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From: Kim@BeeCulture.com<BR>To: LDA@pollinator.org<BR>Sent: 10/21/2010
10:32:36 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time<BR>Subj: CATCH THE BUZZ - More On
Georga&apos;s AHB Incident<BR></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>This ezine is also available online at <A title=http://home.ezezine.com/1636/1636-2010.10.21.13.35.archive.html href="http://home.ezezine.com/1636/1636-2010.10.21.13.35.archive.html">http://home.ezezine.com/1636/1636-2010.10.21.13.35.archive.html</A><BR><BR>
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Honeybees Found in Georgia
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RELEASE October 21, 2010
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Released Here Yesterday
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">Entomological tests have confirmed
that Africanized honeybees were responsible for the death of an elderly man in
Dougherty County last week. News reports say the man accidentally
disturbed a feral colony of bees with his bulldozer and that he received more
than 100 stings.
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">“This is the first record of
Africanized honeybees in Georgia,” said Agriculture Commissioner Tommy Irvin.
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">Africanized honeybees are a hybrid
of African and European honeybees. Because of their extremely defensive
nature regarding their nest (</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">also referred to as a colony or
hive)<SPAN>, they are sometimes called “killer bees.” Large numbers of them
sometimes sting people or livestock with little provocation.
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">The Africanized
honeybee and the familiar European honeybee (Georgia’s state insect) look the
same and their behavior is similar in some respects. Each bee can sting
only once, and there is no difference between Africanized honeybee venom and
that of a European honeybee. However, Africanized honeybees are less
predictable and more defensive than European honeybees. They are more
likely to defend a wider area around their nest and respond faster and in
greater numbers than European honeybees.
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">Africanized
honeybees first appeared in the U.S. in Texas in 1990. Since then they
have spread to New Mexico, Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah, Oklahoma,
Arkansas, Louisiana, Florida and now Georgia. </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">Entomologists and
beekeepers have been expecting the arrival of these bees in Georgia for
several years. <SPAN>There has been an established breeding population
in Florida since 2005.
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">Because Africanized honeybees look
almost identical to European honeybees, the bees from the Dougherty County
incident had to be tested to accurately ascertain they were the Africanized
strain. The Georgia Department of Agriculture sent samples of the bees
to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services which has the
capability to do FABIS (fast African bee identification system) testing and
the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture identification test (the complete morphometrics
test) to confirm the bees’ identity.
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">“Georgia beekeepers are our first
and best line of defense against these invaders. They are the ones who will be
able to monitor and detect any changes in bee activity,” said Commissioner
Irvin.
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">“The Georgia Department of
Agriculture is going to continue its trapping and monitoring of bee swarms to
try to find where any Africanized honeybees are,” said Commissioner
Irvin. “We also want to educate people about what to do in case they
encounter a colony of Africanized honeybees. Georgians can visit our
website for more information. The University of Georgia Cooperative
Extension Service has a publication on Africanized honeybees that is available
online (</SPAN><A title="http://pubsadmin.caes.uga.edu/files/pdf/B 1290_2.PDF" href="http://pubsadmin.caes.uga.edu/files/pdf/B%201290_2.PDF"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"><FONT color=#0000ff>http://pubsadmin.caes.uga.edu/files/pdf/B%201290_2.PDF</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">) or at Extension offices.”
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><U><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">Don’t Forget!
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">Hives of European
honeybees managed by beekeepers play an important role in our lives.
These bees are necessary for the pollination of many crops. One-third of
our diet relies on honeybee pollination.
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">People can
coexist with the Africanized honeybee by learning about the bee and its
habits, supporting beekeeping efforts and taking a few precautions.
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