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Subject:	Maybe this keeps the bees away
From:	Bill T <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Thu, 10 Sep 2009 06:55:03 -0400
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http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8232000/8232607.stm

"When animals die, their corpses exude a particular "stench of death"
which repels their living relatives, scientists have discovered.

Corpses of animals as distantly related as insects and crustaceans all
produce the same stench, caused by a blend of simple fatty acids.

The smell helps living animals avoid others that have succumbed to
disease or places where predators lurk. "

Simple explanation.

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine

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