Gentlemen,
I think there is no need to call the man with the hair gel an idiot or the
bees that were attracted, unacceptably aggressive.
If we ignore the sensational tone of the newsreport (and accept the reported
bee behavior as factual), it is interesting that some odor caused the bees
to behave the way they did. The question would be to determine the exact
nature of this odor and what kind of possibilities substances like these
could offer in controlling bee behavior.
Paul van Westendorp [log in to unmask]
Provincial Apiarist
British Columbia