<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra">All:</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">I too have found some nests to be aggressive (B. pensylvanicus!!!!) and most not. That said, I have yet to hear of anyone having an allergic reaction of the magnitude that causes death from a Bombus sting (as apposed to Honey bee or Yellowjacket), does anyone have access to definitive studies of the degree of re-activity (or whatever might be the term) to different Bombus venoms?</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">sam</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 12:42 PM, Mark Seetin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:MSeetin@usapple.org" target="_blank">MSeetin@usapple.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Having experienced the wrath of bumblebees after accidentally stepping on a nest, I can say firsthand that they will instantly swarm and sting. – so, unless there is an effective
way to move the nests, it may come down to a value judgment about what is more valuable – children’s health and wellbeing or the bumblebees.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">What if one or more of the students happens to be allergic to bee stings? According to the Boston Children’s hospital (and other sources) , about 3 percent
(1 in every 33 individuals) of the population is allergic to bee stings, and if the allergy is severe, anaphylactic shock could occur in minutes. I hope the teacher has an “Epipen” and knows how to use it.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Stephen Pryor<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, May 26, 2014 12:37 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [Pollinator] Value of bumble bees and how to deal with nests<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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three <u>very</u>healthy bumblebee (<i>B. vosnesenskii</i>) colonies nesting in gopher borrows in the lawn where kids play.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.75pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#444444">I have roped off the most active colonies and told the teachers to have the kids stay a distance away. I've also
been relocating the queens currently emerging to a rural site nearby that also has many bumblebees colonies and wild flowers, hopefully they will still mate and start their own colonies.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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explain the value and importance of bumblebees as well as the peril that bumblebees are in nationwide and worldwide. Links would also be helpful. We want to avoid the exterminator.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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