When we did extensive work with the beekeeping clubs of the Seattle area, we saw a full range - from a hermit who barely talked to anyone to community leaders. One point of note - in the Seattle area we found a large number of aeronautics engineers from Boeing. Not sure if that was simply because of the presence of Boeing - and as such an artifact of employers, or whether engineers who were involved with flight found additional interests in flying insects. Jerry *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Access BEE-L directly at: http://community.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-LSOFTDONATIONS.exe?A0=BEE-L