Tim Dinneen

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Sunflower Pest Solutions, Kansas City

Bee Guys

We had a swarm call last week, no big deal.  As I pulled up the bees were buzzing around like normal, I ran down the street to get my bee suit, and when I got back the bees had literally attacked 3 baby squirrels.  They covered them from the tip of their nose to their tail, you could not even see the small squirrels.  Each squirrel had 50-100 stings, on their eyes, ears, nose, mouth, and body.  I had to put the squirrels down and kill the swarm.  I have dealt with bees for years, and had never seen this aggressive behavior in European Honey Bees.  We are in Kansas City and have never had Africanized bees here, but a beekeeper friend of mine took some of the dead bees to the K-State Extension office, and they called KS dept. of Ag. to do a DNA test on them, and they seemed concerned also.  For you southern guys what behavior differences do you notice?  Sunflower Pest Solutions