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Subject:
Yellow Jacke Wasps
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Dick Marron <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 21 Dec 2005 17:09:49 -0500
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Adrian wrote:
>>Unfortunately, some citizens erroneously call them "meat bees."
I have hunted in Montana where the ground seemed to be alive with them. One could actually hear a low buzz. If you saw how quickly they will descend on a carcass you would use a different word for erroneous. That's where I first heard the term, "Meat bees." Haven't heard it since.

Dickm

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