Damage done: Africanized Honey Bees (=Killer Bees) are dangerous because they attack intruders in numbers much greater than European Honey Bees. Since their introduction into Brazil, they have killed some 1,000 humans, with victims receiving ten times as many stings than from the European strain.

They can chase a person a quarter of a mile (400 m); they have killed some 1,000 humans, with victims receiving 10 times more stings than from European honey bees. They have also killed horses and other animals.

While bees do not normally attack unless provoked, there has been an increase in recent years of unmitigated attacks by Africanized honey bees. These bees should be handled cautiously. When a horse gets stung by a bee, a mild local reaction in the skin at the site of the sting can cause pain and discomfort.

A bee can obtain speeds of from 12 to 15 miles per hour, but most healthy humans can outrun them. Africanized honey bees have been known to follow people for more than a quarter mile. Any covering for your body, and especially for your head and face will help you escape.

The first Africanized bees in the United States were discovered in 1985 at an oil field in California. Africanized honey bees are dangerous stinging insects that have been known to chase people for more than a quarter of a mile once they get excited and aggressive. This is why they earned the nickname “killer bee.”

Africanized honey bee stings, like those of common honey bees, can cause local pain, itching, swelling, skin infection. They can also cause allergic reaction with breathing difficulty, heart irregularity, seizures, shock, and death. Serious kidney, muscle, liver, brain, and lung damage can result.

The honey bees need water to dilute honey and to cool the hive during hot weather. The horse needs gallons of water to survive. If the hive is too close to horse troughs the bees can intimidate the horse as numerous honey bees fly around the watering troughs as they forage for water.

“What we believe is that the horses have a very strong smell and bees don’t like strong odours so they decided to attack. “This is a rare occurrence-but horses and bees don’t generally make good neighbours.

They’re deadly because of how they behave as a swarm. They will respond in the hundreds of thousands, chase you up to a mile, and wait above water for you to surface if you jump in a pool for safety. This unparalleled swarming mechanism makes killer bees very deadly, even to those who aren’t allergic to bees.

If bees fly into you or begin to swarm over or around you, they are probably trying to warn you off. Never jump into a body of water to escape bees. They will wait for you to surface.

Their most destructive predators are humans. Africanized honeybees are preyed on by ants, anteaters, and armadillos. Honey badgers, safari ants, bee wolves, and bears are also major predators. Additionally, predation causes disturbances that could affect swarming and absconding.