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> Date: Wed, 03 Nov 1999 19:21:19 -0500
> From: Ron Taylor <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Exposed Colony in Tree
> To: Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology
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> Organization: Geechee Honey Farm
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> Hi Ron: I live in lowcountry of soth carolina. i received a call from
> paramount pictures about a bee hives in an oak tree at the planation where
> Forest Gump was being filmed. It was it the location where Forest Gump Kicked
> off his braces. We used a forklift and a vacuum to suck the bees ion a cage.
> We put the honey comb in empty frames and reestablished thje hives in a
> regular hive body. The movie people wher amazed that bees could be handled
> like that. They liked to chew honey comb. Ron Taylor Past President SC
> Beekeeprs, Cottageville SC