On 24 Mar 97 at 10:37, Steve Pearce wrote: Re: Attack/warning behaviour?
 
 
> Yesterday I was mowing my lawn and a few of bees started buzzing around and bouncing off my head,
> which  is differrent from the attack behaviour, where I get zapped before I have even seen them.
> I can't remember anyone in the popular literature mentioning this type of behaviour
 
        I have had the same problem when I go to the yard, the answer seems to be
dark hair with perfumed shampoo, they fly into my hair but don't try to
sting unless I try to remove them. They don't seem to mind pink shiny
heads :-))
 
                        Regards Jean........
 
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