In a message dated 10/06/05 14:20:03 GMT Daylight Time, [log in to unmask]
writes:

...How  hot does it have to be before the
> brood gets  killed?....



I remember reading an old edition of the XYZ...  that I found in a library;
someone on the list may have a copy. There was an  article, I think with a
photo, describing a hive either in or immediately  outside a woodyard where there
was a serious fire. The hive was apparenly on  fire itself, yet the bees
inside were unharmed. Presumably the entrance faced  away from the flames.

    Regards,

    Robert Brenchley

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