I had the opportunity to see these bees first hand at Ohio State. They were light colored and very calm almost to the point I wondered if they weren't on Ridlin. There were no bees coming and going whatsoever. The top was open so we could all veiw them and they just sat there. I can guess that the box we were viewing was moved there probably that morning or previous evening as it was in a parking area for our group to see. Could be that all the field bees had flown back to their old location allowing some of the more gentler bees to remain. This could also explain why they weren't flying around 2:00 in the afternoon although I would of expected some coming and going. There was a few kids that picked at the bees trying to get there response with no luck... I was kind of expecting to see one of them getting some attention they really didn't want but, the bees were content at just looking at us as we looked at them. OhioBeeFarmer Getting youth involved in Beekeeping http://www.homestead.com/BeeKeepers/BeesRUs.html http://www.homestead.com/BeeKeepers/Opening.html -------Original Message------- From: Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology Date: Thursday, June 20, 2002 11:16:11 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [BEE-L] Gentle Honeybees A good breeder should select for multiple criteria, perhaps ranking them by importance, but ignoring none. -Tim