agreed. i called several bee removal places for that first swarm that was 30feet up in a pine in the backyard attacking the fireman. they ALL said the same thing. assume all bees in AZ are africanized. why in the world would you want to mess with that? ask any firefighter how many bee calls they have gone on or how many calls of bee attacks they have gone on(my fireman included). not exactly the way someone would want to die. but yes, it does happen.![]()
Years ago I had a neighbor who worked for the State Department of Agriculture in collecting samples of ants and bees to be lab IDed as fire ants and Africanized bees. A curent neighbor is a biology professor at AUS who specialized in social insects. Arizona bees can be assumed to be completely Africanized. Call and talk to any bee keeper or removal person; don't take my word for it, but don't assume that they aren't until you have spoke to the experts.