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I saw this thing on...I think the discovery channel a couple of weeks ago on Africanized bees. Was pretty scarey stuff. I was surprised to learn that were up in LA. More surprised when these bee guys went into a quarantined section of the park and took down like a 150# hive. Most amazing was when introduced an few Africanized bees to what I guess are the normal everyday European honey bee nest, how rapidly they went from docile to instant follow the leader PO'd at anything and everything, especially the rumblings of a diesel engine. I know what you mean about instant PO'd. Have some extra railroad ties for fence posts that I figured would box in on 3 sides, them fill with dirt to use for a ramp onto trailers or into pickup beds. Well, some yellow jackets burrowed in under the stack. When I scooted them over with a loader, holy cow they came out head hunting. I took off in reverse and they came after me for well over 100'. I waited until dusk, sneaked in with a long chain, wrapped around a tie, then dragged it way out away with a tractor. When I went to unhook the chain I flipped the tie and it was hollwed out with a big nest. They were pretty PO'd at me and got me a few times as I ran away, tractor still running. Meat tenderizer took the sting out right away, but only for a short time. Took a couple of days for the stings to stop burning. I don't know what eats yellow jackets, but gotta get me some of them. Mark
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