Bees

You hear a buzz. It's a bee, and it's angry. Thousands more fly out of the hive. You're surrounded by the swarm.

How quickly can you run 1/4 mile to safety?

This week, Marina and Fin discuss bees (of the regular kind and of the killer kind), what to do if you get stung, and how to survive a killer bee swarm.

• Sources

  • https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/how-many-species-native-bees-are-united-states

  • https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/are-honey-bees-native-north-america

  • https://www.childrenshospital.org/conditions/bee-stings#:~:text=Only%20about%201%20percent%20of,rarely%20experience%20such%20extreme%20reactions.

  • https://www.usu.edu/today/story/ask-an-expert---do-wasps-get-a-bad-rap#:~:text=Wasps%20can%20become%20territorial%20if,care%20if%20humans%20are%20near.

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africanized_bee

  • https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/africanized-honey-bees-where-are-they-now-and-when-will-they-arrive-in-north-carolina

  • https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/summer-safety-how-to-avoid-bee-swarm-attacks/#:~:text=Try%20to%20get%20to%20an,of%20water%20to%20escape%20bees.