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Greg Roody <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 18 Sep 2002 15:43:00 -0400
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Uhmm, not tp be picky, but this statistic is kind of
irrelevant, no?

12 deaths/12 years means what?  What is the ratio of bees
to population?  A more meaningful measure would be deaths
per thousand people exposed.  I suspect that ratio would
be way in the favor of EHB, but miniscule in either case
compared to other risks.




>Interesting is the fact that more deaths are caused by
>EHB on average per
>year than has been caused by AHB since it's arrival into
>the USA. The first
>land-migrating swarm of Africanized bees was detected in
>the USA on October
>15, 1990. That's twelve deaths divided by twelve years
>and that leaves an
>average of one death per year caused by AHB.
>
>

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