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Title: African Honey Bees ???
Post by: Larry Bees on July 20, 2012, 11:10:53 am

http://www.wftv.com/news/news/local/aggressive-bees-moving-central-florida/nPyhL/ (http://www.wftv.com/news/news/local/aggressive-bees-moving-central-florida/nPyhL/)


I saw this on an Orlando TV News program. The fact that they didn't get stung leads me to believe that they were just normal honey bees. What do you think? Larry

Title: Re: African Honey Bees ???
Post by: Jim134 on July 20, 2012, 11:39:55 am

IMHO TV selling the News. :roll:


       BEE HAPPY Jim 134 :)

Title: Re: African Honey Bees ???
Post by: BeeMaster2 on July 20, 2012, 12:56:18 pm

If the thought they were African bees, why didn't they test them. They didn't want to know that they were just european bees that were disturbed. Sounds like they just had a lot of bees in the air. Didn't sound like anyone was stung.
Jim

Title: Re: African Honey Bees ???
Post by: AllenF on July 20, 2012, 01:40:00 pm

I would like to have seen first hand documentation of just how aggressive the bees were.    Open any hive up and still not get stung?

Title: Re: African Honey Bees ???
Post by: Sundog on July 20, 2012, 06:39:01 pm

Pretty lame reporting and distorting!  Disservice to everybody, especially bees! 

That woman must run very fast to get away from AHB without getting stung even once.

No fun at all!