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Africanized bees were an environmental scare from the past. Like global warming is supposed to, killer bees were going to kill thousands of us. The predictions didn't pan out.

Obama is an Africanized-European presidential candidate certain to aggressively attack your paycheck.

1 posted on 05/18/2008 7:08:51 PM PDT by Reeses
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To: Reeses
These were not European bees, they were Africanized honeybees.

Racism, pure and simple!

2 posted on 05/18/2008 7:13:07 PM PDT by Cowboy Bob (McCain '08 : The lesser of two evils!)
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"The old queen took off with the rest of the hive."

There has got to be a Hillary joke in there!!:-)

3 posted on 05/18/2008 7:13:43 PM PDT by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
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wasn’t there a movie about that too?


4 posted on 05/18/2008 7:14:44 PM PDT by stefanbatory
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A beehive teems with bees believed to be Africanized honey bees about 30 feet above Fox Lea Drive in Venice Tuesday, April 29, 2008. The hive was originally thought to host a colony of European bees, but local entomologist Fred Santana thinks the bees are Africanized because of the type and location of the hive.

5 posted on 05/18/2008 7:15:26 PM PDT by Reeses (Leftism is powered by the evil force of envy.)
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Obama should agree to meet with the bees, without any preconditions.


7 posted on 05/18/2008 7:18:06 PM PDT by Question Liberal Authority (NOW can we drill for oil?)
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The first place I’d look it the Beeline Expressway.


8 posted on 05/18/2008 7:19:55 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand (The road to hell is paved with euphemisms.)
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Killer Bees!!!

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10 posted on 05/18/2008 7:20:30 PM PDT by digger48 (http://prorev.com/legacy.htm)
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To: Reeses
"Obama is an Africanized-European presidential candidate certain to aggressively attack your paycheck."

Obama is an Africanized-Islamic, pro-terrorist, certain to empower those that will gladly take your head off.

12 posted on 05/18/2008 7:21:06 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Jimmy Carter is the skidmark in the panties of American History)
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Africanized bees are also known as killer bees for their tendency to sting in swarms and hunt down those who irritate them.

I need some of these to do my bidding.

(BUWAHAHA)

13 posted on 05/18/2008 7:39:31 PM PDT by SIDENET (Hubba Hubba...)
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Truthfully, why exterminate “killer” bees? Because they have killed 11 people since 1990?

ORDINARY bees kill between 50-100 Americans EVERY YEAR because a lot of people are allergic to bee stings.

On the plus side, “killer” bees might be more resistant to some of the diseases infesting ordinary bees.

And perhaps the most important thing: killer bee honey tastes really good!


15 posted on 05/18/2008 7:42:06 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy
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I think there may be some of these killer bees moving into my neighborhood.

Here's a photo:


16 posted on 05/18/2008 7:46:36 PM PDT by capt. norm (Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups.)
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To Bee, or not to Bee...that is the question! LOL...Afrobees!


17 posted on 05/18/2008 7:50:59 PM PDT by 2harddrive (...House a TOTAL Loss.....)
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“The first Florida fatality was three weeks ago, when an Okeechobee man was stung by more than 100 of the four-winged insects.”

This nimrod knew there was a hive of bees in a trailer he was dismantling. Hard to believe he could be so stupid as to bang, hammer and make noise so near to a hive.

Africanized bee venom is no more powerful than a domestic bee’s venom; however, Africanized bees swarm in much greater numbers in an effort to protect their queen. Anecdotally, theoretically, one can outrun domestic bees but not the Africanized bees. Reportedly, they will fly longer, farther and in greater numbers to attack what they perceive to be danger to their queen and hive. Nasty critters these girls are.


18 posted on 05/18/2008 7:59:10 PM PDT by miele man
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After Tuesday morning's extermination, though, it was clear that the beehive had been largely evacuated.

Somebody must've tipped them off...

19 posted on 05/18/2008 8:12:31 PM PDT by Zeppo (Every mighty mild... seventies child... Beats me (Metric - Combat Baby))
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