Friday, May 14, 2010

Bee Knowledgeable Questions: Africanized Bees

There are a lot of warnings, news stories, and now even scary movies about "Killer Bees". This is especially true here in Southern California where the Boojum Bees are located. It is a fact that "killer" bees, or Africanized honeybees, are present and likely to stay.

So let's learn about these honeybees this week and think about what kind of impact they are having on our environment. See if you can find answers for the following questions:

1) Where do Africanized bees come from? How did they get here?

2) How do they differ from European honeybees?

3) What makes these bees so dangerous?

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