On Jul 25, 11:12*pm, Keith Nuttle wrote:
thunder wrote:
On Sat, 25 Jul 2009 19:41:26 -0500, Vic Smith wrote:

I find this a bit hard to believe.
But maybe not.

http://www.boattest.com/Resources/vi...px?NewsID=3576

Just speculating here, it's a lousy picture, but that "hive" looks more
like a swarm. *While bees are normally not aggressive when swarming, if
it took flight, there would be enough bees flying around you to give
anyone concern. *I might consider swimming rather than dealing with
them. *

http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redco...a-pix/2006/06/
BeeSwarm.png

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swarming_(honey_bee)

That is why I have mothballs in the cabin of my boat. *The smell keeps
the insects and chipmunks at bay.

Once took the sailboat out without taking the sail cover off. Got out
there and took the cover off to find it had been infested by paper
wasps. Got the wife and kids below with hatch shut while I sprayed em
with WD40 (only thing I had on hand). I did get stung but I am almost
immune to em, only swelled a bit. They wuz slippery li'l buggers
after that, and fish food.

In summer while canoeing round here, ya gotta be careful near the
banks cuz the wasps make their nests in overhanging branches. You hit
one and it'll be a choice of gators below or wasps above, not to
mention the snakes.