Keeping “Killer Bees” at Bay

Africanized bees will have to run a deadly gauntlet through Louisiana and Mississippi before they manage to gain permanent residence in the two states.

Agriculture officials in both states are waiting for them with bait traps. Any that are caught will be destroyed and state officials will try to determine where they originated.

“We’re being proactive,” said Craig Roussel, director of horticulture and quarantine programs for the Louisiana agriculture department. “We don’t want them to sneak up on us.”

Posted by Jim Langcuster at April 22, 2004 08:43 AM | TrackBack