A Very Different Kind Of Fire

By 1:30 a.m. they had joined a growing number of cars pulled into an empty gas station on the other side of Highway 101, their passengers standing in stunned silence to watch the inferno rage down the hills. Because this gummy substance makes Western beekeepers' hives more difficult to manipula...

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Published inBee Culture Vol. 145; no. 12; pp. 81 - 85
Main Author McNeil, M E A
Format Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Medina A.I. Root Company 01.12.2017
Subjects
Agriculture
Beekeeping
Bees
Forest & brush fires
Honey
Plant reproduction
Roads & highways
Seeds
Tornadoes
Weather
Wind
Wineries & vineyards
San Francisco California
United States > US
California
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Summary:By 1:30 a.m. they had joined a growing number of cars pulled into an empty gas station on the other side of Highway 101, their passengers standing in stunned silence to watch the inferno rage down the hills. Because this gummy substance makes Western beekeepers' hives more difficult to manipulate, the propensity to collect it has been largely bred out of them. [...]occurring fires, lit by lightening or volcanic activity, have always been part of the earth's ecosystem. Firewalls in bee nests - survival value of propolis walls of wild Cape honeybee (Apis mellifera capensis).
ISSN:1071-3190
1931-4000