Later, John
--- dlmcneely-in-lunet.edu wrote:
> Actually, Africanized bees have not just appeared in
> Texas a few
> times. A number of people have been seriously
> injured and a couple
> have died from Africanized bees in the state.
> Essentially, all the
> bees in the southern half the state are Africanized.
> Several years
> ago, when the impact of honey bee declines around
> the country was
> being noticed, a bee expert for the Texas A&M USDA
> Extention Service
> made the statement in a seminar at UT Brownsville,
> where I was then a
> professor, that S. Texas doesn't have that problem
> (the disappearance
> of honey bees), because Africanized bees are
> resistant to the
> pathogens and parasites that are causing it, and
> Africanized bees are
> all we have.
>
> I don't know about Florida.
>
> Dave
>
> David L. McNeely, Ph.D., Professor of Biology
> Langston University; P.O. Box 1500
> Langston, OK 73050; email: dlmcneely-in-lunet.edu
> telephone: (405) 466-6025; fax: 405) 466-3307
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>
> "Where are we going?" "I don't know, are we there
> yet?"
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mysteryman <bestfish-in-alaweb.com>
> Date: Friday, July 28, 2006 7:23 am
> Subject: Re: NANFA-L-- perils of Fla collecting
> > What makes you think that they were killer bees,
> anyway, the fact
> > that they
> > attacked you?
> > It IS the tail end of swarm season, and you did
> kick their nest...
> > what
> > would you have expected them to do?
> >
> > I have a beehive in my house. They live in my
> bathroom walls and
> > attic. The
> > bathroom window is a nifty little spot where I can
> observe them. I
> > know they
> > aren't africanized, but I still know better than
> to try to run the
> > lawn
> > mower anywhere near the bathroom.
> >
> > I suppose the prudent thing to do is to alert the
> local
> > authorities to the
> > presence of the swarm and report the incident, but
> don't go
> > hitting the
> > panic button just yet. Africanized bees have
> appeared in Texas a
> > few times
> > and I think maybe in Florida, so while I doubt
> that these are such
> > bees, it
> > is a possibility.
> >
>
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