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From: "Lear, Edmund (ENL)" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "'Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology'"
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Subject: RE: mimicry between droneflies and honeybees
Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 15:35:55 +0200

An interesting case.  I have seen bees in the carcass of a horse and a
donkey.  The skin of both animals was intact but all the inners were cleaned
out.  In regards to the Samson incident, there is the misconception that it
all happened over night.  Careful study will show there is about a year
between the death of the lion and the surplus of honey.