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These are african bees, what we in america refer to as 'killer' bees. These bees are highly agressive and are much more likely to swarm a perceived threat, and
by apalmer 13y ago
These are african bees, what we in america refer to as 'killer' bees. These bees are highly agressive and are much more likely to swarm a perceived threat, and once swarming will not stop stinging the preceived threat for potentially hours.
Elephants which are more than 10 times as big as a person with a much thicker hide are not 'paranoid' of bees. Their fear is well justified.
- trhtrsh 13y agoAS noted elsewhere, general African bees are not the same as "Africanized" bees, which are derived from a particular colony of unusually fierce bees in Brazil, not Africa http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africanized_bee http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africanized_bee Note the genetic engineering in action here. No high-tech needed DNA splicing needed to get disastrous results.
- TallGuyShort 13y agoJust because the bee is in Africa doesn't make it a 'killer' bee.
- mikeash 13y agoYes, I remember the hype around "killer" bees coming to the US. Then the hype went away, even though the bees didn't. I think the threat is vastly overstated.
- stouset 13y agoNo. 'Killer' bees are africanized European honeybees. These are just plain old African honeybees.