Over 30 years ago I worked for a beeman that kept bees on the Nipomo
mesa(not far from Santa Maria)I dont remember what color they were but I do
remember the utter viciousness of those bees,and running through the
eucylyptus forest trying to elude clouds of enraged bees.The first hive
opened would pour out and trigger the hives next in a chain reaction.I
would go home at night with hundreds of stingers stuck to my clothing.To
this day ,I have seen a few mean hives but nothing like what that beeman
kept.If those had been my bees I would have culled them one way or
another!They matched the description for Africanized perfectly.
-Mike