>The bees took a sudden and rather aggressive interest in my presence. I've >been buzzed like that before, and knew enough to get back. Bad tempered bees? Mine used to be like that due to hybridisation - now I have (generally) good tempered bees where I can walk through apiaries without getting attacked. Who said A.m.m.were aggressive? It's the hybrids that are the little b******s. Best wishes Peter 52.144442, -1.503509 *********************************************** 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