Beekeepers: Barry Sergeant had this to say among other things: >This is hardly a forum for counting body bags, or similar, but allow me to quote some references on US bee attacks from long ago; long before the AHB arrived in the US. If I may wade in with a couple of pennies worth of comment--wasn't there a discussion in the not too distant past right here on Bee-L about the New England beekeeper killed by honey bees that were not AHB? Yes, I think it was finally determined to be a heart attack or similar cause. Still, his bees had attacked him, hadn't they? Who hasn't kept bees for a while and had the rare surprising virulent attacks from their *docile* non AHB bees? I certainly have. It happens. Regards, Dick