Anyone want some free spring swarms?

Someone might as well go gather them up as let some
pest control operator kill them.

I'd go myself, but current security concerns mean that
bees as carry-on luggage are a serious logistical problem.  :)

        jim


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"Bees Cause A Buzz On Campus"

(David Allen in the Ontario, CA Daily Bulletin 2003-03-20)
http://www.dailybulletin.com/Stories/0,1413,203~23112~1252892,00.html


FORGET "THE BIRDS," it's the bees that seem to be terrorizing Pomona
College. At least that's how it appears from the police blotter section
of the Student Life newspaper, in which these chilling calls appeared:

* "A student reported bees coming out of the fluorescent
ceiling fixture in her Harwood (dorm) residence."

* "A staff member reported a swarm of bees in the parking
lot between Big Bridges (auditorium) and the baseball field.
Officers cordoned off the area."

* "An anonymous person reported bees in the northwest tower
of Harwood. The student also reported bees coming out of sprinklers ... "

* "A different Harwood resident reported thousands of bees swarming outside ..."

Thousands of bees? Well, that's the buzz.

But what to do about them? While cordoning off parts of the college may
seem effective in some quarters - such as the French Department - my
feeling is that Pomona's containment strategy is little more than appeasement.

What's needed is an ultimatum.

The bees must offer a full accounting of their pollen, and the queen bee
has 48 hours to flee the campus. Otherwise, pest control will attack at a
time of their choosing.

Oh, and worker bees, if you're attacked, do not defend the hive.
And for goodness' sake, don't destroy your stores of honey!

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