Re: [CH] Beekeeper dies after 50 stings

danceswithcarp (dcombs@bloomington.in.us)
Tue, 14 Sep 1999 21:11:40 -0500

----- Original Message -----
From: Akiva Kotler <akiva@barak-online.net>
>
> LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) - An 83-year-old beekeeper attacked two weeks ago
by
> a swarm of Africanized "killer" bees has died.

When an 83-year old man dies of anything, it is very hard to prove a direct
causual
relationship.    If I was 83 I think I'd go peacefully no matter who bit me.

There are far wirse tales of woe about foreign invaders in virgin
environments.   The chestnut blight is one; it eventually dislocated
hundreds
of thousands of subsistence farmers in Appalachia, and it wasn't engineered
by anyone.

Feeling cranky,

carpo