>        Personally, I have seen bees, somewhat darker than Italian bees, but
>otherwise could be described as you did.  The ones I saw were hovering above
>the surface of the water in a private swimming pool, in Pearland, TX, (very
>close to Houston) in late November, some years ago.  I took it to be the
>verification of the myth that everything is bigger in Texas!!
>
>        How about packaging up a few  (dead) and sending them to me.  We
are a mite
>free zone, and importation from mite areas is illegal, but if there is a
>"clean" way to share these, my snail address is:
>        P{. O. Box 2604
>        Charklottetown;, PE
>        Canada
>        C1A 8C3
>
>        "From The Cradle of Confederation"
>
>
Cara     Eunice Wonnacott
 
O que temos relatado aqui na America do Sul a respeito de abelhas gigantes
talves possa ser identificado com algumas meliponas , abelhas silvestres, ou
indigenas. Algumas, particularmente as mamagabas, tem um tamanho realmente
avantajado se comparado com a apis melifera, aproximadamente 4cm.
 
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