They have managed to spread all over Arizona and under the right circumstances they can be lethal. They are short tempered and it doesn't take much to set them off. As you stated even the sound of a lawn mower is enough to provoke an attack. There are several things that make them far more dangerous than their native counterparts. Their defensive instincts are easily aroused and when they attack they do it in force and often pursue a threat over long distances.If you are unlucky enough to be the victim of one these attacks you may find yourself fighting for your very life.
According to reports from police and rescue agencies you can expect to be overwhelmed by thousands of angry bees. They sting you everywhere they can including your head, face, the inside of your nose, mouth and ears. They are in full attack mode and you are the target. The pain can be unbearable and victims often pass out. If you are one of the countless Americans that are allergic to bee stings the odds are that you will not survive the attack and this is true for the elderly and young children as well.
If you are not allergic ,and in good enough health and can get to a hospital your chances of survival are good. However the treatment and recovery is not going to be any fun. There are going to be thousands of bee stingers embedded in your skin and they have to be removed, one at at a time.Every sting spot is going to be inflamed, swollen, itchy and succeptable to infection. The next few weeks are not going to be fun.Attack survivors have reported that the attack was the most painful and terrifying thing that has ever happened to them. Many carry the emotional scars for years.
Yesterday when I had the bee problem is was implied by the property manager that I was overeacting and that no real danger existed. It is not easy to tell the difference between an Africanized bee and it's domestic cousin. It takes an expert to make the determination and I am no expert. Knowing that I am going to err on the side of caution. I am not going to go out into a swarm of bees and try to find out if they are Africanized or not.I told the property manager that if she wanted to come over and handle the situation then she was more than welcome to do so. Common sense won out and she declined of course, and we know the rest of the story. The pest control man showed up and that was the end of.
She must be a LIBERAL. Why else would she volunteer me to do something that is extremely stupid and potentially lethal when she is not prepared to do it herself. It's the same thing when LIBERALS pass stupid and restrictive laws and then inform the rest of us that the laws don't apply to them. I read somewhere that an example of LIBERAL generosity is that they are willing to give you the shirt off of someone else,s back.How true is that.
