Africanized+Honey+Bee

Africanized Honey Bee =The "Killer Bee"=

=Where are they from?= The Africanized Honey Bee, also know as the "Killer Bee," is from south of the Sahara.

=Where are they a problem/ How did they get there?= While an experiment in Brazil with the bees was happening twenty-six queens escaped in the 1950's after a breeding. Later they migrated to Texas in 1990 and made their way through the southern part of the U.S. The Killer Bees are mainly in the southern part of the U.S. and haven't made their way through the entire country yet. The amount of bees are increasing fast, each year there are about two miles of more bees.

=How are they a problem?= The bees are a major problem because they are very aggressive, Killer Bees are ten times as aggressive as the European Bees. The bees do not attack alone and they look very similar to the European Bees. Many cases of Killer Bees have ended with serious injury or even death. In order to protect their hives they will chase something up to one quater of a mile. Five hundred Killer Bees have the same amount of venom as one Rattlesnake bite, and ten stings per pound of body weight will kill something. The average male adult weighs about 166 pounds, so it would take about 1660 bees to kill him.

=What is the solution?= The Africanized Honey Bees are a big problem to the U.S. the only solution right now is for be keepers to watch and control their hives.

Bella Peregrino