Bees: I have several hives of bees on my property. They are pretty good bees, at...

 

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Bees: I have several hives of bees on my property. They are pretty good bees, at least as far as one can say, but it is hard to tell with bees. I am told that each hive has thousands of bees and that if you hang around too close to a hive, you have about a 1 in 10 chance of being stung per hour. Apparently bees are not as nasty as you might think and don't tend to sting unless they are provoked since they die immediately after stinging you. In any case, I have three hives all next to the garage. a. I was doing some landscaping and was working near the hives for about two hours. I forgot that they were there so I wasn't wearing any protective equipment. I didn't get stung at all. Should I consider myself lucky? b. The next day, I got stung by bees three times in a single hour. I am pretty angry about it and am thinking about getting rid of one of the hives- kind of like a warning to the others. If I get rid of one of the hives at random, what is the probability that the bees that stung me all came from that hive? Bees: I have several hives of bees on my property. They are pretty good bees, at least as far as one can say, but it is hard to tell with bees. I am told that each hive has thousands of bees and that if you hang around too close to a hive, you have about a 1 in 10 chance of being stung per hour. Apparently bees are not as nasty as you might think and don't tend to sting unless they are provoked since they die immediately after stinging you. In any case, I have three hives all next to the garage. a. I was doing some landscaping and was working near the hives for about two hours. I forgot that they were there so I wasn't wearing any protective equipment. I didn't get stung at all. Should I consider myself lucky? b. The next day, I got stung by bees three times in a single hour. I am pretty angry about it and am thinking about getting rid of one of the hives- kind of like a warning to the others. If I get rid of one of the hives at random, what is the probability that the bees that stung me all came from that hive?

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