Video: Angry Bees Africanized DNA Testing

The seasons are changing.  Weather is cooling, well at least night time.  Were forecasted to have low 90's in a few days.  Seems as though Fall doesn't break the summer as easily as I would have hoped.  We've been in the mid 80's the past week and mid 90's previous weeks.  

Last week I had bee hive #2 highly aggressive.  I had placed the beetle trap on a bottom board and placed it on the bee stand.  I had to move the bee hive boxes on top and remove the old bottom board.  The next major thing; now remember weather,was the sun shade cloth that I had overhead that shaded the 2 bee hives partially through out the day.  Since cooler temps I need full sun on the bee hive.  No worry about the bee hive getting so hot that honey melts and runs out.  This is dangerous as the queen could get caught up in the honey and die.

I had upset the bees enough that they were extremely aggressive.  They came after me on the riding lawn tractor.  I got stung in the eye socket.  "YAR" I am a 1 eyed pirate.  I had to stop, get suited up and finish mowing.  That's never happened.    I have always been able to mow my land and the bee yard with out incident.  I had about 100 bees attack me from bee hive 2.    That whole day Thursday the bees were head butting me if I was outside East of the bee hive.

The next day the bees again were out and chasing me back into either my shop or house.  I even went around the other side of my house and still they followed.    Saturday I got outside to get in the car and take my 2 dogs down to town.  Kennel inside the car, dogs inside and then the bees came.  Son's of Bitches!  I didn't get stung, but a bee ended up in the car and was smashed dead at the attempt to get the safety inside the car reasonable with a bee in it.   Sunday again in front of my house bees chasing me. 

So Monday I was thinking perhaps I have Africanized Bees greater then 50% DNA.  I sure like the idea of finding out.  It took me until Tuesday PM to finally get a call from UC Davis Entomology Dept who said that NC University Entomology will do the test for a $50 fee.  So I am going to call and do that before Friday.  Mean Bees Suck!   Monday I tried not to go outside as much as possible and then Tuesday I noted that all was basically calm, but wasn't going to test the reaction time of the guard bees.  This AM early when I took the video I was in the flight path of Bee Hive #1, so that made me react considering what has taken place since last week.

Next UP is treating for mites.  I ordered Apivar.  I am going to take 1 frame of honey from bee hive 1 and 1 from #2.  I figure they can fill it out before the year gets cold.  Can't harvest Honey when Apivar is in the bee hive.


Thanks,
Zak