In a message dated 96-07-29 19:00:34 EDT, you write:
 
<<  I really don't want to kill them but would like them to find another
 home.  >>
 
I am surprised that no one has asked the question..Why do you want to kill
them so readily???
 
Bumblebees are pretty non-aggressive harmless creatures. You have to go out
of your way to get one to sting you.!
 
They are probably just a "temporary" annoyance. Can't you just walk around
them? They will shortly be gone in early fall!
 
Everything has a right to live. Suppose one of your neighbors found you, or a
member of your family, or even just your cat or dog annoying. How would you
feel if their first reaction was "Kill It! It annoys me!".
 
It is not the same thing as a ground nest of little yellow type hornets that
are very quick to attack and you have little kids around.. Neither have you
stated that someone in your family has allergic reactions to venom!
 
Is there something innately wrong with us human beings that our first
reaction to some living thing that annoys us is "KILL IT!".
 
Don't mistake me, some things regettably have to be dealt with, i.e., killed
because they represent a great danger to the life and well being of humans.
But, I just do not understand this immediate feeling of "KIll It..it annoys
me!".
 
That is why the world is in such a damn ecological mess..we simply do not
seem to give one hoot about our environment, each other, or other living
things. Everything has its role in life. Where do we get off thinking that we
are the superior life species? The odds are very good that in the end, we
human beings will be extinct because we have either murdered or bombed each
other into oblivion or we will be unable to live in the polluted atmosphere
we ourselves have created. The lowly cock roach will probably out last all
human life.
 
I am surprised that you so-called Honey Bee lovers are so quick to come up
with "Kill Solutions!" so quickly! How do you bee lovers feel about those
people who want to immediately "spray, stomp or otherwise squash" every honey
bee that they see? Some of your neighbors, I am certain, would like to spray
nasty chemicals on each and every one of your honeybees.
 
Also, remember that Bumblebees are much more highly efficient pollinators
than honey bees! (Thinking of your herb garden)
 
My unsolicited 2 cents..
 
Al Needham
Hobbyist
Scituate, MA, USA
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