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The final round of a college golf tournament in Fort Worth was called off because of bees. The event, Texas-Arlington's UTA/Waterchase Invitational, was canceled after a limb from a tree holding an estimated 70,000 bees fell and exposed a beehive at the 18th hole. Bees were swarming the area in minutes, and several people were stung, though none seriously. A beekeeper was called in and recommended the area be cleared for several hours, prompting officials to call off the event early in the final round. Results reverted to the rounds played Monday. Wichita State won. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Q. In May, near the Jerome Park Reservoir in the Bronx, my sister and I observed individual flies that sometimes clumped together in large swarms, which seemed to be attracted to people and animals passing by. The swarms then dissipated briefly, only to re-form. What kind of fly acts this way? Why are they swarming? A. The swarming is easily explained as a vast singles party for flies seeking mates. But the many thousands of species in the order Diptera (flies and mosquitoes) display a wide variety of behaviors within and around a swarm, making it hard to pinpoint the species you were observing. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Discusses a variety of scientific findings as of August 8, 2000. Swarms that occupied the nest sites of the Asian giant honeybee, Apis dorsata; Surprises about the Comet Linear; Mapping of the crystal structure of a type of protein called a G protein-coupled receptor.

Reports on the death of an 88-year-old woman who died after she was stung by bees. Statements by state officials; Name of woman.