My literary agent just told me of having wandered into a "bee sanctuary-temple" in Kyoto, Japan, where there was a single enormous hive in the middle of a garden.  When she entered, she was immediately covered with bees, which did not sting her once for the thirty minutes she wandered around the garden.
When she left, the bees stayed.  Has anyone on the list ever been to such a place or heard of such an episode?  Thanks,  Bill Mares  "Bee Happy in Your Work!"