Because the bees
are from a hot climate, they don't need to stockpile
honey for
About 8 years ago, back when I worked in an office, a swarm of wasps decided
to make a hive right on my office window (on the outside, that is). I could
see right inside the hive! It was quite amazing.
When I first noticed it, it was about the size of a walnut, and it eventually
grew to about 1
% gray I guess. Never got stung, as Chris says,
they got other things on their minds.
Steve Larson
Redondo Beach, California
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From: "Joseph Tainter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 4:00 PM
Subject: Quasi OT: An incr
On Fri, 10 May 2002, Joseph Tainter wrote:
> Maybe this is more common in other parts. But I live in New Mexico
> where even lizards struggle to survive. I felt like this was a
> once-in-a-lifetime shoot.
Sounds like a great experience. Swarming bees are usually very passive,
so they're usually
When I got home from work yesterday my wife showed me that we had a bee
swarm on a tree in our yard. She thought they were looking to establish
a new colony somewhere. It was amazing - about a cubic foot of bees. The
PZ-1p was loaded with Supra 400, so I slipped on the Sigma 70-300 APO,
ran it out
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