Gentlemen,
 
    I think there is no need to call the man with the hair gel an idiot or the
    bees that were attracted, unacceptably aggressive.
 
    If we ignore the sensational tone of the newsreport (and accept the reported
    bee behavior as factual), it is interesting that some odor caused the bees
    to behave the way they did.  The question would be to determine the exact
    nature of this odor and what kind of possibilities substances like these
    could offer in controlling bee behavior.
 
    Paul van Westendorp                         [log in to unmask]
    Provincial Apiarist
    British Columbia