In a message dated 1/31/99 10:54:10 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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> And for two days whenever we left the house, we and the dogs were
>  under attack.  I moved the hive out into the woods "at night" and while
>  wearing two bee suits I requeened it a week later.  I usually don't wear
>  protective clothing, just shorts and tee-shirt; tee-shirt optional.  These
>  mean/nasty Bees also had three times the honey stores as the rest of my
> hives.
 
   Betcha they robbed a lot of it, rather than gathering it themselves!
 
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