Folks, A while back, as I reported my bees flying in and out of chickenwire, our good friend Dick from Alaska posed me the following question: "Do they fly THROUGH the wire in both directions, or do they fly over the wire on the return trip?" Today, weather-thawing, I was able to watch closely how they go about flying through the wire: 1) More bees would fly through the wiremesh during in-coming flight to get at the corndust in the chicken feeder. 2) Although most of them fly up and away in their return trip, there are a few still flying through the mesh on their flight back. Thus, I was unable to deduct/reduce any meaningful generalization whatever. One thing I noticed was that as they approach the chicken fence, they *air-brake* just like an airliner, and then zigzag slightly around the mesh, next they fly through with ease. They do not bullet-through. Nothing gives me greater satisfaction than watching my girls come out at the end of winter, having just walked across the river styx, barefoot. Their servant, I offered them a smorgasboard of pollen and syrup. Cheers, Ordinary day, circa 2003, in the Republic of Oklahoma Yoon