University Daily Kansan / Tuesday, September 16, 1986
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sity of Miami in Florida. Holt was not with the group originally.
"Inn-Siang was a very inquisitive man, the kind who would turn over every log and rock he could get his hands on." Holt said.
Holt said that Ooi apparently had climbed some rocks to explore behind a large boulder when he ran into a large cluster of African bees.
Holt said the bees in the cave apparently became excited by Ooi's presence and attacked him and the others.
"The group scattered and InnSiang began screaming and disappeared." Holt said.
Holt said that because the group could only hear Ooi screaming, they returned to base camp about five miles away for help.
Holt said that the cave was about two miles from the nearest road on the preserve and that the radio in the camp was broken, leaving the group with no communication to the outside world. He said extremely rough terrain made a rescue attempt even more difficult.
"When I arrived on the scene, we found Inn-Siang's feet dangling from the rocks in the cave, and he was still moaning. Holt said. "Apparently, he tried to escape the bees by getting into the rocks and got stuck. He couldn't do
anything while the bees stung him over and over."
Holt said that despite the obvious hazard the bees presented, several people volunteered to cover themselves with special netting and gloves to try to rescue Ooi.
'Apparently, he tried to escape the bees by getting into the rocks and got stuck. He couldn't do anything while the bees stung him.'
Robert Holt
Robert Holt associate professor of systematics and ecology
One of those was Peter Smallwood, a 25-year-old graduate student from the University of Arizona.
"I went up to look for him by myself at first because I had a reputation for being a good climber," Smallwood said recently.
Smallwood said he also had
volunteered to try to save Ooi because he had some protective equipment.
"I wasn't sure about my protection from the bees, but I thought it was worth the risk," he said.
The group's attempts failed. Smallwood was stung about 100 times.
"I was able to face the situation because I just emotionally shut down," he said. "It took about a week to begin even feeling sad and understanding exactly what had happened."
The bees calmed down after dark, and park rangers were able to pull Ooi's body from the rocks, Holt said. Holt carried Ooi's body back to camp, his path lit by flashlight.
"We had to be careful because the bees are attracted to light, even a flashlight," he said.
Holt said that upon examination, doctors discovered that Ooi had been stung about 8,000 times — between 40 and 50 stings for each square inch of his skin.
Smallwood said he and the other students want to establish an award in Ooi's name that would allow help finance research projects of future students in the Organization for Tropical Studies; 36 U.S. schools and three Costa Rican schools belong to the organization.
600,000 beehives pollinate 40 kinds of fruits and vegetables.
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Had the California honeybee population become infected with the less productive Africanized bees, a minimum of $2 billion in losses could have stricken the California economy, according to This World, a magazine published by the national Institute for Educational Affairs in Washington
If a person were to stir a hive of Africanized honeybees, the thousands of stings he could receive could cause internal organ failure, resulting in death, Taylor said.
Taylor said the Africanized bees would not present a direct hazard to people in Kansas because of the state's colder climate. However, he said, economic effects could be felt across the country.
Taylor said African bees were more dangerous not because they had a more potent sting but because they are more easily agitated.
"The Africanized bee problem has been both overestated and understated by instant experts who look at a small piece of the problem without seeing the whole thing." Taylor said.
Despite the acknowledged problem, Taylor said his research was seriously underfinanced by the
Taylor began his work in 1974, when the U.S. Department of Agriculture gave him a $200,000 grant over four years to study the killer bee problem.
federal government
Since then, he has found himself and his program lacking financing. Although he could not say exactly how much he had spent, he said he had put thousands of dollars into research.
Taylor said that he received private contributions but that he needed between $150,000 and $300,000 a year to conduct proper research.
Unfortunately, tight state and federal budgets have made such aid scarce, said Dean Garwood, an administrator for the state Department of Agriculture.
Garwood's group, the department's plant protection section, is responsible for the protection of honeybees in Kansas.
"Orley's research is a significant part of our research," Garwood said.
Garwood acknowledged that Taylor's research had received little financing from the department in the past, but he said he did not see any increases in the future.
"If you look at the economy as a whole, especially the federal budget, it is quite apparent that funding is not available."
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Gleason was the object of Mosconi's wry humor.
"Gleason) was in a New York City restaurant, hustling a few games, picking up some money," he said. "A friend and I played a few games and eventually challenged Gleason."
Gleason swaggered confidently to the table, Mosconi said, and promptly lost the game.
Before becoming the world's domi nant billiards player, Mosconi said he made it through the Depressor with help from Brunswick, a company in the billiards business.
"He had to play the second game because he didn't have any money to pay for the first one," he said.
"When I was 19, I placed second in the world championships," he said. "Brunswick signed me to a contract for $600 a month plus expenses. I was making $150 a week while some were making it on $10 a week. I was good because I had to eat."
These days, Mosconi's job doesn't keep him too busy, but he does make appearances for Harah's Casino.
A bet of $100 was placed on the game.
The Mosconis live in Hadden Heights, N.J., 40 minutes from Atlantic City. With free time, he can relax
"Yea, I relax. My wife counts money and I go out and get it for her," he said.
Mosconi had one piece of advice for beginning billiards players.
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