Sunday, July 23, 2006

States are on the ‘D’ for killer bees

States are on the ‘D’ for killer bees:

"Entomologists think the insects, present in the Southwest, will soon hit Kansas and Missouri.
By KEVIN MURPHY
The Kansas City Star

To catch killer bees that may migrate from Oklahoma, Glenn Salsbury, entomologist for the Kansas Department of Agriculture, has installed bee traps in several border counties.

LABETTE COUNTY, Kan. | - Traps are supposed to catch something, but entomologist Glenn Salsbury is glad when he finds his empty.

In an unusual form of border security, Salsbury has traps in every county along the Kansas-Oklahoma border to check for northward movement of Africanized honeybees — better known as “killer bees.”"

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