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The article presents several news briefs, statistics, and quotations, including information on the amount of money that was raised for an Arizona father whose wife died while giving birth to quadruplets. University of Oklahoma President David Boren is quoted regarding the expulsion of two members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity for their involvement in a video recording which depicts several students chanting a racial slur. The removal of a swarm of bees from a baseball game is examined.

The article offers information on how to block the attack of the Brazilian bees. A report released by the National Research Council and the National Academy of Sciences recommends setting up an anti-bee Maginot Line throughout the bottleneck of Central America. Historically, it says that Brazilian geneticist Warwick Kerr was the man who loosed the bee in 1956, after 26 African bee (Apis mellifera adansonii) swarms, which he used to breed an ideal honeybee, escaped and mated with native bees.

The article offers information on HoneyLove, a nonprofit organization based in California that is launched by Chelsea and Rob McDonald to help city dwellers create a habitat for bees in their backyards. Topics discussed include the hosting of three workshops in a month to instruct participants on the rudiments of beekeeping, the statement of consultant Les Crowder on the assistance to members and the prevention of a decline in the bee population that threatens the food supply in the U.S.

Focuses on the frustration of beekeepers and research entomologists on the lack of federal policy addressing rhe devastating influx of Africanized honeybees in Texas. Failure in the attempts ot stem the northward migration of bees from Brazil; Development of a statewide action plan on the problem; Impact of the honeybee invasion on crop production.

The article reports on developments related to the pest control industry in the U.S. A case of Bubonic Plague has been reported in the Los Angeles County, California, and the National Pest Management Association has warned the public that flea populations are on the rise, especially during warmer months. A Century Pest Control technician in San Antonio was recently swarmed by Africanized honeybees as he tried to remove some bees nests at an apartment complex in the area.