A small county in Georgia may face an invasion of a “murderous bee”.
The An African bee It is the common, deadly cousin of the common honey. They look the same as honey, but this hybrid between European and African honey is slandered among appointments to glue and attack intruders – Bee or Human – to win them the nickname “Killer Bee.”
African bees arrived on US soil in the 1990s and has since been spotted through parts of the southern United States, but the latter vision of so-called murderous bees in Barbour Prefecture, Alabama, suggest that they spread north to the Quitman County of Georgia, a rural location about 200 miles (322 kilometers).
“If established, African bees represent a direct threat to Georgia agriculture and their aggressive behavior makes them a threat to public health,” wrote Tyler Harper, commissioner of Georgia agriculture. The Atlanta Journal Constitution (Ajc). It is not necessary for Georgians to be taken care of from now, Harper added, although local appointments are encouraged to report any overly aggressive colonies.
“All the beekeepers who are educated know that When you have aggressive beesYou have to remove them, “Julia Mahood, president of the Georgia Asek,” said to the same publication. The bees are indeed bad news, but they are less threatening today than before, she added.
Alabamia officials have stated that the emergence of African bees in Barbour Prefecture is probably an isolated event from the Custom sightings of state of the aggressive invaders. Philip Carter, Alabama’s inspector, told the AJC that the state is currently working with local carpenters to confirm that African genes do not persist among local honey.
This was said, it was known that Africanized bees were delivering enough spikes to kill a man. In 2010, They killed a Georgian manand the Smithsonian estimates that about 1,000 people have died from the murderous bees since the 1950s. Recently, A swarm of Asian hornies injured 24 people In the French city of Aurillac, though fortunately everyone recovered.
The best advisory experts should avoid bee attacks are simply to stay away. “Just respect when you see a bee,” Mahood said, “and you’ll probably be fine.”
