Midnitebee wrote:
 
> interesting..breathing on bees..thought this would certainly irritate the
> ladies..the exchange of carbon dioxide(sic)..is this not so?
 
I routinely blow gently on a comb if I want to see something specific.
They have never appeared to get "irritated".  They will move out of the
way though.  This may not be true everywhere, I understand that bees are
milder mannered here in Alaska.
 
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"Test everything.  Hold on to the good."  (1 Thessalonians 5:21)
 
Tom Elliott
Chugiak,  Alaska
U.S.A.
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