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From: lincoln@eosp1.UUCP (Dick Lincoln)
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Re: killer bees
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Date: Thu, 24-May-84 10:14:59 EDT
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Posted: Thu May 24 10:14:59 1984
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> I heard recently that the killer bees have accelarated their advance
> up central america and that they will soon be upon us driving
> thousands of venomous stingers into our arms and legs.  This could be
> unpleasant.  Can anyone out in netland confirm or deny this rumor or
> just fill me in on some killer bee scuttlebut?

Within the last three months (I believe) NEWSWEEK had an extensive
article on the African strain of honey bees and their advance through
the Western Hemisphere.  As I remember it they concluded that these
bees would pose a threat to the USA within 10 to 20 years.  Apparently
they outbreed the domestic honey bee and "take over" colonies this way.