“If you’re attacked there’s not much you can do unless there’s a lake you can jump into.”
” couple tried diving in their pool. “We were trying to stand up in the water but every time we stuck our heads out for air, they would cover us and start stinging us,” she said. “We were trying to breathe and they were stinging us in the face and in the nose.” Water is a poor shelter from bee attack.”
“A bee can obtain speeds of from 12 to 15 miles per hour, but most healthy humans can outrun them. So, RUN! And when you run Keep Running ! Africanized honey bees have been known to follow people for more than a quarter mile.”
http://citybugs.tamu.edu/2013/07/29/what-to-do-if-youre-attacked-by-bees/
I’m aware that they’ll keep stinging you when you come up to breath. But it’s a last resort.
I saw a study on some TV show and they said Africanized bees will follow you up to a mile. And they’re definitely adapting to colder climates.
So, do native Africans “harvest” honey from Africanized bees? Or does the term “Africanized” refer only to a strain that came out of a once in a life time mixed breeding episode? In other words, when a mild queen from Africa bred with a normal bunch of drones from Italy.