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Title: Supposed AHB Colony Killed at OKC Campus
Post by: NasalSponge on May 12, 2011, 10:34:45 PM
Look at the size of this swarm! I saw nothing that would indicate AHB, they should call a real beekeeper next time. :-x

http://www.kfor.com/news/kfor-news-africanized-bees-found-ok-campus-story,0,3217541.story (http://www.kfor.com/news/kfor-news-africanized-bees-found-ok-campus-story,0,3217541.story)
Title: Re: Supposed AHB Colony Killed at OKC Campus
Post by: AllenF on May 12, 2011, 10:44:13 PM
Wasn't a swarm, they were on comb at the end of the washing.
Title: Re: Supposed AHB Colony Killed at OKC Campus
Post by: hendro on May 16, 2011, 01:06:08 AM
I doubt they were AHB.  I would have though they would be more aggressive, especially with the guy up on a latter near by.  Who knows what students or people were doing around or below the tree.  They may have been hotter than most, bit I doubt AHB.  Just my .02 cents.
Title: Re: Supposed AHB Colony Killed at OKC Campus
Post by: bee-nuts on May 16, 2011, 06:20:36 AM
Is it law to kill swarms or feral colonies because of potential AHB genetics? 

That was a monster.  If it had been a swarm it would be the biggest I have ever seen on film, in pic or in person.  I hope I get a swarm call like that this year.  Ill shake them into the back of my truck bed and cover with a screen board, a 4x8' sheet of plywood with a window screen, frame and all installed on it
Title: Re: Supposed AHB Colony Killed at OKC Campus
Post by: BjornBee on May 16, 2011, 07:50:29 AM
Good reporting. I think it was fair, informative, and not nearly as bad as some I have seen. No big dramatic scene. Just a colony that was killed and removed from a place they had been causing problems. Just like a thousand others all across the country each week. I did like that they even mentioned that they would not know if they were actually AHBs without further testing.