North American Fruit Explorers mailing list at ibiblio

["Jim Fruth" <jfruth@tds.net>]

   As a beekeeper, I get lots of calls from people with questions about 
Honeybees.  When I have visited these folks, I learned that they were really 
looking at Yellow Jackets - that accounts for about 98% of my visits.  Check 
out this site:

http://www.ebeehoney.com/beeid.html as it has pictures of both.

Jim Fruth
Brambleberry Farm
Pequot Lakes, MN  56472
www.bberryfarm.com
(218)568-8483 [Store]
(218)831-7018 [My Cell]

On Mon, 21 May 2007, mIEKAL aND wrote:

> How far from a hive do bees typically travel?  I'm trying to figure
> out if the honey bees here are wild or from a hive, I'm actually
> seeing noticeably more than previous years.  I'm thinking somebody
> set up hives nearby.