Emergency Response

• If an attack is occuring and people are involved, CALL 911.
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• How to Subdue Attacking Africanized Honey Bees: A Guide for Firefighters and Rescue Personnel (Carl Hayden Bee Research Center, USDA ARS, Arizona) HTML version.
  
  We are getting calls from South Plains fire departments that are having trouble printing the "How to subdue..." article. So in a major breach of web etiquette, we have reproduced it in printable PDF format on this website. Please understand that this information is from the Carl Hayden Bee Research Center in Arizona.

What you need to know

• Facts about bees and africanized bees (Texas Tech and Texas A&M joint publication, 2001) PDF format
• Whom to call for bee removal (find a pest control company in the Lubbock area)

Local Information

• Find your local Extension Pest Management Agent or County Agricultural Agent
• Sending bees for identification
• Quick bee identification picture
• Distribution map of Africanized Bees (2000)
• Whom to call for bee removal (find a pest control company)
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• Honey bee information from Marilyn Houck (TTU, retired, PDF)
• Texas Tech Department of Biological Sciences
• Texas A&M Center at Lubbock homepage
  
  
  
  This site is operated by Dr. Marilyn Houck (Texas Tech University, retired) and Dr. Patrick Porter (Texas Agricultural Extension Service, Texas A&M).

Honeybee website at the Department of Entomology (Texas A&M College Station). This site has excellent information on Africanized bees and contains a distribution map. New in 2005.

Carl Hayden Bee Research Center (USDA ARS, Arizona)

• Africanized honey bee main page
• Why honey bees are important
• How Africanized bees are different
• Safety precautions
• How to bee-proof your property
• What to do in an incident