Allen Dick wrote: > On Mon, 31 Jul 1995, Keith Hooker wrote: > > > As an observation, I have come to the conclusion that bees do not > > like sweat especially from under my wrist watch strap and therefore > > remove it and wash my wrist before working bees. > > My understanding is that the contrast of the strap or band is apparent to > bees vision and that they are attracted to sting at such places. I can believe this. I used to get stung frequently on my wrist near my *black* watchband until I quit wearing it when working with the bees. George Clarkson 70641,[log in to unmask]