African bees do not intentionally try to hurt people. They are defensive, and attack when they think their hive is being threatened. A single African bee sting is no more dangerous than a single ...

By comparison, when a European honey bee hive is disturbed, only about 10 percent of the bees will attack. ... Killer bees are a mixed breed of African and European honey bees.

Africanized honey bees, often called "killer bees," are now in 13 states, including Mississippi. Know where to find them, how to avoid deadly stings.

Killer bees are spreading across the US – and are being drawn to northern states because of warming temps - Africanized ...

When the ”killer bees” begin flying into the United States sometime within the next two years, the official greeting committee will be waiting for them in this border town. Chief greete… ...

By comparison, killer bees often all but empty their nest. There are even reports of swarms of 300,000 to 800,000. With each sting, a pheromone is released, signalling for more bees from the colony to ...

Hive After Hive. From those 20 imported African queens have come as many as 450,000 new bees a year almost none of which inherited the traits of the Italians and Germans that fathered them.

The buzz of angry bees could provide some relief for African villagers whose crop fields are regularly pillaged by hungry elephants. Oxford University researchers found that elephants would quickly ...

Tens of thousands of wasps, African killer bees, and honey bees had taken up residence in the ceilings of Armando Delgado Jr.’s Aldine home, where he lives with his wife, two children, and ...

While similar in appearance to common honey bees, the African bees are much more dangerous. They have a high tendency to swarm and exhibit highly defensive behavior, according to the U.S ...