Hi All Just thought I would share a little story. Today somebody called to say they had a bee problem and so I went to see - they had gone shopping in the meantime, so went to look around in some bush nearby. A number of eucalyptus trees were flowering in the area, so I looked for a wild swarm of bees. Soon I found a nice colony in an aardvark hole in the ground (it is a sort of burrowing animal). Later that day I dug the swarm out, and while doing this heard a snuffle nearby - I turned around and a really old vagrant was watching me. He had a big whitey dirtyish beard and tattered cloths. He said 'Ubusi' (xhosa for honey). I gave him a big chunk and he ate it instantly, and sat there in a shaft of sunlight with golden honey trapped in his beard and running down his dirty jersey. He also had this big grin (with one tooth with most of the root showing). Anyhow, I took the bees away and put them in a box, but made a little detour to leave another comb next to the old guy as he slept underneath a tree - with a number of bees walking around his face licking up the honey. Interesting how the product of another society is still so pleasant to a man like him who has by the looks of it rejected, or been rejected by society. Keep well Garth Garth Cambray Camdini Apiaries Grahamstown Apis mellifera capensis Eastern Cape Prov. South Africa Time = Honey After careful consideration, I have decided that if I am ever a V.I.P the I. may not stand for important. (rather influential, ignorant, idiotic, intelectual, illadvised etc)