I was reading an article online about African Killer Bees and i have to say that i am pretty scared of what they can and are about to do. African Killer Bees originate from southern Africa and were imported in 1956 when a Brazilian scientist tried to colonize them with European honey bees. They escaped the quarantine in 1957 and have been colonizing central and southern America ever since. Even reports have shown that California, Texas, New Mexico and Arizona have reported AKB deaths and attacks.
Their venom in not any more hurtful then a regular honey bee, but they do tend to attack in much more larger units. When they first started to attack, people just thought that it was because people were "invading" their territory, but more studies have shown that they can even attack when they hear noises and vibrations. They usually colonize in places like hollow trees, porches, walls, sheds, utility boxes, attics, garbage containers and abondened vehicles.
I think that there could be a way for us to minimize this problem, especially if they are planning to move to north America soon. I think there should be scientists that could be well prepared to take on these vicious creatures and eventually exterminate them. I don't know about you, but i could live without bees. I could live without honey if that meant that bees would be exinct as well. We are coming up wit enough technology so that in a few years we will not need bees to get the honey for us.
Valerie Hines
http://www.desertusa.com/mag98/sep/stories/kbees.html