Swarms: Why Killer Bees Are So Scary (and So Misunderstood)
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In this Swarms Minisode, Katy Reiss and Laura Fawks Lapole uncover facts around the infamous “killer bees”—a.k.a. Africanized honeybees. Spoiler: they don’t look scary, but they’ll chase you, sting in overwhelming numbers, and sometimes even wait above water for you to come up for air.
But is the fear justified?
🐝 What makes Africanized honeybees so aggressive?
🌎 How did a 1950s experiment in Brazil lead to bees chasing joggers in Arizona?
🧬 Why breeding for honey production + heat tolerance…
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