>Is anyone on the list familiar with native bees of the South.
>I have a strange little colony in my yard. The extension agent
>said to put some in a killing jar and mail them to the state
>university. K don't want to do that.
>Phil Mueller                                  325 Burdette
>[log in to unmask]                New Orleans, LA 70118
>Tulane University                             (504) 866-1913
 
Phil, contact the largest Bee Lab in the country, the USDA Bee Stock and
Breeding Lab, Nicholson Drive Extension, Baton Rouge, LA. Gary DeLatte is
the head beekeeper there. If they look like honeybees and not bumblebees
they're probably just a native swarm.
 
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