>...The other thing I was wondering about is, if it uses "queen
>pheremones" does this mean that the workers will all return to the hive
>and that the person will then be swarmed by all the drones in the area
><g>...I can see the headline "Man Escapes Killer Bee Attack, Smothered
>by Drones".
>
>Patrick M. O'Hearn
>Bears Choice Honey
>Aztec, NM
>email [log in to unmask]
Ha! Now that would be a riot. Once at school we tethered a drone doused in
queen pheremone to a baloon. Up he went. Poor guy. The drones in the
area went nuts, and he was suddenly VERY popular. (All in the interest of
science, mind you.) They do get alarmingly frantic!