--- In [email protected], "Cliff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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.
Thanks for the insight. I always assumed it was 'cause they were looking for nectar because that year we had a bumper crop of desert flowers... > > --- 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/
