Re: NANFA-L-- perils of Fla collecting

dlmcneely-in-lunet.edu
Fri, 28 Jul 2006 08:08:05 -0500

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-in-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

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----- 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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