In a message dated 6/26/99 9:22:05 AM EST, [log in to unmask] writes:

> a few days later another bee-rescurer came out and listened with
>  his
>  stethascope and confirmed that they were all worker bees in that space, how
>  could he hear that?
When you lift the cover of a queenless hive the bees "roar" somewhat like the
sound of a colony that has been smoked too much.
Perhaps that is what your friend heard.