Dangerous Creatures: Killer Bee

(South America, Mexico, Africa)

   Look at the ways flowers attract bees and other animals.
   Bees have a lot of enemies all over the world.
   Pollinate, pollinate! A bee’s work is never done. Lucky that wasps, butterflies and even bats help out!
   Three thousand years ago, the Egyptians domesticated bees.
   It’s called the killer bee because it’s more likely to sting than the common honeybee, not because its venom is stronger.
   The bee evolved from the wasp about a hundred million years ago, when it gave up hunting. Today, bees live on pollen and nectar.
   Video: A bee sting is a painful experience – both for the victim and for the bee, which dies afterwards. Bees usually sting to protect their colony. So bees are most likely to attack if one gets too close to their nest.
   Advice: To avoid attracting killer bees – or any bees, for that matter – do not wear perfume, scented lotion or sweet-smelling sunscreens. To a bee, these smell like food!

Next: Killer bees can deliver painful stings. So also can many water creatures, including a Portuguese man-of-war.