Uploaded April 2016 | Updated September 2026, 10 hours ago
"Spurious" to say Scutellata, however, they fit many reactions until it "actually" comes to being horrid, also only mildly but are a "trait" of difference - "This is Australia and it is no surprise" that such beehavioral isms of Scutellata exist as their existence i have witnessed in feral bees in Australia as far back as the early 1970's - though i do not count as an expert - it is different at points).
The records of Beekeeping in Australia go back 190 years and urban beekeeping around 80 years in Australia, but, however, Australia has "some atmospheric differences i knew well" with quadcopter in an updraft after the throttle wash off! Scutellata are E.Africa and jet streams put them into Australia,also merchant ships! BUT before the 1920's i would not be surprised if these were already existent in Australia particularly as crossbred alike AHB!
Australian European honeybees have always had some type of attack tally alike AHB anyhow, so send them here because i don't think anyone would notice!
These here are nice enough and never really beaten anyone to death or near it, just the usual risk of defensive bees.
Difference of danger between domestic Western/European honeybees and wild feral honeybees.
These bees are wild feral bees at their hive entrance being petted(touched - tickled).
Essentially bees have reasons for their dangerous behavior that is moderately predictable and is much the same with either wild feral or domestic bees.
(there is a good reason to feed a small quantity as a wiped strip of honey near a feral beehive daily - it is a "vaguely friendly action" can be later recognised by the feral bees , and if they can be touched with the finger tip along the side of their thorax or wing that helps too but you can easily be set upon if you cannot recognise them becoming nervous - slow visible flexing beating of the wings , sudden turning and facing you-your closest proximate part of you e.g. hand , and finally gathering pointing toward you/facing you with taking of and whirling around you - others are flying at you slow or fast and deliberately bumping into you )
I mean they are a little real the ones you have called Africanized bees.
Those too i consider you can calm by getting to know them but any take one to three months of at least an hours deliberate presence in proximity to assist them at understanding the coexistent relationship whether feral or domesticated/farmed !
I almost forgot ! - for around three days to a week after locating a swarm settling point to setup their hive they(any sub species of European honeybee) whirl around the area some 50 to 100 yards and sting things "alike a move in party festival".
After that they calm down and you can often get near them and their hive entrance without much danger!
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People encouraging bees will encourage their presence and/or to take up in peoples living space,need to understand how to avoid the less cute side of them and are "quite real even as non Africanized" at that darker side of problems.
Good news in it is people don't need to learn much to avoid the real danger and appreciate they do their survival by immense weight of numbers of themselves as survival tactic of most insect species.
Scientific article found about bees, while worker bees(foragers out collecting pollen are "much less likely to sting".
Growing flowers or flowering trees for all times of year would lower their stinging tendency but raise the possibility of them moving in.
So it stands to reason to know about a few simple problems occur,the hive entry exit path of flight must never be stood in 1 yard from middle either side. Also they should not be killed near their hive.Entry of hive often has tired bees land,exit the hive and land within meters of the hive and settle on the ground,the worst, under the eves of a house on a pathway.
Most experience was with "feral(wild) bees" all through my childhood, that being, they took up under parts of the house or in the walls or in trees or bushes in the garden but were able to be viewed and understood for their aggressive beehavior.
youtube.com/watch?v=61mXQwtNZ3w
This last point is extremely important because sometimes that isn't understood such as recent in a domestic hive i have it was queen-less and had become quite aggressive to me though normally i am able to open it and lift brood frames without being attacked and without protection clothing.
It is very important people understand there are times when these problems cannot actually be controlled and that also a new queen will be terrified and put out stinging pheromone when you approach for a week or two after the swarm cell she came from hatched because she is not as confident of another species presence as the worker bees that know their keeper, it usually results in minor attack(two or three stings and pursuing) though the bees are completely familiar with their keeper.
"Spurious" to say Scutellata, however, they fit many reactions until it "actually" comes to being horrid, also only mildly but are a "trait" of difference - "This is Australia and it is no surprise" that such beehavioral isms of Scutellata exist as their existence i have witnessed in feral bees in Australia as far back as the early 1970's - though i do not count as an expert - it is different at points).
The records of Beekeeping in Australia go back 190 years and urban beekeeping around 80 years in Australia, but, however, Australia has "some atmospheric differences i knew well" with quadcopter in an updraft after the throttle wash off! Scutellata are E.Africa and jet streams put them into Australia,also merchant ships! BUT before the 1920's i would not be surprised if these were already existent in Australia particularly as crossbred alike AHB!
Australian European honeybees have always had some type of attack tally alike AHB anyhow, so send them here because i don't think anyone would notice!
These here are nice enough and never really beaten anyone to death or near it, just the usual risk of defensive bees.
Difference of danger between domestic Western/European honeybees and wild feral honeybees.
These bees are wild feral bees at their hive entrance being petted(touched - tickled).
Essentially bees have reasons for their dangerous behavior that is moderately predictable and is much the same with either wild feral or domestic bees.
(there is a good reason to feed a small quantity as a wiped strip of honey near a feral beehive daily - it is a "vaguely friendly action" can be later recognised by the feral bees , and if they can be touched with the finger tip along the side of their thorax or wing that helps too but you can easily be set upon if you cannot recognise them becoming nervous - slow visible flexing beating of the wings , sudden turning and facing you-your closest proximate part of you e.g. hand , and finally gathering pointing toward you/facing you with taking of and whirling around you - others are flying at you slow or fast and deliberately bumping into you )
I mean they are a little real the ones you have called Africanized bees.
Those too i consider you can calm by getting to know them but any take one to three months of at least an hours deliberate presence in proximity to assist them at understanding the coexistent relationship whether feral or domesticated/farmed !
I almost forgot ! - for around three days to a week after locating a swarm settling point to setup their hive they(any sub species of European honeybee) whirl around the area some 50 to 100 yards and sting things "alike a move in party festival".
After that they calm down and you can often get near them and their hive entrance without much danger!
---
People encouraging bees will encourage their presence and/or to take up in peoples living space,need to understand how to avoid the less cute side of them and are "quite real even as non Africanized" at that darker side of problems.
Good news in it is people don't need to learn much to avoid the real danger and appreciate they do their survival by immense weight of numbers of themselves as survival tactic of most insect species.
Scientific article found about bees, while worker bees(foragers out collecting pollen are "much less likely to sting".
Growing flowers or flowering trees for all times of year would lower their stinging tendency but raise the possibility of them moving in.
So it stands to reason to know about a few simple problems occur,the hive entry exit path of flight must never be stood in 1 yard from middle either side. Also they should not be killed near their hive.Entry of hive often has tired bees land,exit the hive and land within meters of the hive and settle on the ground,the worst, under the eves of a house on a pathway.
Most experience was with "feral(wild) bees" all through my childhood, that being, they took up under parts of the house or in the walls or in trees or bushes in the garden but were able to be viewed and understood for their aggressive beehavior.
youtube.com/watch?v=61mXQwtNZ3w
This last point is extremely important because sometimes that isn't understood such as recent in a domestic hive i have it was queen-less and had become quite aggressive to me though normally i am able to open it and lift brood frames without being attacked and without protection clothing.
It is very important people understand there are times when these problems cannot actually be controlled and that also a new queen will be terrified and put out stinging pheromone when you approach for a week or two after the swarm cell she came from hatched because she is not as confident of another species presence as the worker bees that know their keeper, it usually results in minor attack(two or three stings and pursuing) though the bees are completely familiar with their keeper.
