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
home page http://www.lunet.edu/mcneely/index.htm
"Where are we going?" "I don't know, are we there yet?"
----- Original Message -----
From: Drummond Howard <drummondhoward-in-hotmail.com>
Date: Friday, July 28, 2006 9:35 am
Subject: Re: NANFA-L-- perils of Fla collecting
> The link below shows a map from the USDA of where these bees have
> been found
> and when. It shown that they now live in most of the Southwest
> and a good
> part of Florida.
>
> There is no way to tell with out sending in 30 to 50 bees in a jar
> of
> alcohol for examination.
>
> http://www.ars.usda.gov/Research/docs.htm?docid=11059&page=6
>
> From my experience, working with bees in Florida for many years,
> That is not
> the behavior I would expect from a swarm of european honey bees.
>
> Drummond Howard
> Gaithersburg, Maryland
>
>
>
>
>
> >From: dlmcneely-in-lunet.edu
> >Reply-To: nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org
> >To: nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org
> >Subject: Re: NANFA-L-- perils of Fla collecting
> >Date: 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
> >
> >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
> >home page http://www.lunet.edu/mcneely/index.htm
> >
> >"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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