What are some other peoples experiences with Africanized Honey Bees?
August 2008 – Joshua Tree – Yesterday i had an AHB encounter. NOT PLEASANT! I’ve been hiking the Joshua Tree, CA area for two years, no bee troubles before. halfway up a quite remote corner of the park, the Coxcomb Mountains, I was attacked. Sitting at the base of a box canyon surveying the terrain to find a good route to the peaks, I noticed a couple of bees. acting nicely at this point, just a little curious about me. I left them alone, they left me alone (usually works.) It was steep terrain, hot summer weather and i was loaded down with plenty of water in my pack. under normal conditions it would have required patient decision making to negotiate the climb. about twenty minutes into the climb, i noticed the bees hadn’t left, and were increasing in numbers. It was very difficult to decide if climbing UP would be any better than climbing DOWN by then. There was no easy egress. While I paused to think about what to do next, the numbers of bees increased and I got my first sting. I was
