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UCR Entomology Bees: AHB Facts
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A to Z Listing. Africanized Honey Bee Information In Brief. Are the same species as the familiar European honey bees (EHB) used to produce honey and pollinate crops, but a different subspecies. They are called Africanized Honey Bees (abbreviated AHB) because they are the result of interbreeding between European bees and bees from Africa inadvertently released in Brazil in the 1950's. They have also been referred to as Killer Bees in the media because of their increased defensive behavior. Honey bees are ...
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UCR Entomology Bees: AHB Spread
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A to Z Listing. The progress of Africanized Bees in the United States (1990-1995). Initial rapid invasion has slowed in the US. This article appeared in slightly different form in. Richard S. Vetter. Dept of Entomology, University of California, Riverside. Arizona Department of Agriculture. The range expansion of the Africanized honey bee (AHB),. Image above is Africanized honey bee workers on comb. Image on left is Closeup of a honey bee stinger. AHB in the United States. During 1991, 13 additional coun...
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UCR Wasps Website: Wasp Identification
http://wasps.ucr.edu/waspid.html
A to Z Listing. Identification Guide for Southern California Yellowjackets. Prepared by Rick Vetter, Entomology, UC Riverside. In southern California, the most widespread yellowjacket has historically been the native, western yellowjacket,. The German yellowjacket,. Became established in the Northeastern U.S. in the 1970s and then the Pacific Northwest in the 1980s where it spread down the coast. It reached southern California in 1991 becoming part of our fauna. There are other. First, the non-pest yello...
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Department of Entomology: Links & General Info
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Links and General Info. A to Z Listing. Links and General Info. Current Seminars and Events. Diagnostic and Identification Services. About the UCR Entomology Department. Forms, Links and General Info. Entomology Graduate Student Association. UC Statewide Integrated Pest Management. Current Graduate Student Forms/Links. Graduate Student Academic Appeals Procedure. Change of Major Professor Form. Annual Progress Report Form. Annual Progress Report Form. MS Guidance Committee Form. About the UCR Campus.
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UCR Entomology Bees: Unwanted Honeybees
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A to Z Listing. Dealing with unwanted honey bee colonies. This a fairly common problem with which people contact me. Here I outline the issues and my recommendations for solving the problem. It is divided into parts, as follows. Dealing with bees in the wall or other cavities. Dealing with wasps or other non-honey problems. 1) Are they honey bees? There are a number of insects that people call bees. Some are bees, some are wasps, but many of them are not honey bees, the subject of this page. If you see a...
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UCR Wasps Website: Wasp FAQs
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A to Z Listing. Misconceptions and Frequently Asked Questions. Other wasps (links under development). The answers provided here are mostly for southern California and possibly northern California. They will not pertain to many of the northern or eastern species. Misconception: Yellowjackets are making nests under the eaves on my house. Also, paper wasps have elongate bodies with a thin, wasp-like waist. Yellowjackets are more stocky and the waist is not apparent. Probably not. There will always be mo...
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UCR Entomology Bees: Frequently Asked Questions
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A to Z Listing. Beekeeping (mostly links elsewhere). Hello, I have a question about bees. When the bees begin to form anew swarm and leave the colony, what chemicals are used for communicating which bees leave? If you know an answer to my question, I would really appreciate it. I was wondering what the behavioral differences were between clustered and swarming bees. Mysterious recurrent swarms of bees around trees at sunset? I want to remove them in as humanely away as possible. They are rather harmless&...
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UCR Entomology Bees: Bee Sting Removal
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A to Z Listing. Speed matters, method doesn't. Expanded from an article published 1996 in The Lancet 348:301-302. P Kirk Visscher, Ph.D. Richard S. Vetter M.S. Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521. Scott Camazine MD Ph.D. Department of Entomology, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA 16802. These data suggest that advice to patients on the immediate treatment of bee stings should emphasize quick removal, without concern regarding the method of removal. All s...
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