This sounds much more like bees swarming than bees looking for nectar. Swarming happens often in the spring, and is how bees establish new hives. While swarming, bees are totally focused on staying together and finding a new place to live, so their normal aggressive response to defending their turf pretty much goes away. There are many pictures of people literally covered in bees in those circumstances, which must feel rather strange, and they received no stings at all.
--- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > About 4 years ago in the spring I was hiking in the desert. It was > > an unusual year in which the desert flowers were blooming more than > > usual. I was all by myself about two miles from the trail head and > > any semblance of civilization and all of a sudden a black cloud of > > bees came towards me. There was virtually nothing I could do; if > > they wanted to sting me to death, they could have. Well, I found > > myself totally relaxing, they passed over and around me (not one > > landed on me) and they went on their way. They were in such an > > ecstatic frenzy to get to their nectar in the jackpot of flowers > > that they paid me absolutely no heed. > > Amazing story! Not sure I'd have had your composure regarding a large > swarm like that, but like you said, nothing you could do. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
