Africanized honey bees are not just quick to become angry, but they stay angry. Once a have has been agitated it will stay mad for a full day. The bees will attack people and animals for up to one quarter of a mile from the nest. The Africanized bees kill about 100 people a year, amounting in thousands since their escape in the 1950’s. No

The Africanized bees are likely to be more common then European bees, because they nest in places European bees do not. African bees will nest in small cavities near the ground like water meter boxes or overturned flower pots.

The bees spread as far South as Northern Argentina then stopped. The bees are only adapted to tropical and subtropical climates. They have been moving North 200 to 300 miles a year. By the 1980’s the bees had reached Central America and soon colonized Mexico. The bees kept moving, they reached Texas in October of 1990. In October of 1993 the bees were discovered in New Mexico and by the end of June were in Arizona. California was found with them in 1994 and Nevada in 1999. The bees are still continuing to move North. It is hard to be accurate but hopefully the bees will stop before reaching Wisconsin due to the change in climate.

It takes an Africanized honey bee colony generally about two or three years to become established. Before the bees are established they do not show their trademark defensive behavior because they do not have a home and young to protect. Since most area in the U.S. are still relatively new we can learn a lot by looking at Mexico which has had established colonies for over a decade.

Agriculture is greatly influenced by beekeeping. In Mexico there are approximately 30,000 hive rentals each year. Hives are very important because without them to pollinate the crops the produce will be less in number and sometimes too small or misshaped for U.S. markets.

Luckily pollination is not affected by the arrival of the Africanized bees, so

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