In 2017, Florida was officially designated as an Africanized bee state, which means the population of these creatures is on the rise. Often called killer bees, you’ve probably heard multiple media reports of people being stung. In 2013, two park rangers were hospitalized after accidentally disturbing a nest. Both were stung at least a hundred […]
Read MoreDo bees fall into just a few species? Not really. There are 20,000 species of bees in the world. 4,000 of these call North America home. There are more than 300 species of bees in Florida. These range from bees that will try hard to avoid you to bees that will swarm and chase you […]
Read MoreFlorida faces a new threat, the Africanized honeybee. The number of colonies throughout the United States has risen to around three million colonies. The migration patterns are shifting north at the rate of 100-300 miles per year and soon the entire state of Florida will be saturated in Africanized honeybees. This is a problem that […]
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