I have a friend who has a couple hives right smack in the middle of just such a forestd area. His bees not only have to go up and over the Cedar and Douglas Fir trees but they have to travel about a quarter mile or more to get to the closest forage. You can see them zooming up over the trees so no I do not think it would provide a barrier if what he is growing is attractive to honeybees. But that's a big if isn't it? The other thing that he might not be considering is that bumble bees are usually abundant in such situations around here. They seem to go after a much broader range of flowers than honeybees do. It should be noted that my friend has not had much success in beekeeping, though. The fact that he is in the middle of the woods may be a contributing factor, but there are other factors to be sure. Steve Noble **************************************************** * General Information About BEE-L is available at: * * http://www.honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/default.htm * ****************************************************