At 06:23 AM 12/17/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Andy, just saw on the news, that San Bernadino, had 4 people hurt by
>stinging of Africian bees.  Any truth
>to it.  Walt in BarnwellSC
 
Yes it must be true the papers and on-line news sites have reported it as
so. Its the way they are doing it that should be of concern to all. Four
people were stung, one newspaper reported this as the end of the world as
we knew it, and another say the stings were not life threatening but one
person did "kick" the dead bee hive in his own yard and was attacked by
bees that later turned out to be Africanized. The same would happen to most
anyone dumb enough to kick a hive of pure Italian bees this time of the
year, but who cares anyway. The most interesting part of these story was a
line about how the Vector Control or the people who have taken over the job
of killing all bees says they capture some of the bees alive to use in
breeding a more kinder gentler African bee. (BS) Does anyone really believe
if they could or would "breed themselves right out of a job". Common sense
leaves that kind of work to the President.
 
Yesterday MSNBC reported LA INVADED BY KILLER BEES, the same as they did
last July, today the Sacrament Bee said the bees were from a ship and did
not cross overland and the regulatory officers say that LA has not become a
"killer" bee infested area as this is a regular occurrence and they have
killed all the bees that have been arriving by sea in LA for years.
 
Which head lines do you think people are going to remember?
 
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We don't make the beekeeping news ourselves only report what other are
saying about us or telling us.
 
Chow, the OLd Drone
 
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