In Iowa we USED to have a State Apiarist, before budget cuts A, B, C and D
;-(

Back before those cuts I attended a beekeeping demo offered by SA Bob Cox,
who commented on the "dark spot" bee attraction phenomenon.  He said he had
used an old dolly hand truck to transport hives, the kind which is basically
a set of tubes welded together.  The plugs for the (tube) holes at the end
of the handles had been lost.  This left dark holes about 1 inch
diameter...and he got a lot of stings on his hands.  Once the holes were
covered with silver duct tape, no stings.  Don't think he checked to see if
the tubes were full of bees with suicidal tendencies.

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