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Africanized Honeybees Found in Louisiana (bzzzzzzzzz)
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| Jul 30, 2005
Posted on 07/30/2005 2:58:49 PM PDT by nuconvert
Jul 30, 2005
Africanized Honeybees Found in Louisiana
The Associated Press
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Nearly 30 years after a TV movie showed the Superdome saving New Orleans from "killer bees," Louisiana has joined other southern-tier states with confirmed sightings of the aggressive insects. Bees trapped in June near the northwest Louisiana town of Rodessa, about 35 miles northwest of Shreveport, were confirmed as the Africanized variety Friday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's bee research center, state Agriculture Commissioner Bob Odom said.
The insects are considerably less dangerous than thought in 1976, when "The Savage Bees" first aired. In the movie, the city is saved from a swam of bees when the insects are driven into the Superdome, where chilly air conditioning renders them motionless.
However, if they feel threatened, the bees will attack in large numbers. In Texas, they have caused 11 deaths in 15 years.
Africanized bees are the result of an experiment to increase honey production in Brazil. A swarm of the small, aggressive bees escaped in 1957. When they mated with native strains, the offspring turned out to be as aggressive as the African parents.
They reached Texas in 1990 and have spread west to California, and swarms have been reported around ports in Florida.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bees; bzzz; la; louisiana; pests
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posted on
07/30/2005 2:58:50 PM PDT
by
nuconvert
To: nuconvert
2
posted on
07/30/2005 3:01:47 PM PDT
by
Fiddlstix
(This Tagline for sale. (Presented by TagLines R US))
To: nuconvert
You see, I KNEW between then FIRE ANTS and KILLER BEES, the only way to survive was to leave while I could and reside safely on an island in the South Pacific..
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posted on
07/30/2005 3:04:42 PM PDT
by
Experiment 6-2-6
(When the disbeliever sees this, he will say, 'How nice if I was also turned into sand.')
To: nuconvert
BUSH'S FAULT!
I mean...
SMOKER'S FAULT!
...I'm running out here. assistance?
4
posted on
07/30/2005 3:06:23 PM PDT
by
RandallFlagg
(Roll your own cigarettes! You'll save $$$ and smoke less!(Magnetic bumper stickers-click my name)
To: Experiment 6-2-6
safely on an island in the South Pacific.. Bees can fly and ants can swim.
They are coming to get you.
5
posted on
07/30/2005 3:07:19 PM PDT
by
Graybeard58
(Remember and pray for Sgt. Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
To: Graybeard58; Experiment 6-2-6
And don't forget about the zombies.
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posted on
07/30/2005 3:08:29 PM PDT
by
RandallFlagg
(Roll your own cigarettes! You'll save $$$ and smoke less!(Magnetic bumper stickers-click my name)
To: nuconvert
Louisiana has been overrun by honeybees for years! I tell ya, I've been to many States in this here Union. Yet nowhere have I seen the number of honeybees larger than in Louisiana. In other words, Louisiana has the best looking women I've ever seen! It's unbelievable, I kid you not.
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posted on
07/30/2005 3:10:33 PM PDT
by
rdb3
(You'd PAY to know what you REALLY think.)
To: Experiment 6-2-6
You see, I KNEW between then FIRE ANTS and KILLER BEES, the only way to survive was to leave while I could and reside safely on an island in the South Pacific.. Be careful on which one you choose. Several are highly radioactive; who knows what evil the critters have mutated into there...
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posted on
07/30/2005 3:13:15 PM PDT
by
wyattearp
(The best weapon to have in a gunfight is a shotgun - preferably from ambush.)
To: rdb3
In other words, Louisiana has the best looking women I've ever seen! It's unbelievable, I kid you not. I don't know about that. I went for a bike ride around Alki Point in West Seattle the other day.
West Seattle - where even the fat chicks are hot.
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posted on
07/30/2005 3:15:35 PM PDT
by
wyattearp
(The best weapon to have in a gunfight is a shotgun - preferably from ambush.)
To: RandallFlagg
BUSH'S FAULT!
I mean...
SMOKER'S FAULT!
...I'm running out here. assistance?Karl Rove, "Big Oil", The Freemasons, that newly discovered Planet X, Fundamentalist Christians.....
10
posted on
07/30/2005 3:17:01 PM PDT
by
uglybiker
(Did ya hear the one about the cannibal who passed his friend in the forest?)
To: nuconvert
...were confirmed as the Africanized variety Friday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's bee research center... It doesn't take all that expertise to identify them. You can recognize them by their afros. Funny looking little creatures.
11
posted on
07/30/2005 3:19:23 PM PDT
by
Mind-numbed Robot
(Not all that needs to be done needs to be done by the government.)
To: wyattearp
I'm willing to put money on Louisiana. I was kidding my wife telling her that when if I trade her in, I'm coming back to Louisiana to find me a newer model! I mean hot-water cornbread and red beans-n-rice fed booty down there. Black, white, Cajun, whatever. Beautiful! And I can also say, "bootyful."
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posted on
07/30/2005 3:21:48 PM PDT
by
rdb3
(You'd PAY to know what you REALLY think.)
To: rdb3
It is in the water. If you ask nicely I may be able to send you some in a bottle.
13
posted on
07/30/2005 3:21:57 PM PDT
by
sinclair
(There's no market for a faith that has no faith in itself)
To: RandallFlagg
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posted on
07/30/2005 3:22:33 PM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(J.Y. Chen, Chinese paleontologist)
To: nuconvert
It is now politically incorrect to say "Africanized" Killer Bees. You have to say "South American Killer Bees" or simply "Killer Bees". A former co-worker of mine was fired because a student in her class cried racism after she had said "Africanized Killer Bees" as part of her lecture.
Personally, I'll still say "Africanized" just to annoy all the PC types.
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posted on
07/30/2005 3:22:35 PM PDT
by
COEXERJ145
(Tom Tancredo- The Republican Party's Very Own Cynthia McKinney.)
To: RandallFlagg
...I'm running out here. assistance?Close the border.
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posted on
07/30/2005 3:22:57 PM PDT
by
Originalist
(Clarence Thomas for Chief Justice!!)
To: Mind-numbed Robot
Actually, the easist way to identify Africanized bees to to listen closely...
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Bee-bonics!
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posted on
07/30/2005 3:24:10 PM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(J.Y. Chen, Chinese paleontologist)
To: nuconvert
Does these bees have anything to do with beebers?
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posted on
07/30/2005 3:25:59 PM PDT
by
Fury
To: sinclair
It is in the water. If you ask nicely I may be able to send you some in a bottle. A-HA! I knew it. I knew it had to be something. Water makes sense.
Baton Rouge, Lake Charles, New Orleans, Shreveport, Alexandria, man, it was all over! But how'd y'all do it?
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posted on
07/30/2005 3:27:13 PM PDT
by
rdb3
(You'd PAY to know what you REALLY think.)
To: nuconvert
So ifn I don't like these here bees am I racist ?
20
posted on
07/30/2005 3:30:08 PM PDT
by
festus
(The constitution may be flawed but its a whole lot better than what we have now.)
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