In article <[log in to unmask]>, Eunice Wonnacott <[log in to unmask]> writes >----------One tip I also received from one of them: Do NOT wear a >(ticking) watch....they seem to be readily agitated by this tiny sound.. > > Eunice Eunice, I think that you will find noise doesn't disturb the bees at all. It is the sweat that tends to gather around close-fitting items like (leather) straps that irritates them. -- Paul Walton Email : [log in to unmask] Toddington, Bedfordshire, England.