Hi All
I am wondering if you can help. I am a small bee farmer in South Africa. I
specialize in the control and removal of problem swarms. I have removed them
from some of the strangest places. I have just had a request from a company
to assist them at their factory. They process TNT and the bees seem to be
attracted to it in a big way. Workers get stung on ocasions while carrying
the TNT and should they drop it, well you can just imagine. This has already
happend on a few occations with some serious results.
The cardboard boxes which the TNT comes in, attract swarms once it is empty
and dicarded. 2 or 3 swarms are "caught" this way every week.
I dont have a problem with sorting out this problem, but it intrests me to
find out what is attracting the bees. This will also help in the solving of
the problem.
Regards
Mark Hale
from not so dark Africa
Hosts APIMODIA 2001