17 Feb. 1993
 
VINCE,
 
        Many thanks for the clarification about "bees stinging a tree."
Let us now see how many years this tale will be with us -- the notion that warm
water freezes faster than cold water dates all the way back to Francis Bacon
in the early 1600s.
 
        Best wishes.
 
                                                Adrian M. Wenner
>
> ADRIAN,
> JUST A NOTE A MAN IN DARWIN WAS CUTTING DOWN A TREE IN A CHERRY
> PICKER BASKET QUITE HIGH ABOVE THE GROUND AND HE UPSET A HIVE
> WITHIN THE TREE AND THEY SET ON HIM AND HE WAS SEVERLY STUNG
> ABOUT 1000 STINGS.HE COULD NOT ESCAPE AS HE WAS IN THE CHERRY
> PICKER BASKET.HE WAS IN SEVERE SHOCK WAS REVIVED SEVERAL
> TIMES BUT HE DIED SEVERAL DAYS LATER. ITS INTERESTING HOW THE
> NEWS GETS THINGS ALL MIXED UP.
> ANYHOW THATS THE DRIFT.
> REGARDS VINCE CONSTABLE,INFO.TECH.DIV. UNI CENTRAL QUEENSLAND,
> ROCKHAMPTON,QLD,AUSTRALIA
>