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| 'Killer Bees' Descend on New Orleans |
| 2007-09-13 |
| Africanized honeybees, a fierce hybrid strain sometimes referred to as "killer bees," appear to have established themselves in the New Orleans area, the state agriculture commissioner said. A swarm of the bees was captured about five miles from where demolition workers found a colony of Africanized bees in January, commissioner Bob Odom said Tuesday. The most recent find was close enough to the earlier find that the bees might have come from the same colony. But they might also have flown ashore from a passing ship or barge, Odom said in a news release. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #13 In a cloud that blocks out the sun? Is Barbara Stanwyck involved? |
| Posted by: Gomez Criter3762 2007-09-13 23:47 |
| #12 Why has no one yet welcomed our new apiam overlords? |
| Posted by: Gary and the Samoyeds 2007-09-13 21:55 |
| #11 I'm disappointed--I thought for sure a John Belushi picture would accompany this story. |
| Posted by: Crusader 2007-09-13 19:06 |
| #10 We are the Killer Bees. Bring us your pollen. And a daiquiri too. |
| Posted by: Eric Jablow 2007-09-13 14:34 |
| #9 I wanna see Gloria Vanderbilt's boy cover this New Orleans story. He will look like the aftermath of collagen injection day at the Park Avenue free clinic. |
| Posted by: ed 2007-09-13 12:03 |
| #8 All your previous weak-ass bees are belong to us! |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2007-09-13 11:54 |
| #7 I've seen Killer Beez. He's very funny and he's on John Boy and Billy a lot. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2007-09-13 11:37 |
| #6 I blame Bush. |
| Posted by: jds 2007-09-13 09:22 |
| #5 Well, sir. Your plan to nuke them was stymied. What next? Do we still have Rove's pet killer bees in storage? I believe we do sir. You know what to do... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-09-13 09:19 |
| #4 This was a move about 30 years ago. |
| Posted by: Gary and the Samoyeds 2007-09-13 08:59 |
| #3 How much chocolate can they produce? |
| Posted by: Ray Nagin 2007-09-13 07:42 |
| #2 Perhaps they produce less honey in colder climates, Besoeker, but it's my understanding that in warm weather areas they are far more productive than Asian or Italian honeybees. This is one of the reasons beekeepers have tried to use them, and hybridize with them, for many decades now - not always with good effect, obviously. |
| Posted by: no mo uro 2007-09-13 05:27 |
| #1 Africanized honeybees Apis mellifera scutella (Africanized Bee). A dangerous hybrid, that passes down the trait of defensiveness and They'll feel right at home in New Orleans. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2007-09-13 00:40 |