APARTMENTS EVACUATED IN AREA BEE ATTACK.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Daily News Staff Writer A sampling of honeybees collected outside a California City apartment complex will undergo testing to determine whether any of them are Africanized, officials said. Eight apartment units were evacuated Thursday and a large hive in an exterior apartment wall treated by an exterminator after an animal control officer looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. the hive got attacked and stung. ``I was leaving when the small swarm followed me,'' said Animal Control Officer Jim Murley. ``A couple of them stung me, and one was in my ear.'' After the apartments were evacuated, California City firefighters stood by in protective clothing and carrying a chemical solution effective in controlling bees, while an exterminator treated the hive. The exterminator will continue to follow up over the next several days to ensure the hive has been mitigated, officials said. Murley went to the hive shortly after 2:30 p.m. Thursday after receiving a phone call from the apartment manager, who wanted to find out if the bees around the complex were Africanized. Established in Texas in 1990 and spreading northward, Africanized honeybees have become known as killer bees Killer Bees Those who help a company fend off a takeover attempt with the use of defensive strategies. Notes: Companies, usually with the help of investment bankers, use a number of strategies to repel a hostile takeover bid including, but are not limited to: poison because of their aggressive nature - though individually their venom is no more dangerous than that of common European honeybees, which they closely resemble. Africanized bees were found last year in San Bernardino San Bernardino, city, United States San Bernardino (săn bûr'nədē`nō), city (1990 pop. 164,164), seat of San Bernardino co., S Calif., at the foot of the San Bernardino Mts.; inc. 1854. County, and this year in southern Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County. ``We expected them to move to the desert,'' said Jack Marks
Jack Marks (12 February 1895 – 12 March 1987) was an English performer and screenwriter. He was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire. , Kern County deputy agricultural commissioner. ``They've already been seen in Victorville, Adelanto and Barstow. ``They're going to move where they want to.'' According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Marks, it's important that the general public become aware of the bees and stay away from them. Africanized honeybees are known to respond quickly to what they perceive as threats and sting in large numbers. They can sense people or animals 50 feet or more from a nest and will pursue an enemy a quarter mile or more. The bees found Thursday were preserved in alcohol and will be sent to Sacramento, where they will undergo DNA testing DNA testing Analysis of DNA (the genetic component of cells) in order to determine changes in genes that may indicate a specific disorder. Mentioned in: Acoustic Neuroma, Retinoblastoma, Von Willebrand Disease . ``That's the only way to determine if they are Africanized,'' Murley said. ``There's no definitive identification otherwise.'' Murley, who has never been stung by a bee before, did not show any reaction to bee stings and was treated by paramedics who found a stinger stinger Sports medicine A popular term for an injury to the brachial plexus due to abnormal stretching in his ear. ``I shook them off and ran away,'' Murley said. ``I got stung twice in the head.'' |
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