Hives have been found in 8 Utah counties, including counties that freeze.

Apr 23, 2019
4:19:49pm

Jdoc Contributor

Killer bees now documented in 8 Utah counties

Africanized honeybees, known more commonly as killer bees, are spreading across parts of the United States and are now calling areas of Utah home. Eight Utah counties now have documented accounts of killer bees.

https://www.ksl.com/article/44294722/killer-bees-now-documented-in-8-utah-counties

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As young people growing up in Utah did you ever hear the rumor that killer bees

Cabadapeste

4/23/19 3:16pm

Yes, but we were told they were coming from South America.

Jdoc

4/23/19 3:18pm

Yeah I think I heard that version too.

Cabadapeste

4/23/19 3:20pm

They started in Brazil but you are referring to media reports

Acorn

4/23/19 4:16pm

Hives have been found in 8 Utah counties, including counties that freeze.

Jdoc

4/23/19 4:19pm

Yes. In the walls of someone’s house

Acorn

4/23/19 4:24pm

True. Sounds like an isolated incident with some pretty resourceful bees. It's

Jdoc

4/23/19 4:33pm

Bees love living inside walls. Warm. Dry.

Acorn

4/23/19 4:54pm

Heard they were in Texas.

cougfanz

4/23/19 3:20pm

Arrived in the 90’s. You can buy them.

Acorn

4/23/19 4:20pm

and they arent sending their best bees.

aplusfan

4/23/19 3:20pm

Make America Sweet Again.

Cabadapeste

4/23/19 3:21pm

RE: As young people growing up in Utah did you ever hear the rumor that killer

Josef K

4/23/19 3:21pm

My favorite was when they kept us in for recess because

Boanerges

4/23/19 3:22pm

Ha ha. What?

Oompabluepaw

4/23/19 3:23pm

It's the 66th of June.

adrock

4/23/19 3:39pm

They are here!

BlueTeach

4/23/19 3:23pm

Holy crap it actually happened. I wonder how many jr high age boys have perished

Cabadapeste

4/23/19 3:25pm

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Buffalo

4/23/19 3:25pm

and the gang initiations

Grit for Brains

4/23/19 3:28pm

About gangs driving with their headlights off and whoever flashed their lights

crack

4/23/19 3:33pm

I liked the one about dealers putting perfectly marketable drugs into candy to

joelvandyne

4/23/19 3:38pm

Don’t forget acid rain

TrackCoug

4/23/19 3:37pm

Yes, the new ice age, acid rain, ozone hole and killer bees.

Benfica1

4/23/19 4:27pm

Now it's wild boars making their way here.

Division Bell

4/23/19 3:29pm

Dude it was a movie in the 90's. People were seriously scared. I remember

Windward_Coug

4/23/19 3:29pm

I was sure that killer bees and quicksand would be obstacles throughout my life

Belboz

4/23/19 3:30pm

I’m not sure if your use of the word “rumor.”

Dwight Schr-UTE

4/23/19 3:30pm

90s? Some of us were adults by then.

Belboz

4/23/19 3:32pm

Absolutely. I worried about it and watched their progress year after year.

Cougar-Duck

4/23/19 3:30pm

Yep, I even saw a dateline or 60 minutes on it

Dillinger

4/23/19 3:39pm

RE: As young people growing up in Utah did you ever hear the rumor that killer

che flaco

4/23/19 3:40pm

Yes, also that there was a real threat of a mini ice age

SportsRoad

4/23/19 4:00pm

Yes.

Gerald-DeGroot

4/23/19 4:09pm

The killer bees mated with the honey bees and weren't as much of a threat

rockyrd

4/23/19 4:12pm

The more aggressive colonies are typically killed

Acorn

4/23/19 4:31pm

I was listening to Faith No More's "We Care a Lot" the other day

Longbow Cougar

4/23/19 4:16pm

Them and Fire Ants. Don't forget the Fire Ants

Goliath

4/23/19 4:22pm

Yes. Are they here, yet?

Benfica1

4/23/19 4:26pm

No rumor. They are now throughout the Southwest

canofpicante

4/24/19 8:01am

A beekeeper was in my ward in ND. He loved them.

BYUButters

4/24/19 9:06am

Duh, of course. Because they’d kill the other bees and steal their honey.

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