Thanks for the facts on bees and taking care of our safety. I am allergic to bees. We have tried to educate ourselves on the facts about Africanized bees and do routine checks around our home for bees. We found a swarm of bees at a cache we did recently, Holiday Cache. Fortunately it was at dusk so they were not active. I got out of there as soon as I realized what they were. I did see however a white substance they were clinging to in the bush. Could that have been the comb? I just assumed they were swarming temporarily, but what do I know.
>From: "Jerry Nelson"
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>Subject: [Az-Geocaching] Cache Bees
>Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 09:10:52 -0700
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>I checked my Why? cache today after a couple no finds and a report of bees.
>
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=52218
>
>The cache is still in place and sure enough, so are the bees! A nice 2-3
>pound swarm about three feet from the cache. I've kept bees as a hobby in
>the past but had to give up this fascinating activity because of the obvious
>problems of having bees in the city with non-understanding neighbors. It
>was hard to resist the urge to grab my old equipment and hive the little
>suckers. I miss all that good honey.
>
>Virtually all wild swarms in this part of the country are mixed with the
>Africanized Killer Bee strain. They're aggressive and need to be avoided.
>I'll temporarily disable this until it's safe. This one can still be had if
>you want to go caching in a bee mask, gloves and jumpsuit. In a park this
>large what's the chance a swarm would choose to perch right here?
>
>Bee facts: In the spring bees follow the swarming instinct to increase their
>number of colonies. They raise a new, second queen who leaves with about
>half the bees in the old colony. Unless a new home is found quickly, they
>set up temporary quarters by hanging in a clump, usually on a tree limb.
>Scout bees then search for a permanent home, maybe in a cliff crevice or
>someone's attic. In a mild climate like Arizona's, I've seen bees that
>decide to stay and build comb right on a tree limb but this is rare. My
>guess is that the cache bees will be on their way soon and I'll reopen it.
>
>Jerry
>Offtrail
>
>
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