KILLER BEES “Bad Bees”

If we talk about bees what often comes in mind is the sweet honey it gives. Not with this bees because they are known to sting human to death.

Africanized bees got the name killer bees because they will viciously attack people and animals who unwittingly stay in their territory, often resulting in serious injury or death.

The Africanized bees lived throughout Africa, south of Sahara Dessert. Africanized bees were accidentally introduced into the wild in South and North America.

Hoping to create improved honeycomb production, the Brazilian Scientists attempted to create a new hybrid bees. This Africanized escaped and began to dominate honey bees.

These new hybrid, Africanized “killer bees” took many years established colonies throughout Central and South America. These bees has a bad attitude because they are, aggressive and easily agitated.

The killer bees “Africanized” has four life stages: egg, larva, pupa, and adult. It takes about 21 days for a regular worker to fully develop from an egg, sixteen days for a queen, and 24 days for a drone.

Drones usually live five to ten weeks. Workers usually lives 50 days. All the workers are female.

Africanized bees react to disturbance around the hive. They stay angry for a day after being disturbed. If one bee stings, it releases an alarm that smells like bananas. This pheromone causes the other bees to become agitated and sting. They die after they sting. The tiny barbs on the stinger

stick in the victim. When the bee tries to fly away, it rips its abdomen and eventually dies. Under usual circumstances, the result is the discomfort for the human but death for the bee.

An extremely aggressive Africanized bee colony may attack any “threat” within 100ft and pursue up to one-fourth mile. Africanized bees attack when colony is threathen, when loud noise, strong odor or fragrances, shiny jewelry and dark clothes are perceived a threats, and bees attack tha face and neck.

If you are being attack by the “killer bees” try to run away in a straight line protecting your face, and seek medical advice.

Resources:Insecta,Inspecta World

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