Hello Bee-L'ers I receive swarm calls from Charlotte International Airport from time to time. I've had 3 calls this year, with the latest one yesterday 8/23. The folks at the airport ask if the bees could be africanized. The docilicity (sp) of the bees always indicate to me that they are not as they remain calm during the collection. My question:: if a swarm of Afr/bees were to collect in the wheel well of an airliner bound from central America to the US, could they survive in the wheel well at 40,000 ft. Yesterday's swarm, (on the tarmac, and gathered on the hitch of a tug) was really calm, as I take a hive body with old brood comb, and take a frame and slightly press it against the swarm and the bees immediately climb on board and then I place the frame in the hive body and repeat this procedure 2 or 3 times and at the same time shake some of them onto the landing board. Soon the ones on the landing board begin fanning and I can then begin brushing the last of them of and into the air. Once the majority of the girls are in the box, then we move the tug, tape off an area around the hive and I return after dark to close them up and take them to one of my apiaries. thanks to all Bee-Ler's for sharing knowledge. jimmy odom charlotte, nc *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Guidelines for posting to BEE-L can be found at: http://honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm