[at-l] OT - Bees

[lurker]

1)  Africanized bees do not do well in cold places.  They tend to freeze
when the snow falls.  All of your examples would seem to bee in the
lower tier of states.

2) No responsible beekeeper will allow a hive to remain in an
africanized state in a built up area.  It is fairly to order a new
queen, kill the old one, and insert the new, gentler one.  The keepers I
have met lately would not keep africanized bees at all even though there
are some advantages.

3) Many people live around bees for years and don't even know it,
witness a local news story about some folks here that a wild hive living
under their roof for years.  The only reason they had them removed was
that they wanted their house reroofed.

I quit keeping them for two reasons, the first was that it was a LOT of
work getting the honey and I felt it was a lot easier to simply purchase
honey from other local keepers and the second is that my area became
quite built up and I didn't want to take the risk of they stinging
someone that was alergic to the sting.  Bees do kill more (many more)
people in the US each year than snakes.

Lurker





On Wed, 2006-12-13 at 17:11 -0800, Dust wrote:
> Before you bring killer bees into your neighborhood and start inviting stings for your health, look here:
> 
> http://www.stingshield.com/news.htm
> 
> HIKER STUNG BY BEES WANTS OTHERS TO BE SAFE
> 
>        PRESCOTT, AZ ---          He fell 50 feet down a mountain, was stung by bees dozens of times and          had a leg amputated. Now, the Papago Park hiker rescued last week wants          to make sure the same thing doesn't happen to anyone else.
> 
> Santiago Corrales          was climbing down a mountain at Papago Park last week when he was stung          more than 100 times, eventually falling and breaking his leg.
> 
>        "What is more          important -- the life of the bees or the life of the people?" he          asked. "What are they waiting to happen?"
> 
> 
> Corrales contacted          a lawyer and hopes to make changes so bees don't attack anyone else, but          he said not much progress has been made. (KTVK-TV 3 NEWS, 10/11/06.)
> 
> 
> BEES ATTACK HIKER, FIREFIGHTERS
> 
>                             PAPAGO BUTTES,          AZ ---- Bees attacked a man at Papago Buttes Monday afternoon and          then went after rescuers.  A fire official said          one firefighter was stung at least 100 times and was transported to the          hospital.  Golfers reportedly          heard the 21-year-old man screaming as he was being attacked by a swarm          of bees. He was stuck in a crevice on the side of the mountain.  Rescuers attempted          to climb down the mountain to rescue the hiker, but were stung by bees.
> 
> BEE ATTACK KILLS 90-YEAR-OLD MAN WHILE HE MOWS LAWN
> 
>        MC FADDIN, TX ---          Alfred Buentello, 90, died Monday afternoon after he was attacked by bees          while mowing his lawn on Buentello Road near Wharburton Road, just west          of McFaddin.
> 
> 
> "The man was          mowing in his backyard next to an old wooden building, a vacant barn,          when the bees attacked," said Victoria County Sheriff's Department          Chief Deputy John Kasper. He said the bees came from the barn.
> 
>        Buentello's wife was          in the house when she heard him yelling. She attempted to help him, but          was unable to and then called 911, Kasper said.
> 
> 
>        Buentello and his          wife were taken to DeTar Hospital Navarro, where he was pronounced dead.
> 
> MAN DIES AFTER BEES ATTACK HIM AND HIS FATHER
> 
>        SIERRA VISTA, AZ          --- A 39-year-old          man died after a swarm of bees attacked him and his father.
> 
> 
>        The two men were working          on a roof Sunday when they accidentally disturbed a bee hive. While the          father sought refuge inside the home, the son stayed outside to try to          ward off the bees, said Carol Capas, spokeswoman for the Cochise County          Sheriff's Department.
> 
> 
>               The father was stung          about 100 times, but his son was fatally stung about 300 times. The father          was stable in stable condition at Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center          Sunday afternoon, Capas said.  It was unclear whether          the son died at the house or at the hospital.
> 
> Jan Leitschuh <janl2 at mindspring.com> wrote: 
> 
> And they say the stings are good for arthritis - very interesting subject to hikers.
> ;-)
> 
> 
> 
> 
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