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Document 0565
DOCN M9640565
TI What physicians should know about Africanized honeybees.
DT 9604
AU Sherman RA; Medical Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Long
Beach,; USA.
SO West J Med. 1995 Dec;163(6):541-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
MED/96137730
AB The Africanized honeybee, popularly known as the killer bee, is already
well established in Texas and has recently entered California and
Arizona. As the Africanized honeybee spreads in North America, the
medical community must become aware of the problems associated with this
insect and ensure that sting emergencies can be handled quickly and
appropriately. The major differences between Africanized and European
honeybees are that the former are more irritable, they swarm more
readily and frequently, they defend their hives more vehemently, and
they sting more collectively. It is not the composition nor the volume
of an individual bee's venom, but rather the cumulative dose of multiple
stings that accounts for the morbidity and mortality associated with
Africanized honeybee-sting incidents. Even nonallergic persons are
susceptible to the toxic effects of these large combined venom loads.
Africanized honeybee-sting victims are treated the same as victims of
European honeybee stings. Authorities will prepare for the bees' arrival
by expanding public awareness, teaching risk-avoidance behavior,
providing for the removal of troublesome hives, and developing sting
treatment protocols that can be initiated rapidly in the field or
emergency departments. Health care professionals should participate in
the educational efforts and in the development of needed emergency
response protocols so that the effects of the Africanized honeybee will
be merely a nuisance rather than a plague.
DE Animal *Bees Health Education Human *Insect Bites and
Stings/PREVENTION & CONTROL/THERAPY JOURNAL ARTICLE REVIEW REVIEW,
TUTORIAL
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).