The first known instance of the more aggressive bees – sometimes called “killer bees”- in Tennessee came last year. State apiarist Mike Studer told The Commercial Appeal, an East Tennessee beekeeper had mail-ordered some bees and called the Tennessee Department of Agriculture when they attacked him, stinging him about 30 times before he could get into his vehicle. Studer said about 17% of that colony had been Africanized.

The department will put out an alert if more of the aggressive bees are found and those colonies will be destroyed.

 

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