please do not send me anymore bee messages
 
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> From: \Dr. Pedro P. Rodriguez <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Bees and Race
> Date: 23 October 1997 23:32
>
> Hi friends.
> Regarding getting stung while wearing a watch:  I seldom wear veil or
globes to
> work my
> bees.  I wear a bee suite and veil when I work with unknown source bees
until I
> learn if
> they are aggressive. I NEVER wear a watch when working bees,whether the
watch
> has a metalic or synthetic band.  Sometimes I have forgotten and paid the
> consequences:  the bees strike my arm with the watch!  As soon as I
remove the
> watch the bees stop stinging that arm.  I think that the band is not the
> culprit, its  the vibrating mechanism of the watch that makes them
irritable.
> Might be worth testing it!
> Best regards.
> Dr. R.