>
> > I cannot imagine how a fugitive and clandestine swarm might even
> > survive two weeks across the ocean unfed and unsheltered, can you?
>
> I would not agree with either of the assumptions you made.


Many years back, here in Maine in the winter, a generator, made in Brazil
arrive with a colony of AHB in the shipping crate. They were alive and well
even after shipment to the power plant in freezing conditions. So it has
happened.

Was very interesting when they opened the box.

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine

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