Hi Robin & All,

> Obviously, when suggesting negotiation in the midst of 'pandemonium' , my
> tongue was in my cheek.  But the theme was surely useful in discussing
that
> the public should be induced to take a balanced view of bees
Yes, something needs to be done educating the public that not all bees in
the AHB zones are AHB. People, I assume in these zones, automatically cry
AHB when bees are noticed.

> The kids who threw stones
> could easily be dead now if the colony was truly AHB that behaved as just
> described by Dennis.

This was one of my points. This colony did not at all appear to me, by the
information provided, to be an AHB colony. Maybe it was and maybe it wasn't.
At any rate with education and an aware official, considering the incident
was provoked by stoning, the colony could maybe have been saved by a
beekeeper. I could very well be wrong in my opinions but it is for the love
of honey bees I suggested what I did.

> Keth and I entered the fray because the general reaction on the list was
so
> one-sided.

Thanks Robin, You did a far better job of clearifying my thoughts on the
matter to the list.

 . ..   Keith Malone, Chugiak, Alaska USA, http://www.cer.org/,
c(((([ , Apiarian, http://takeoff.to/alaskahoney/,
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Norlandbeekeepers/ ,
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ApiarianBreedersGuild/

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