> Boy, does that sound like Tucson area bees!! -and people wondered why we
didn't
> requeen more colonies!!

Maybe I was there on a good day, but I imagine you saw the pictures at
http://photos.yahoo.com/allendick and I wasn't wearing a veil when taking
some of them -- or wearing gloves while inspecting them.

What do you think explains the wide discrepancy in reports and experience?
AFAIK, at least some of the bees we were handling were from Tucson city
swarms.

allen