On Mon, 10 Jun 91 09:56:31 EST Peter Kevan said:
>First, Africanized bees should not be refered to as "killer bees". This
 
I *know* this. I did *not* paraphrase the article I posted--I reprinted
it *verbatim*.
 
>Second, regarding the swarming tendency of Africanized bees. Please be aware
>that they do not have the same seasonality, and short duration of swarming
>that European honeybees have. Their rapid spread is explained, in large
 
I *know* this too.
 
>what I have said. Perhaps I have over-simplified the situation. Let's
>see some debate to help us all be better informed over this prickly
>issue.
 
(flippancy not intended in all of this)
 
I understand everything you've said, so I'm trusting you didn't take
the time to write all of that just for my benefit.  I'm not a keeper
(yet) and I don't have a degree in biology (in fact, the only Bio
credits I have are when I CLEP'd out (sans study) so I wouldn't have
to sit through a boring Intro to Bio class).
 
Thanks for the comments and advice.
 
Also, here is the story I alluded to earlier (I did not proofread--no time)
 
About 1'000 honeybbes attacked their new keeper and held off paramedics
for nearly 30 minutes as they tried to rescue him said Johnson City,
Tenn., authorities.  John Reeves, 61, an insulin-dependent diabetic, had
an insulin reaction Saturday that caused him to flail his limbs and kick
the beehive.  The bees attacked Reeves, who remained hospitalized in
satisfactory condition Sunday.  "When the paramedics tried to get near
him, they (the bees) would attack them,"said Assistant Fire Chief Gordon
Lane.  "His face was with with stingers.  He was covered from head to
toe," said Lane, who donned an aluminum suit to rescue Reeves.
Emergency room nurse Brenda Egan said three people working more than
three hours couldn't remove all the stingers.  "At least 50 percent of
his body was covered with stingers, especially the upper part," Egan
said.  "... He vomited up quite a few bees, and one came out of his ear
when they brought him in."  Reeves reportedly was working with a new
beehive without adequate protective clothing, she said.