Liz day wrote: > Ah, but you <can> pet bumblebees - sometimes, if they will hold still. I remember when I was 5 or 6 there was a lavender bush that attracted lots of bees - honey bees and bumble bees of various species. I spent several happy days catching them in my bare hands and putting them in glass jars. In the end one stung me of course and put me off that game for a while. But here I am (in my second childhood?) playing with bees again! -- Malcolm Roe Phone : +44 1442 345104 Crosfield Electronics Ltd Fax : +44 1442 343000 Hemel Hempstead, Herts. HP2 7RH, UK E-mail : [log in to unmask] ------------------------------------------------------------------------