Utah Detects Africanized Honey Bee Near Cedar City

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Posted by eivindm | Posted in North America | Posted on 23-06-2009

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Utah Department of Agriculture and Food officials have detected the presence of the Africanized honey bee in Cedar City.

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Africanized bees move north in Utah

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Posted by eivindm | Posted in North America | Posted on 11-06-2009

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A hive of Africanized honey bees has been discovered in Cedar City. The big news from that discovery is the hive removal and the way the bees survived the winter indoors, in the eaves of a house.

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Africanized Honey Bees Arrive in Southern Utah

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Posted by eivindm | Posted in North America | Posted on 16-02-2009

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The Utah Department of Agriculture says the bees have been found in Washington and Kane counties.

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Africanized bees quickly spread throughout Florida

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Posted by eivindm | Posted in North America | Posted on 14-02-2009

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Just seven years after they were first spotted in the Tampa area, African honeybees have become well-established throughout South Florida. Experts estimate that up to 80 percent of all wild bee colonies in the area are now hybridized with this aggressive, often-irritable strain.

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Bad Bees of Brazil

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Posted by eivindm | Posted in Misc | Posted on 10-02-2009

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Eleven African queen bees and swarms of half-African drones and workers escaped from a Sao Paulo laboratory in 1957, and Brazil has been pained about it ever since.

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Africanized honeybees found in Winn Parish

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Posted by eivindm | Posted in North America | Posted on 20-08-2008

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Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry Mike Strain, D.V.M. said the August 11 confirmation of Africanized honeybees in Winn Parish was not unexpected. “We had already moved our trap line twenty or so miles east of
Winn Parish after Africanized honeybees were found in LaSalle Parish
last June,” Strain said.

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Just let ‘em bee: aggressive Africanized bees play nice in Manatee

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Posted by eivindm | Posted in North America | Posted on 21-06-2007

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Africanized “killer” bees arrived locally several years ago. But for some reason, the critters with lightning tempers go into chill mode when they hit Manatee County.

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Africanized honeybee safety class

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Posted by eivindm | Posted in North America | Posted on 22-04-2007

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Homeowners, parents of young children and outdoor workers are encouraged
to learn safety tips for Africanized honeybee encounters in Florida.

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Don’t downplay danger of disturbed hives

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Posted by eivindm | Posted in Biology, North America | Posted on 04-04-2007

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Everyone knows that honeybees are very important as a source of honey and as pollinators to many crops, and that right now the beekeeping industry is having many problems. No one disputes that. But Africanized Honeybees are a very real danger.

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Port Authority protects against Africanized bees

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Posted by eivindm | Posted in North America | Posted on 26-03-2007

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Africanized honey bees, better known as killer bees, are rarely spotted in Mobile, and the state of Alabama wants to keep it that way.

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