Hi, I have just completed a web page on how to run a live flying bee show in public which may interest someone out there. The page can be found off our home page at... http://www.gandboss.demon.co.uk/ Abstract. { At country shows for over 150 years a great attraction has been a live demonstration of a beekeeper manipulating a colony of bees. Bee driving and bee beards where also greatly appreciated but not part of this article. However with the world becoming increasing litigious it has been a concern that with bees flying free in public, the risk of an odd sting is always present. I have been working on the idea of containing the bees within a completely netted gazebo enclosure and allowing the public to view real manipulations at very close quarters. Recently we have even allowed children, suitably protected and supervised, to take a colony apart in front of their parents and friends with great success. }