> Someone called me last week to come out and remove a feral beehive from
> the storage bin of his camper.  When I arrived we found VERY few bees -
> and larvae was squirming out of their cells, falling to the floor of the
> storage compartment (alive)...
>
> The homeowner said he had backed his diesel truck up to the camper a
> couple days before.  He left the engine running and returned to notice
> all kinds of bees flying 20-30 minutes later.   It looks as though the
> exhaust flooded the hive since the tailpipe was probably a foot away
> from the bee entrance...

Matt,

If you stuck your nose in a diesel exhaust pipe for 20-30 minutes before you
posted this, it never would have made it to the list.  The bees got gassed,
plain and simple.  Seems like you've been had by a homeowner who did not major
in rocket science.

Aaron Morris - thinking CO.