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

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Apr 24, 2019
9:23:19am

BYUforlife All-American

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

Killer Bees!?!

TIC

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BYUforlife

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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?

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.

4/23/19 3:29pm

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

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.

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

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.

BYUforlife

4/24/19 9:23am

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