Thursday, February 12, 2009

Africanized bees found in Utah for the first time

So now that these African Killer Bees have migrated to America, would the politically correct term for them now be "African-American Killer Bees?"
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from Yahoo News
by By MIKE STARK
Associated Press Writer – 2 hrs 42 mins ago

SALT LAKE CITY – Africanized honey bees have been found for the first time in the Beehive State. The bees, long the subject of lore as "killer bees," were recently discovered in Utah's Washington and Kane counties, the state Department of Agriculture said Wednesday.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed that seven hives — three in the wild and four managed by private beekeepers — contained Africanized bees. The hives have since been destroyed.

The bees in Utah do not appear to be widespread and no injuries to people or animals have been reported.

State and local officials have been anticipating the bees' arrival since they showed up in Mesquite, Nev., in 1999, just a few miles from the Utah line.
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