The Dangerous Bees That Have Killed Over 1000 People | Real Wild

These aggressive bees have killed over 1000 people in Latin America. It only takes a few seconds for thousands of bees to launch an attack. Reed Booth is a killer bee removal expert who risks his life on every job to keep us safe and is dealing with Africanized killer bees in Arizona.
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[@purplekush8587]

That's my amazing uncle at 37:10 standing next to Mr. Ray. He was an amazing firefighter, paramedic, and flight nurse. A beautiful person and my biggest mentor. RIP Thor we love n miss you more than you could Know. Forever our hero 💜🤟

[@JojoStokes]

Sorry for your loss and thanks for his service to this country.

[@AD-vf3ek]

😢🙏

[@user-iv6bj3dn3e]

“Alright little bastards you’re done for” 😂

[@tiredmummy7512]

Just a thought.... but if they wear a baseball cap under their headgear it might keep the mesh away from their noses/faces...

[@AwesomeFish12]

Yeah, that's what most people do, but these guys are too cool for that :p

[@betsyelee4434]

Wow!I”m glad that someone can do this!I wouldn’t want to live there with killer bee”s!I”m glad that these guy”s(the Africanized bees)are being taken care of!

[@jeffkerr807]

I would definitely be making some adjustments to my suit

[@johnoconnor4941]

I was thinking something similar to the banding of a hard hat. Only larger to keep the whole head piece of the skull. Hey, Shark tank or Dragons Den idea right there. Also, in dangerous areas, a portable dump tank tent thingy (I'm not an engineer) would help if an attack on a single person happened.

[@Svensk7119]

The problem with too much stuff inside the suit is overheating.

[@michaelprivett5625]

I'm a beekeeper and my father was before me ,in the case where the bees were behind the brick wall, I would have identified the bees entrance as you did but came back at night while all the workers and drones were back in the hive and then sealed all openings . over 95 percent of the colony would have been trapped and died within a day without water . The foam sealer works very well

[@jenlfpotter3870]

And so does a vintage 1980s cylinder Vax hoover with a very long hose and several very large black binbags. My Grandad took out a wasp's nest this way. It was in my Grandparents loft with the entrance and exit hole over the exterior bkitchen door where everybody goes in and out. Worst thing is, my Gran is deathly allergic to any insect stings, so they also have a net door curtain to stop most insects flying in or out, but they would do better with a snap screen which I just bought for my patio doors, where the curtain is two curtains across the door with magnets snapping the two halves together. You and your animals can still use a door with a snapscreen. Just walk smack bang through the middle.

[@betsyelee4434]

Wow!These guy”s do:an amazing job of getting rid of these killer bee”s!But,I”m glad 🙂 that I don’t live in Arizona,where those killer bee”s are!Thank goodness!

[@nonodaclown9033]

Save the bees bruhh

[@johndyer9232]

@@betsyelee4434. They’re all over the southern US. Florida and Texas have confirmed populations for example.

[@Sugarsail1]

that would have made bad TV though.

[@endlessadventure541]

As a former US hobby bee-keeper who now lives in South America, I can attest to the full truthfulness and authenticity of this video. In the States I always raised European bees. But I attempted to rid a person's home here of these African monsters one time and neighbors for blocks had to evacuate. They almost killed a pet goat and chased me over a half mile from their hive, buried inside the home's layers. One has to have a super professional, thick suit, to get near these killers.

[@alexburke1899]

Isn’t this guy a bit reckless though? I’ve seen bee keepers remove bee and wasp nests before, and they prep the nest with smoke for a while first and really take their time so the wasps don’t fully activate their defense responses. I suppose he wanted some good footage of them being aggressive for the documentary, but he could have gotten himself or the camera crew in trouble the way they got swarmed. Those bastards will definitely follow you for hours into buildings and cars so I could see this going wrong especially for neighbors and people that didn’t know they were removing a nest that day. I just noticed they broke out the smoke after the bees were already pissed and it was basically pointless to use it. If something had happened to these guys or the neighbors this would have been a infamous training video about what not to do when removing bee colonies Lol.

[@endlessadventure541]

@@alexburke1899 I did that myself. These insects are brutal. Trust me. Smoke or not, they attack to kill in the thousands simultaneously.

[@Themed-Journals]

My mom as a beekeeper and she got a hive of Africanized bees. They were mean as….well no word for how mean and aggressive they were. We couldn’t go outside our house without getting stung. My mom killed them! She said that she was tired of getting chased the moment she set foot into her garden!!!

[@endlessadventure541]

@@Themed-Journals I'm really glad they were in a hive. At least that way you have easy access to them and their nest. getting them out of an old house when they are buries deep within the structure is and nearly was murder/suicide. In the end, I gave up. Someone else killed them with poison, but I heard that they came back again!!

[@Themed-Journals]

@@endlessadventure541 the hive was a old hollowed out log lol

[@DarrenGelineau-ry1rn]

in 98 Reed Booth got the call for this incident he was 39 years old when he did this job at the age of 64 years old is still going strong making videos on KZbin his channel is the killer bee guy if y'all are interested in that

[@sedled2829]

The Camera person is the real deal

[@MAGA_Randy_Marsh]

The crazy part is, he doesn’t even have a bee suit on.

[@thejoker5958]

The camera person is the queen.

[@keithmetcalf5548]

Absolutely!!!

[@gowdsake7103]

Ummm you think he is just standing there ?

[@astrayecho]

You could say they're off the chain.

[@123uzuz]

Those bee suits seem pretty average. I’d be out there in an astronaut suit.

[@Julia-rd3lv]

This guy's Minnesota accent warms my heart

[@gerry0543]

I got stung by picking up a picnic table, and a hiding wasp bit my hand. It blew up like a pitcher's glove. THEN I found that I'm allergic to bee stings. My doctor said the next sting I'll be dead in 10 minutes. My "Medic Alert" bracelet testifies to that fact.

[@WhyTheLongFace01]

Yep. Have you seen the price of EpiPen lately ? Before I retired, I had to have one at home, one at work. That got expensive.

[@Happyblondechick]

@@WhyTheLongFace01I also have an epi pen for stings. They are very expensive, over $450 in Canada. I’m thankful I have a drug plan from work that pays for them.

[@deboraballes9044]

​@@WhyTheLongFace01That is so crazy!! My mom lives in TN and was stung by one of those imported mega wasps and now has to carry an EPIpen. I live in Spain my sons have to have an EPIpen with them for food allergies. Here they cost about $50 so I take my mom one or two when I visit. Why the difference?? Something ain't right.

[@coatingkings]

​@@deboraballes9044all about the greed for the almighty 💵

[@johanneabelsen1644]

I am very allergic to latex. In the winter, I had a new floor installed in my kitchen. They poured a mass, that should dry out first. I was in my bedroom, when my anafylactic shock started. There was latex within that "concrete mass"! And just the SMELL of that allergen started my body to react! That was quite a scare.😮

[@JojoStokes]

Love the passion Reed Booth has for his job. Looks like he has a great crew with him also. This video is very educational and has brought to my attention how dangerious Killer Bees really are. The state I live in doesn't have a high killer bee population, but it's good to be aware of the serious dangers. Seeing how a swarm can attack your face within seconds is just outright scary. Makes you really appreciate their job and their knowledge on how to deal with these hives. Much appreciation for what you do.

[@gravedigger9313]

I’m a beekeeper in AFRICA They are insane

[@YourCapybaraAmigo_17yrsago]

Have they always been bad there?

[@bestKaffir.underTheSon]

I am also a beekeeper in Africa. I relocate bees. I don't kill them.

[@NoName-cu4gr]

It's easy to sit in comfort watching stuff like this and not appreciate just how much of a life threatening risk these folks are taking.

[@kevjames4236]

shut up you divvy 😂

[@jhill2042]

Fred needs to wear a bozo the clown nose so his nose don’t hit the mesh or a dust mask

[@alexburke1899]

@@jhill2042yeah they didn’t use any smoke until it was too late, I don’t know shit about removing bees nests, but even I know the smoke goes in first lol. These guys are risking the lives of entire neighborhoods just going full cowboy on killer bee nests.

[@elnod]

Yeah, like I have experience with European bees and even that was a bit daunting to get used to. I don't know if I'd go into an Africanized hive with a regular bee suit - I'd want some kind of extra face protection and padding

[@gabe-po9yi]

A single individual responsible for this level of danger and devastation.

[@deboraballes9044]

Ikr??? Makes me think of another few people mixing germs and stuff in a lab and the experiment got out causing a bit of a ruckus 🙄

[@VK-qe7if]

I was very concerned about the dog that left tied up, not just because of the bee's, but because he had no water. He should have taken the dog indoors for safety and a drink.

[@seltaeb9691]

Agreed, that dog was uncomfortable. Poor pet ownership.

[@kschallert3569]

Most people are NOT good enough to own a dog, this guy is one of them! What a horrible person. I'd like to see how he likes being tied up in the desert heat, right next to an angry hive of KILLER BEES! It's unbelievable how selfish people are to the "family pet"!

[@Boats_N_Hoez]

God I know

[@user-cx2it7sp5y]

5,000,000 hives * 60,000 killer bees = 300,000,000,000 killer bees😯 Respect to this guy✊

[@thomasbarlow3782]

I did the same equation…..🤷‍♂️😂🤷‍♂️

[@user-cx2it7sp5y]

@@thomasbarlow3782 That’s scary as fuck 😟

[@lisamcdonald1014]

On August 4th, 1998 a home owner who was inexperienced with Africanised bees sprayed Raid in the walls of a house in Brewery Gulch Street in Bisbee, Arizona

[@user-cx2it7sp5y]

@@lisamcdonald1014 what happened?

[@Steveman27]

​@@lisamcdonald1014What happened after that?

[@jacquietremain5743]

That poor dog should be inside. Abdolutly cruel

[@renees1021]

You should custom order your bee head gear. Make the net further from your face so the stings aren't getting your nose.

[@alan30189]

Or they could get one of those foam clown noses at a toy department and wear that and it would keep the net away from their nose and face, very cheaply.

[@mikegendernalik392]

A hat underneath helps a lot

[@deboraballes9044]

​@@alan30189This would be my choice.....clown nose 😅😅😅

[@jordannewton7281]

@@deboraballes9044lolololol a beekeeping clown 😂😂😂😭😭😂😭😂😭💀

[@Bruno-tm3xo]

Agree ……that’s what has been bugging me the whole documentary

[@bestKaffir.underTheSon]

They are not hives. They are colonies. A hive is a box made to keep bees in.

[@bigdogfromnj]

Occasionally getting stung by bees despite having a bee suit is too much for me

[@carolesanchez9313]

I did think the first time he got stung that he needed to upgrade his suit!

[@rickallman1318]

Not to be funny, but shouldn't bee keeper suits include nose protection. Or think outside of that, some kind of strap on protection that goes around the neck to hold a piece of nose shaped plastic. To keep over the nose!

[@pieternel101]

Yes they should. I am surprised at the bee guy's attitude to the bees. It's not the bee's fault it's protecting it's family.

[@theblurredcrusade.2557]

Big Red Cat, those suits need totally redesigning 🤔

[@nevaeha4048]

@@pieternel101 the bees he’s removing are invasive bees from Africa called killer killer bees that are more aggressive and deadly than any other honey bee. These bees should not be in America and need to die.

[@YourCapybaraAmigo_17yrsago]

Thought the same thing. Time to get a plastic nose covering!

[@AwesomeFish12]

These are "fencing hood" style veils, they are better for working in tight spaces than the old style round veil, but yeah, your nose touches when you lean too far forward unless you wear a baseball cap to keep it away from your face. I use the fencing style hood myself, the round veil is always bumping into stuff, but it does keep the mesh away from your nose.

[@dottiedavis355]

Keep getting stung, keep using the same equipment. Insanity: repeating same behavior expecting a different outcome. Well…you already knew it - these guys are insane!

[@jennjenneightyeight3968]

You see what I see. I think its kind of sloppy he has a general mode of attack but it ends up the same. Smoke for killer bees when they have freeze you can use form a distance and better protection.

[@biddiemutter3481]

Respect for the way he avoids using poison, understands the value of bees and honey, and takes the risk to keep people safe. I do wish that dog owner had taken the dog somewhere safer though 😮😮😮

[@dianacann5243]

I absolutely cannot believe that they left the poor dog tied outside😢 I think I would be tempted to call the game warden That's inhumane treatment

[@Rubyranch393]

@@dianacann5243 its illegal to tie up a dog in arizona

[@paulsimin-gv6jj]

little boys can do this job as long as the little boys likewise are covered up !

[@tThisNThat]

Often the people who least should have pets...do.

[@lcopywriter5102]

That poor dog tied up ruined the entire video for me. i wanted to jump into it and take the dog away.

[@Camcolito]

Are we close to being able to make bee suits that actually prevent you getting stung by bees?

[@arkatub]

you just need the one with the hat that keeps the mesh away from your skin.

[@lindajones7219]

My husaband a bee keeper from Britain ,UK> and he recently paid 400 hundred pounds 485 dollars and it is amazing it is thick with a honeycomb like material this suit stops you getting stung is impossible for bees to get into your trousers via ankle or wrists as they are tight but thick but the best it is temperature controlled so you do not get hot even on the hottest day . The attached Hat is the best I have ever seen . Yes a lot of money but truly worth the money best We have ever seen , I will send details tomorrow if it helps anyone on this forum .

[@Camcolito]

@@lindajones7219 Thanks Linda but I'm not a bee guy just watching an interesting video :) . Good luck and hope the bees don't find a way into your husband's fancy new suit!

[@ramblingrob4693]

Or fancy bits. Lol@@Camcolito

[@robbiedaug]

I am 62. When i was in the 5th grade, our teacher told us about these killer bees making their way to North America.

[@MrJruta]

Same here

[@robbiedaug]

How did our teachers know way back then??

[@robbiedaug]

@@user-fg6lm3ef5o "Old as dirt"? When as it filmed? The video is in HD, the clothes worn, the mannerisms, the vernacular, and the vehicles used all indicate modern times.

[@robbiedaug]

@@user-fg6lm3ef5o 10 -15 - 20 years is, "as old as dirt"? I have a 32-year-old daughter. She must be ancient. Me?.. i am 62. I must be beyond ancient.

[@robbiedaug]

@@user-fg6lm3ef5o Do you know how old dirt is? About the same age as the earth. When you age a bit more than you probably are, you learn things. Someone who says 10 years is old as dirt, must be 20 years old.

[@becci1229]

I wish this killer bee guy had been around when my Yuma, Arizona home was attacked. The hive was on my neighbor’s property near my carport. There was also a grade school, high school and middle school within 2-blocks of my home. I complained to him that I was being stung when I tried to get from my car into my home. I called an exterminator and they said it would cost him a couple hundred dollars to clear it out because the nest was so well established. He didn’t want to pay that. He thought it would be easier to spray the hive with bug spray at 3 in the afternoon because they were bothering him when he needed to fix his TV cable. When bees started pouring out, he grabbed his dog and ran inside his house. At least 25 school kids got stung, I lost 3 dogs, 3 mated pairs of doves and 4 mated pairs of pigeons. I can still remember the crunchy sound of dead bees that had expended their stingers under my feet.

[@stompthedragon4010]

That's awful

[@LadyAlissandra]

I grew up there and I know how it can be with those bees. That is awful and sooo heartbreaking. All because of an irresoluble individual who decided to take shortcuts. Did you have any ground to sue him all all? I hope he didn’t get away with it. I’d be livid.

[@nancybez]

Oh my gosh, that’s terrible! Can’t even imagine the chaos with all those poor kids and animals running around getting stung.

[@RoySATX]

When was this made? Africanized bees have been here quite some time, I used to deal with them professionally all the time in San Antonio. Over the years they've settled down, genetically the aggression is being watered down the more they breed into the european colonies they encounter. They aren't near as ornery now as they were the first few years after they crossed the border. It's quite an experience when they go at you, I've had them covering me 6 inches thick (wearing my bee suit, of course). Even through the suit you get stung, inside elbows especially, anywhere they might get squeezed onto the suit. You just have to stay calm, breath normally, and enjoy the ride! I loved working with them. They had their orders, I had mine, they just happened to conflict.

[@wcresponder]

His cell phone could give you a clue...he pulled out the extendable antenna. 30:22

[@YourCapybaraAmigo_17yrsago]

Wow that sounds heavy. You were a beekeeper? Or?

[@YourCapybaraAmigo_17yrsago]

I remember hearing about killer bees in the early '00s like they represented an existential threat to all life on earth. Crazy.

[@paulsimin-gv6jj]

little boys can do this job as long as the little boys likewise are covered up !

[@sabrinafelber]

Reed has his own KZbin channel. Killer bee guy. This is pretty old because I have been watching him for quite awhile. Just got this suggested. He is alot younger here but he is still going strong

[@rudolfschmidt942]

Soap and water does not kill bees instantly as stated, nor does it suffocate them, it opens their pores by dissolving wax and drowns them in water.

[@sammyd7857]

Much easier to use pyrethrins. They drop in seconds

[@coatingkings]

Dawn dish soap in a spray bottle with water works everytime for me

[@Rabidavid]

So glad the newbie has taken the precaution of wearing a peaked cap. Why doesn't Reed wear the same?

[@taramurray8455]

I have the same question.

[@tobib7986]

Cameraman never dies

[@jeanjacquesrousseau1955]

"In my bee suit Im superman. But with out it Im running right next to you *laughs slightly insanely*" Love it :D

[@jaxystarr7108]

I love how the fight got personal once he got stung on the nose 🙌

[@WildWestRosie]

I live in Tombstone, sadly he wasn't around when I had an aggressive bunch in my shed 20 years ago. Did y'all know that Smokey is a really good dancer?

[@aprilbasinger7868]

This is my backyard, glad we have people like this to help!!

[@sedled2829]

Why didn't you run

[@lucastaneda2335]

@SedLed bruh

[@lucastaneda2335]

@@sedled2829 bruh

[@hiddencascadegenetics7661]

@@lucastaneda2335 why didn’t you run !?!

[@paulsimin-gv6jj]

little boys can do this job as long as the little boys likewise are covered up !

[@itzofficialkingjay6019]

This dude saved my house one time a few years back. Whole rear house covered inside and out

[@captainleonardodivichi295]

Now did anybody else felt like they was being stung while watching this ? Or is it just me ?

[@rickallman1318]

Nope. Just kidding! True. Lol

[@ebriggs3498]

Yup! And I’m allergic!

[@LittleHoneyMan-en8ki]

From 2000 to 2017, I resided in Uganda, dedicating myself to beekeeping. There's a unique connection one develops when dealing with the apis mellifera scutellata species. The initial years were challenging; a tragic incident involved my great dane succumbing to their stings. Yet, over six years, I learned to establish a harmonious rapport with them. The subsequent 11 years, during which I worked without a bee suit, were truly gratifying. These bees exhibit a pleasant temperament if approached correctly. The key is abandoning European bee-handling methods and adopting a gentle approach from the outset. They primarily seek to protect their nest, and if approached gently, they respond in kind. You can find videos of my experiences with them on KZbin.

[@DrDIY1]

I just went to ur channel to see and u don't have any vids

[@PsychologicalApparition]

Try the drinking game: take a shot every time someone says "off the chain" :P

[@baddog4347]

You would have died from alcohol poisoning 😂

[@traceystokes5253]

Wow, I am very impressed with the assist he seems to be very intelligent. No idea how Reed has managed to do this without giving up. Good for them both. I Learn something new on KZbin every day. This is a good program I really enjoyed it a lot!

[@joetaylor486]

Loving this video. Of the eusocial insects, bees are the best. Man these bees are aggressive. Top marks for using a simple method to drown the bees rather than use environmentally damaging pesticides.

[@justsomeguy6474]

"Life is short and that's where the flavour comes from."

[@willnichols6470]

Should probably do this at night when the foragers have returned to the hive.

[@robmckrill3134]

Not a good idea..bee's can still see you but you can't see them, especially if you have a lamp 😉

[@user-hd9eh5om2k]

i was hunted by one and despite diving under water every time i came up it was there. All day.. i could not believe its ferocity: a pit-bull!

[@zakzwijn8410]

0:50 Imagine being a cop and you pull over that car for a 'regular random inspection'

[@johnhensley6282]

You would think someone would rig up a vacuum to suck all those bees into a container

[@doncornholio7996]

Like Gary Glitter’s shiny pants

[@MsShawnPhx]

I have bought honey from this guy. The state is not saturated with killer bees. More prevalent in the southern part of the state, but not prevalent in the northern part of the state. We still have regular honey bees in AZ.

[@annecohen8927]

The sad thing is that these bees cannot help it because they’re genetically engineered to kill. They are constantly very aggressive and in sense, angry bees.

[@ramblingrob4693]

Humans mess with nature an now paying the price

[@dkayrotach]

He never let the dog in!!😡

[@TXLoneStar_]

This Spring I noticed that some bees took refuge inside an old Cummins engine block. I'm assuming that they were the Africanized variety because it didn't take much to piss them off. I soaped them at sunset and later that night, I foamed the entrance shut. There were still a couple of stragglers hanging around sleeping that night. Took care of those too.

[@jerva245]

Now it's a turbo Bee-sel. 😅

[@skipsandvig8888]

The dude could use smoke right from the start to massively reduce the amount of chaos. This is irresponsible on his part to let it get so dramatic just for a spectacle on this video.

[@juanpieterse4075]

what amazed me was the risk he took by letting people watch from such a short distance animals were constricted ect. I dont realy think it was "killerbees"

[@boblatkey7160]

You don't know what you're talking about. Being a "know it all" is not a very becoming personality trait. Too bad you didn't have a partner to tell you that.

[@boblatkey7160]

Also Mr. know it all, is the smoke doesn't work very well with these bees.

[@skipsandvig8888]

@@boblatkey7160 I have 2 “killer bee” hives I keep on my property in Texas. And I have 6 non-“killer bee” colonies. If I attempt to open the Africanized bees without smoke, I look like them at the beginning of the video. When I use smoke, they are not nice to work, but I can tell you it makes a huge difference. Come on down, I’ll show you.

[@AwesomeFish12]

Yeah, I would have started with the smoke. Even with calm bees it's good practice to smoke them properly first. Things get a bit chaotic when I rush in prematurely, even with regular bees.

[@ltlwlwl5057]

I would use a 'Shop Vac'.... a big one... and vacuum the stray Bees.

[@ponykazy3725]

👩: do you have any scars? 👮‍♂️: ...................................... mentally.

[@pennsydude9723]

This cat is special. He was definitely born to do this. I've watched this about 3 times already. I have so much respect for individuals that make this their life's work. He's a hero in my eyes. I couldn't imagine doing this. Bees freak me out. May God continue to protect this man and his family and may he pass on the knowledge to others who may follow in his foot steps. That's one dangerous hell of a job. I definitely couldn't or wouldn't want to do this kind of work. He's fulfilling his life's work. Respect. 👍🏾🤌🏾

[@Deicide-xi5eo]

I think it's the bee suit, not a god protecting him. j/s

[@paulsimin-gv6jj]

little boys can do this job as long as the little boys likewise are covered up !

[@intheshell35ify]

He looked at his partner and said, "I think I'm going to run." That choked me up. I know that feeling when the courage is running out and the job isn't done. Do you plant your feet and refuse to step back or do you run away so you can fight another day? The sound and fury is overwhelming.

[@stompthedragon4010]

That is crazy! Scary! I always thought those bee suits were sting- proof.

[@tenshiigarashi4063]

They are but the net is too close to his nose. I personally like the ones that are completely sealed and with a respirator.

[@stompthedragon4010]

@@tenshiigarashi4063 that makes more sense.

[@MAGA_Randy_Marsh]

When he got stung on the nose AGAIN. Dude I lost it. Hahahah omg

[@brucemartini2288]

FORGET Bee suits, you need SPACE SUITS👨‍🚀

[@forandonbehalfof4753]

Err.... They're neither 'killer bees' nor 'Africanised bees'. They're just a hybrid of two bee genera that are naturally aggressive when combined.......

[@juanpieterse4075]

they inherited the aggressiveness from the african bee they also adapt better to colder climates due to the European bee

[@forandonbehalfof4753]

@@juanpieterse4075 Errr..... I know my apiaristic history, thanks. Which 'African' bee are you referring to? You know there are numerous types/species? My advice? Research before spouting.....

[@juanpieterse4075]

@@forandonbehalfof4753 get lost no time for kids

[@jeanettevandiver945]

Black widow bites aren't necessarily deadly; it isn't as bad as a brown recluse. Genetically, the killer bees have been gentled down by breeding with domestic bees. I understand this vid is from 1998, so they've had 25 years to change.

[@ll3174]

Plantain tincture is an immediate pain and swelling remedy for bee stings you should carry that with you. The minute the tincture touches your skin it’s instant pain relief the area dose stay pink which is the only reason you’ll remember you got stung. It stops the venom from spreading.

[@SuperMagnum2011]

Thanks for showing us a day in the life of a killer bee removal team.

[@bdk4523]

Take your dogs in the house people! 😂 awesome work. Bee Safe🐝

[@seltaeb9691]

Another terrible killer is people using their phones whilst driving. Be safe drive safe. He is a good singer & plucker, should make an album, any idea of a title anyone?

[@ramblingrob4693]

Yes probably more chance of being killed

[@andrewyearwood5087]

I got stung by a centipede and it made me scream. It’s the worst thing in the world

[@AwesomeFish12]

Yeah I got stung by one that size, it was swollen for days. Centipedes are no joke.

[@tammywalker8943]

i have been a bee keeper for years almost any wild hive you approach will first send out scouts to warn you off . when a bee buzzes your face but does not sting you its telling to leave , only after you don't will they sting and one sting will lead to 100S of stings. I have had normal European bees be this bad too, they are protecting there home .

[@caracrabtree715]

How come they’re not smoking themselves and the bees?

[@nsfjojo]

Smoking doesn't work that good on africanized bees lol

[@skipsandvig8888]

@@nsfjojo it does make a difference though. I know from experience. This guy just starts tearing up the pile with no smoker. Drama for the video.

[@nsfjojo]

@@skipsandvig8888 have you seen that old documentary about africanized bees removal in AZ? Dude gets wrecked due to his terrible gear over and over 😂

[@sirdamianmental]

Big ass industrial vacuum cleaner works quite well

[@Crayfish-]

@ 49:27 The Narrators words reminded me of a Conversation that I Overheard between 2 girls at a hospital. One said that she had a friend that had a “ Premonition “ That she wasn’t going to live That Long “ ! ! So she would “ Live Every Day “” as if It Were her last ! “ And She would Live Recklessly “ ! Then Not Long After, she died in a “ Car-Crash “ ! In my perspective every one [ as they say ] has their “ Time to Go “ ! But if that is, “ Why Accelerate it ?! Everyone should “ Try to Live as Long as They Can “ !

[@anthonyvon4531]

Might look silly but I'd tape a cotton ball to my nose I think. 😂

[@eastcoastrifraf]

One would think a bee suit should protect against 100% of killer bee stings...

[@Bbeff.Baby.]

Put the damn dog in the house

[@annexton3795]

Not a good idea to handle killer bees in the heat of the day. Better to try early in the morning or just as it gets dark. Sometimes they use catcher boxes to attract the hive into a more suitable habitat. Lots of smoke all the time calms them. They are much more active and energetic than domesticated bees, which is why they were bred. I've only been stung by African bees and it feels like you've been cut with a sharp knife. They're only aggressive if you interfere at the hive, but they'll shoo off when foraging or drinking. Unless you kill one, then the smell causes them to attack.

[@bradgoliphant]

Thank you for doing what you do!

[@PiranhaKiller95]

As a beekeeper myself doing the same job but with normal bees, i can say that their suits are not that thick so not appropriate considering the great danger , strange

[@jonquigley1081]

It seems those bee suits need some redesign given how often these guys get stung

[@CryoxR3AP3RX]

I love how this youtube channel LITERALLY just uploaded an episode of an old tv show, changed absolutely nothing about it, and rolled with it.

[@bobmano66]

There headgear has a inherent flaw hence being stung on his nose, it should be wire framed so the front screen cannot flex backwards to make contact with his face or any of its features like the tip of his nose.

[@andrelaveau8510]

Great Insight / great insight thank you for such close up London UK

[@DarrylCobb]

Random Karens getting close to the beekeepers, risking life and limb for nosiness is hilarious.

[@benedicthlongwane7186]

It's always hilarious to hear killer pests like these bees labeled African or Africanized when we rarely hear of bees going on the rampage in Africa.

[@stephenanderle5422]

I call them Brazilian hybrid.

[@HealthyPlanet]

Hi - these similar bees are on the lands of Puerto Rico too. A 70 year old man was recently killed here by this type of Africanized honey bees. Many locals justifiably and with paranoia absolutely refuse to work where they are. However, I chose to welcome the calmer version of these bees on my finca, and I have, and I will feed them honey and sugar water after hurricanes, when their food sources are destroyed or depleted. I wear a white beekeeper suit and gloves when I do this. I have yet to be stung.

[@greenfingersgardener822]

I am allergic to Bee stings, just 4 normal bee stings would kill me. This freaked me out watching it, but I found it to fascinating to switch off. just glad I live in the UK & hopefully these killers will never climatise to the UK weather

[@carolinekinney2364]

When I was 2 years old I stepped on a hornets nest. I’m sure it wasn’t killer bees, it was in the 60’s. But I don’t know how I survived. I was bit in so many places. My mom and aunt tore up cigarettes and got the tobacco wet and placed it all over my body. I survived.

[@IncoherentSchizo]

7:38 Sorry, but that's not what smoking a hive of bees does. The smoke doesn't tell bees that the hive is on fire. What it does is mask the pheromones that bees use to communicate with the rest of the hive in order to warn of attackers and send signals to the rest of the hive to be aggressive. When he smokes the hive, what he's doing is he is masking the pheromones of the bees in the hive that would make them active and aggressive. It won't stop the bees already in the air from attacking because it's obviously not enough smoke for the bees already active, but it will calm the bees inside to allow them to take the combs out. The smoke doesn't kill the bees but it pacifies them (a bit).

[@jeffkerr807]

Buddy casually drops lyrics from motorbreath😂❤

[@MsFUKNUTS]

I got chased for 2 blocks in Arizona. Only reason I'm still here as my husband got home from work early and saw me running

[@kathryndalton9867]

Stuff of nightmares! and I watch these videos in bed

[@BamBamSr]

Please don't confuse these bees or wasps with honey bees or bumble bees which are not aggressive, are disappearing and critical to our entire food chain

[@ramblingrob4693]

Yes British Bees are best

[@MyFruitBatCat]

How can bears be the original natural predator in Africa?

[@micriedl8960]

There are bears in Africa, called the sun bear

[@mwj5368]

Great video and how they improve the quality of life with what they're doing! Isn't attacking a hive better at night when the bees are resting, at least when it's also dark and less risky with the public around like it was with their Tombstone AZ job. I was riding my bike with a lot of exertion and breathed in a bee, just a common hornet, and it stung me inside my mouth, not fun ha! What helped was immediately I pinched very hard the sting area between my teeth as the sting was just below the inside of my lower lip and sucked in very hard and I think I drew out the stinger and venom and recovered quickly. I can't imagine what it was like for them with African bees, wow!

[@bestKaffir.underTheSon]

A sting from a paper wasp is worse than that of an African bee. I survived over 300 stings from African bees. I remember finishing the job on a scaffold 12m up on a chimney. When I came down, a white light shone on me and everything green went pale white. I called out to Yeshua to save me and I climbed in my truck and I drove 20km in that condition to a medical room. The medics would not believe me when I told them that I drove there by myself. I had no pulse rate, no blood pressure, and a blood-oxygen level of less than 25% [min. = 95%]. After a shot of cortisone, my blood pressure went up to 280 before coming down. They told me that they thought I had died as I had all the vital signs of a dead person. I was wide awake and I remember everything. It is a miracle from God that I survived.

[@lahondafolk4334]

If they do at night they can't make a YT video.

[@mwj5368]

@@lahondafolk4334 Hi! I have to laugh at myself! It seems they always do it in the day, in full light. In the interviews then they should have said we normally do it at night, or answer why they do it in the day because I think all bees are much more easily to deal with after dark... so is my amateur view.

[@angusmurray3767]

Can't believe you would use a veil that is so badly designed that bees can reach your face.

[@xytzxytz]

Pretty intresting Doku. But not all of the hives were killerbees. Keep the bees safe :)

[@Noone-rt6pw]

Those boys would do good to get a suit from the Golden bee suit. It's thick airy material where you can not get stung.

[@johnsmith-mn2pl]

Amazing a nurse, someone in the med profession, calling bee stings "bites"

[@rogeliovelazquez3043]

Excelent video. Congrats.

[@bobjacobson858]

This is an excellent video. I'd like to offer some comments: 1) What has a much stronger odor than the venom is the alarm pheromone (isoamyl acetate) which has a distinct banana oil-like scent. 2) I had a few honey bee colonies years ago (okay it was almost 60 years ago!), but I've mostly dealt with wasps throughout my career, especially yellowjackets and hornets. I use a different kind of veil, but I know of others who use the kind shown in this video, and I've wondered how effective they are. From what I've seen in the video, it appears this style isn't wide enough to keep the insects from away from one's nose and perhaps the neck. Considering the movements and various positions one has to get into when working with any of these stinging insects, the design of the veil should allow for this. 3) I had a good friend and colleague (the late Justin Schmidt) who lived in Tucson, and he has worked with these bees at the Carl Hayden USDA bee lab. Years ago he called my attention to a type of trap that looks like a papier mache flower pot with a lid on top and one hole at the bottom. that could be hung from a tree (often in pairs) that serves as a nesting site that removed easily. He said there are services that hang these in golf courses to eliminate or at least reduce the danger of these bees to golfers using the course, and the fact that the course is using these helps to limit the owners' liability of someone gets stung. The services providers simply visit every so often (I believe it was a week or two) to check on them, and it's a very profitable service. I have a few of these traps, and am curious as to whether certain species of wasps could be 'enticed' into building nests inside them. 4) I had wondered whether the Varroa mites would help to control the africanized bees, but I've been told these bees tend to be more resistant to the mites than are the pure European strains. 5) I'm thankful my wasps normally don't have populations in the tens of thousands! However, species such as Vespula squamoa (AKA "southern yellowjacket") attack as aggressively as these bees, but they stay closer to their nest site and the numbers are much lower. However, overwintered colonies can become extremely large during their second season. I collected a colony at the end of its second season when the population was down to about 120 adults, but a person living there told me it was unsafe to walk in that yard during the summer.

[@SPX900]

Wow, you worked with Justin Schmidt? He made the Schmidt sting pain index right?

[@bobjacobson858]

@@SPX900 I didn't actually work with him in his various positions except when we were both teaching assistants for the same class while we were in grad school together at the University of Georgia, and we had kept in touch ever since. Although we ended up living far apart, I visited him every so often, and we went out in the field together (either in Arizona or meeting elsewhere such as in Puerto Rico a few years ago), and to other insect-related activities. In recent years we proofread each other's publications before submission. I enjoyed his company, and his family was (and still is, of course) kind. It has been almost six months since his passing--it's still very hard to believe he's not longer here, but I keep in touch with his family. He was a very down-to-earth, unpretentious person--he is in a few KZbin videos, and he was just as you see him in these videos. Needless to say, I miss him very much. At one point he had a colony of africanized bees nesting in one of the traps I described. To get me a few workers to add to my collection, he used an aspirator to collect them--while wearing his usual shorts and sandals! I kept a fence between me and the bees as I wasn't wearing any protective clothing. Yes, he developed the pain index. I've been thinking it would be of interest to expand its scope to include the stings of other creatures, as well as nettles.

[@stompthedragon4010]

Before a few hours ago I had no idea the pheromones were something people could smell. I've been watching bee videos since earlier today a memory came up on my Facebook of when I had a hornet hive here. When I was young ( like over 40 years ago😂) in NJ I was covered head- to- toe with yellow jackets. I don't know if they were southern or eastern. My dogs disturbed a nest in the ground where I was sitting. All of a sudden I was running up the block screaming covered in yellow jackets. People were yelling to go jump in the shower which I did. There were bees tangled in my hair, inside my clothes, it was horrible. For a few days my head felt more like it had turned into some kind of helmet. I was terrified of bees for years to come. It blows my mind when I see some of these bee keepers and exterminators handling bees with their bare hands and not getting stung. Before the yellow jackets I was one of those people that would calmly say, " just sit there and don't move" when bees would come near. That changed.

[@bobjacobson858]

@@stompthedragon4010 It depends on the species. The pheromone from one honey bee worker is easily detected if one sniffs the bee after it stings something. If it's the southern yellow jacket, there will be an odor like caramel or maple syrup or dried coffee quite obvious if many insects are attacking. The pheromone of the eastern yellow jacket is much more subtle, reminding me of lighter fluid but you would be unlikely to detect it. I'm also from NJ (Union Co.) and some 60 years ago a neighboring kid stepped on a colony of eastern yellow jackets, and got stung many times. A doctor prescribed some medication for him, and a day or so later the stings were all itching. His brother and I were with him, but we received only one and two stings, respectively. What part of NJ are/were you in? Both species occur in NJ, but the southern yellow jacket gets more common in the southern half of the state. I occasionally saw one up where I lived.

[@miguelvaliente1475]

you never go in without your smoker going

[@boblatkey7160]

Except it don't work with these bees.

[@Dannyboy0202]

Only way I'd do that job is with an astronaut suit.

[@margueriteburton]

Why was that dog left outside the house? REALLY BAD!!!

[@theplugemeitzer5229]

My neighbor's horse was killed by these bees. I was stung 14 times.