[rdcbn]

Bee populations here are soaring.

Of course, the reason is because the hyper aggressive African bees have made it here and they have a much higher rate of reproduction and they are freezing out the native honeybees.

Not sure that’s a good thing

[Mrs. Don-o]

Western Hemisphere honey bees are not native, or at least not aboriginal. They originated in Europe and were imported here in the colonial era.

[SeeSharp]

African bees have made it here and they have a much higher rate of reproduction and they are freezing out the native honeybees.

Any sign of aggression and the beekeeper will subject the queen to the hive tool test (smash and replace her). All bees in the hive carry the genetics of the queen. Fix her, fix the hive.

The media terrorism about africanized bees back in the 70's was just the 1970's version of a pitbull story.

[golux]

...freezing out the native honeybees.

Typical bee colonial attitude.

The invaders are, in fact, doing the work that native bees simply won't do.

[tiki]

We had some Carpenter bees in an old trailer and they attacked my son when he was on the loader. He bailed off and left it running and still got stung around 10 times.

Then in the yard one day they attacked the dog and then started attacking us, 3 of us got multiple sting before we could get in the house. I’m not going to tell what happened to those bees.