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I only hunted out of Del Rio, west on 90, on Sat. night and was skunked. Met some nice folks from East TX. I was in the white SUV with Tennessee tags.
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It looked very busy on the cuts just west of Langtry. 4 vehicles and spot lights that looked like a used car sale-a-thon!! LOL
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I just wanted to confirm bryanhamilton5's post back in April on the bees in the cut ten miles west of Comstock on the north side of Rt90. I don't know if they are Africanized, but their agitation level, even at night when they are pretty safe, was much higher than I had seen at domestic hives of the Italian strain bees!
Please be safe...
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Approaching the cut they look like an obscure oval..
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A little closer:
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Regards, Bill McGighan

Can the africanized bees sting more than once?

>>Can the africanized bees sting more than once?

I don't know but let me know when you find out. lol
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Steve W.

Can the africanized bees sting more than once?

Nope. Each bee can only sting once. The difference is that a large percentage of an Africanized hive will swarm and sacrifice themselves to protect the hive.

Even though it's night time, I believe the lights from the flashlights irritate them. I think the same thing happens with wasps.

my wife kept bee's for a short period of time - she was told - as a general rule - that "domestic" bees will settle down at night whereas the Africanized ones won't.....don't know how scientific that is, but it's from folks who've kept bees for a while....