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Discussion of Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Re: Bee Repellant
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Joel Govostes <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 5 Dec 1996 11:09:52 -0500
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>...The other thing I was wondering about is, if it uses "queen
>pheremones" does this mean that the workers will all return to the hive
>and that the person will then be swarmed by all the drones in the area
><g>...I can see the headline "Man Escapes Killer Bee Attack, Smothered
>by Drones".
>
>Patrick M. O'Hearn
>Bears Choice Honey
>Aztec, NM
>email [log in to unmask]
 
Ha! Now that would be a riot.  Once at school we tethered a drone doused in
queen pheremone to a baloon.  Up he went.  Poor guy.  The drones in the
area went nuts, and he was suddenly VERY popular.  (All in the interest of
science, mind you.)   They do get alarmingly frantic!

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