Wrong, the African honey bee is the correct name for the sub species that has moved into the United States. Popularly know as "killer bees". They were brought into Brazil years ago with the intent of increasing honey production and some queens escaped. New colonys were then started with these queens and have since spread slowly northward and into the US. There are several cases each year of attacks on animals and humans in the US, some resulting in death. Some here in Arizona. At this point, any group of bees encountered here have to be considered to be the "killer bees", where in the past, you could pretty much ignore any bees that you ran across. Ed
--- In DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com, "Lawrence White" <wlarrydac@...> wrote:
>
> The African honey bee term is somewhat misleading.. all they are is a very aggressive hybrid honeybee.. bred, by accident, years ago. they will never survive up north, as, all they do is swarm, never staying in one place long enough to put in a honey crop for themselves, for the winter.. suspect this is how they "escaped" from the breeding program, in the first place!
> --- In DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com, Aki <01dyna@> wrote:
> >
> > anyone ever have to experience the african honey bees? I read somewhere
> > that they, along with the
> > army ants are supposed to be working their way north. yowza. lock the
> > doors!
> >
> > -aki
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 3:24 PM, Lawrence White <wlarrydac@> wrote:
> >
> > > **
> > >
> > >
> > > Honeybees are bred for gentleness.. however, it's a 2 edged sword.. overly
> > > gentle bees tend to be lazy, and don't produce much honey, beyond their own
> > > needs. the breeder tries to find a balance between a bee that is aggressive
> > > enough to put in a good honey crop, while, at the same time is gentle
> > > enough to work with..
> > >
> > > --- In DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com, Aki <01dyna@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > ..and as I recall, yellow jackets are aggressive and can sting mulitple
> > > > times (and hurts like the dickens). Unless you have some of those nasty
> > > > african honey bees, the humble honey bee has to get pretty po'd before
> > > they
> > > > will sting.
> > > >
> > > > -aki
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 11:28 AM, carmen s. <mom2mini@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > These nasty, slick, aggressive, slender and stripped yellow and black
> > > > > Yellow Jackets are nothing like our rather cute and fuzzy bumblebees.
> > > > >
> > > > > On Apr 26, 2013, at 9:59 AM, Sandaidh wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > From: Ray Kornele
> > > > > Some folks refer to yellow bumble bees as yellow jackets. Where I came
> > > > > from,
> > > > > the black and yellow striped paper makers were called yellow jackets.
> > > The
> > > > > ones that live in the ground are probably bumble bees.
> > > > > --------------------------
> > > > >
> > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_jacket
> > > > >
> > > > > From the article -
> > > > > Yellow jackets build nests in trees, shrubs, or in protected places
> > > such
> > > > > as
> > > > > inside man-made structures, or in soil cavities, mouse burrows, etc.
> > > > >
> > > > > I've come across the occasional yellow jacket nest in the ground.
> > > Pouring
> > > > > gasoline on the nest takes care of them.
> > > > >
> > > > > Sandaidh
> > > > > sandaidh@
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > carmen stuart
> > > > > Brightwood Aviary
> > > > > http://brightwoodaviary.com
> > > > > Dawsonville, Ga.
> > > > > 770 889-0353
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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