I do remember the day when I was in a beeyard on Rosebud Creek.  The  yard 
was mean - there  were some survivor colonies from the old  Baton Rouge 
experiment that resulted in the first CCD - presumably due to the  African 
genetics.  My first experience with AFB behavior, nasty as any I've  seen in S. 
America, Texas, or Southern CA.
 
Then I found a rattlesnake under a pallet with marked hives that I was  
repeatedly sampling, so I had to remove the snake.  He wouldn't come out,  so I 
had to 'stretch' to lift  off the hives.  As I was pulling  the  hives, I 
ran into several black widow spiders between the  beehives.  Finally got 
hives off, avoided the spiders, and was able to turn  over the pallet and remove 
the snake.  
 
After I finished sampling that pallet, I quit for the day.
 
Jerry
 
 
 


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