Friday, 11 December 2009

How can I tell the difference between regular honey bees and africanized honey bees in southern california?

Slap the nest and see what happens.How can I tell the difference between regular honey bees and africanized honey bees in southern california?
Honey Bees are smaller, they also have darker stripes, but also less stripes, so there seems to be more yellow/orange than black sometimes, their wings are also very light and transparent.


African Honey Bees have more stripes, and they're faded, so their skin looks very messy and muddy because the orange blends in with the black, they're nomally dark orange, not light like the Honey Bees. Their wings are also darker.How can I tell the difference between regular honey bees and africanized honey bees in southern california?
US honey bees are small with definite stripes on the body and light colored winds,Africianized bees are larger and more black looking if in doubt call a bee keeper,better to be safe than sorry.They can be anywhere traveling further south and west every year.
the only way to know for sure is to have them sent to a genetics lab for DNA testing

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