MORE BUZZ ABOUT A BAD BEE.

The article provides information on Africanized honey bees (AHBs) which have been found spreading in four U.S. states--Florida, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana--since fall 2005. No one can say for sure why AHBs suddenly started spreading again, but there are several factors that are likely to have played a part, explains Agricultural Research Service (ARS) entomologist Gloria DeGrandi-Hoffman. One reason why AHBs have been found in new places is that more people are looking for them today then ever before. Another factor that may be contributing to this new surge in AHB spread is what's known as "human-assisted transport" --AHBs hitching rides on trucks, ships, and railroad cars from Central and South America to the U.S.