Killer bees join list of hazards of Florida living

[Rubycon]

WEST PALM BEACH -- As if hurricanes, roaches, sea lice and insurance bills weren't bad enough, Floridians can add a new menace to their list of worries. Killer bees are here.

And they're going to change your life. After decades of hype and cheesy disaster movies, Africanized honeybees have established a foothold in Florida, bringing a hair-trigger temper that makes them a threat to farmworkers, landscapers, meter readers, firefighters and basically everyone who ventures outdoors.

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Well we knew it was a matter of time.

 

[SVT Cobra]

Originally posted by: MS Dawn

WEST PALM BEACH -- As if hurricanes, roaches, sea lice and insurance bills weren't bad enough, Floridians can add a new menace to their list of worries. Killer bees are here.

And they're going to change your life. After decades of hype and cheesy disaster movies, Africanized honeybees have established a foothold in Florida, bringing a hair-trigger temper that makes them a threat to farmworkers, landscapers, meter readers, firefighters and basically everyone who ventures outdoors.

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Well we knew it was a matter of time.

While I think that is a bit overexagerated, isn't there some way to kill them off now? Before they spread?

 

[JDrake]

:Q omg :shocked:
I heard the best thing to do is swipe at them aggressively

 

[DrPizza]

From other stuff I've read recently, the threat of killer bees is blown out of proportion by the media. Yes, they're deadly. But, they're not quite as prone to attacking as the media makes it seem.

 

[wfbberzerker]

do they have any natural predator or enemy?

 

[Bozono]

You dissin' me??

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: DrPizza
From other stuff I've read recently, the threat of killer bees is blown out of proportion by the media. Yes, they're deadly. But, they're not quite as prone to attacking as the media makes it seem.

I'm not so sure about that.. It takes almost nothing to set them off.. mere vibrations...

 

[moshquerade]

yikes. i guess it's not so bad living in a cooler climate.

 

[Sphexi]

Blame Brazil, it's all their fault anyways.

 

[Lola]

wow. that sucks. we were just there too.

 

[crab]

Thats funny...my brother works on a bee/honey farm in West Palm Beach.

 

[IGBT]

..KB colonies have been found in southern Calif.as well.

 

[loup garou]

Summer isn't here yet, so the media doesn't have shark attacks to scare people with yet. Guess this'll have to do. :roll:

 

[Cuda1447]

<------------ Tampa, Florida.


/me is gonna die

 

[tweakmm]

Well...
You could live in New Jersey.

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: DrPizza
From other stuff I've read recently, the threat of killer bees is blown out of proportion by the media. Yes, they're deadly. But, they're not quite as prone to attacking as the media makes it seem.

I'm not so sure about that.. It takes almost nothing to set them off.. mere vibrations...

Media hype... too many of those sensationalist discovery shows where the guy mowing the lawn got stung and dies...

Watch some of the more realistic shows that do more than just report the attacks... the guys doing research on killer bees have no trouble walking right up to the hives to watch what's going on. (Of course, they still have on some protective equipment)

Yes, you have to be careful around them.. but they're not as prone to attacking in the first place as you might believe after watching a few of those shows. However, once they start the attack, they are quite relentless and will pursue their victim over great distances.

 

[Yzzim]

Originally posted by: LolaWiz
wow. that sucks. we were just there too.

so were we. spent our honeymoon there.

Nice place, but damn hot in August. Got out about 2 weeks before the hurricane hit.

 

[funboy6942]

I just saw something on the boob tube that they found a way to breed the killer bees with another set of bees that will bring the temped down to near none.

And when I lived in West Palm before moving back to Chicago back in 98 I dont think the bees would ob been high on my list. The friggin fire ants were murder done there. Everwhere you stepped it was a fire ant hill and you were getting bit

 

[Mermaidman]

IMO, fire ants are a greater nuisance than africanized honey bees. Of course, I've never been attacked by killer bees . . .

I hate fire ants :|

 

[Ryan]

We had these things in Panama, I never had a problem with them. Yet another media scare tactic to fill the new void on newsless days.

 

[tec699]

Originally posted by: moshquerade
yikes. i guess it's not so bad living in a cooler climate.

Once Bush and glomal warming gets its mitts in the North we will also be doomed.

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: tec699

Originally posted by: moshquerade
yikes. i guess it's not so bad living in a cooler climate.

Once Bush and glomal warming gets its mitts in the North we will also be doomed.

killer bees = blame Bush!

i just shat my pants = blame Bush!


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