Re: Damn Bees!

Posted by Beekeeper on Jul 20, 2013; 2:03pm
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The aggressiveness is a dominent gene, and it's damn near impossible to breed it out.  In the past, when I have had super aggressive bees, I crush the queen, and introduce a new one from calmer stock.   But  I'm not seeing the mass stingings like africanized bees.  There are always some angry bees in your face.  And these follow you a long ways, which is a pretty aggressive trait, but africanized bees will cover you up.  I started an immunosuppressor for RA, and I'm wondering if it is making the stings from this strain more severe.  You can become hypersensitive at any time of your life,  but my real worry is about my neighbors.  Bees don't like certain vibrations, harmonics, (like lawnmowers and weedeaters) and if these bees follow the typical trend, the stronger the colonies get, the more aggressive/defensive they will become.  I would like to watch them a bit longer, because they are making honey, and they start early and work late, but just can't risk it.  To the outyard they will go and I'll just have to drive out when I want to check them.