A short blurp in the local Santa Barbara paper:
 
SAN BERNARDINO
 
DNA tests to seek nature of bees
 
DNA tests will be used to determine if it was a swarm of Africanized honey
bees that attacked people and chased an ambulance in a community near the
Colorado River, San Bernardino County authorities said Friday. Popularly
known as killer bees, Africanized honey bees are more aggressive than their
common relative European honey bees.
 
"It's impossible to be sure just by looking at them," said Dr. Lal Mian, an
entomologist with San Bernardino Vector Control. Mian said he expected to
receive samples late Friday but was unsure when he would have test results.
After years of warnings that the dangerous insects were moving north from
Central America,killer bees have begun appearing in the southwest United
States over the past few years.
 
 
Paul Cronshaw, D.C.
Hobbyist Beekeeper
Santa Barbara, CA  USA