KILLER BEE UPDATE

AFTER THEIR ACCIDENTAL RELEASE FROM BRAZIL IN 1957, THIS DEMON HAS SLOWLY MOVED THEIR WAY NORTH THROUGH CENTRAL AMERICA, MEXICO AND NOW TO THE UNITED STATES. MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT THESE BEES ARE VERY DANGEROUS. THEY HAVE ACCOUNTED FOR OVER 1000 DEATHS AND SO MANY ANIMALS ,DOGS, CATS, HORSES AND LIVESTOCK THAT THOSE DEATHS ARE NO LONGER REPORTED. IRONICALLY, YOU WOULD NOT BE IN ANY REAL DANGER WALKING BY A TREE OR PLANT IN FULL BLOSSOM , WHICH WAS FULL OF AFRICANIZED HONEY BEES OR IF A SWARM WAS TO PASS AROUND YOU. THE MAIN REASON FOR THEM TO ATTACK IS TO PROTECT THE QUEEN OR HIVE. SO IF YOU GOT TOO CLOSE TO A AFRICANIZED HIVE SAY 20 TO 50 FEET" BABY YOU ARE IN TROUBLE"

THE FIRST PERSON TO DIE IN THE UNITED STATES WAS LINO LOPEZ, ON JULY 15, 1993, IN HARLING TEXAS.

THE KILLER BEE IS NOW IN TEXAS, NEW MEXICO, NEVADA, ARIZONA, AND NOW IN 13 COUNTIES OF CALIFORNIA, AND ALL POINTS SOUTH OF THE BORDER.

SO WHAT TO DO?

RUN LIKE HELL AND YES RUN IN A ZIGZAG PATTERN. A BEE CAN FLY FASTER IN A STRAIGHT LINE ( A BEE LINE) WHEN YOU ZIGZAG , THE BEE MUST COMPUTE YOUR MOVEMENTS TO FOLLOW YOU. BY THE TIME YOU ZIG THE BEE IS STILL IN YOUR LAST ZAG. THE KEY WORD IS RUN FAST.

WHAT NOT TO DO.

DON'T STAND THERE AND SWAT AT THEM. THERE WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 200 TO A 1000 BEES ON THE ATTACK. DO NOT JUMP INTO A POOL OF WATER, THEY WILL WAIT FOR YOU.

IF YOU EVER THOUGHT OF BEING A HOBO, NOW WOULD BE THE TIME TO HOP A FAST MOVING FREIGHT.

SOME HUMANS DIE OF A SINGLE STING OF A HONEY BEE, NOTICE I DID NOT SAY "AFRICANIZED HONEY BEE", BECAUSE THE EUROPEAN AND THE AFRICAN BEE ARE FOR ALL GENERAL PURPOSES THE SAME BEE WITH THE SAME VENOM. IT'S THE NUMBER OF STINGS THAT KILLS. ONE STING CAN KILL A PERSON TO WHERE SOME PEOPLE CAN TAKE 100 OR MORE STINGS. 100 STINGS IS EQUIVALENT TO A RATTLE SNAKE BITE,

AS THE BEE STINGS, IT RELEASES A PHEROMONE, A SMELL OR SCENT, PHEROMONE TELLS HER DAUGHTERS, AS ALL THE WORKERS ARE STERILE FEMALES, WHERE SHE'S AT. ITS AMAZING AS THE WORKER BEES WILL FORAGE UP TO A MILE A WAY FROM HOME AND HEAD BACK TO THEIR OWN HIVE EVEN THOUGH THERE MAY BE 50 HIVES IN A FIELD OR GROVE.

A SWARM OF BEES, THAT BLACK CLOUD THAT SOUNDS LIKE A POWER LINE, IS A RESULT OF A EXISTING HIVE SPLITTING UP BECAUSE THE HIVE GOT TOO BIG FOR THE SPACE IT OCCUPIED. APPROXIMATELY 5 TO 10 THOUSAND WORKERS WITH OR WITHOUT A QUEEN FIND A PLACE TO SET UP A NEW HOME. IF THERE IS NO QUEEN, THE WORKERS WILL CHOOSE A TWO DAY OLD LARVA, FEED HER "ROYAL JELLY, AND SHE BECOMES THEIR NEW QUEEN. AFTER BREEDING WITH THE DRONES, MALES, SHE WILL PRODUCE BETWEEN 2000 AND 3000 EGGS A DAY FOR HER LIFE SPAN OF TWO TO THREE YEARS. THE WORKERS LIVE FOR ABOUT 6 WEEKS.

THIS SWARMING WILL OCCUR IN THE EUROPEAN HONEY BEE FROM 0 TO ONCE A YEAR BUT WITH THE KILLER BEE IT OCCURS FROM 8 TO 12 TIMES PER YEAR. THIS IS 8 TO 12 NEW QUEENS TIMES 8 TO l0 TIMES ETC. NOW DO YOU SEE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE KILLER BEE?

YOU AS A HOMEOWNER, HAVE MANY OPTIONS, ON HOW TO "DO IT YOURSELF" ERADICATION OF THESE BEES SAFELY.

THIS FEATURE WILL BE COMING SOON ON OUR WEB SITE, SO CHECK WITH US OFTEN.

 

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