Hi All I have been following the whole software flame thread and come up with a theory as to why it happened. Bee-L normally seems to me to be quite a sort of sedate newsgroup with everyone being generally friendly and tolerant.But... I have noticed if I get stung more than ten times a day for a few days I become rather irritable. This used to require less stings to get the same effect but am becoming rather immune due to my belief in not wearing gear unless completely neccessary. So assuming stings will over time make people irritable, and assuming that it is the main harvest time in North America and Europe, as well as Spring Harvest time in the South, everyone is being stung a few times a day and is slightly ratty! Just a thought. Keep well Garth --- Garth Cambray Kamdini Apiaries 15 Park Road Apis melifera capensis Grahamstown 800ml annual precipitation 6139 Eastern Cape South Africa Phone 27-0461-311663 3rd year Biochemistry/Microbiology Rhodes University In general, generalisations are bad. Interests: Flii's and Bees.