Why African bees are not killer bees?

What a surprise?

(Experts put on protective suites while the novice are not)

Half way around the world believes that bees from and in Africa are "killer bees" a term used to describe African bees.

Well since we started going in the bee yards during day time, our bees are becoming more friendly everyday.

We will never call them killer bees though they sting.

Toni was surprised when David's sons were watching Toni, Isaac and David moving bees from a damaged hive into a new hive. We would shake the bees into a new hive without problem.

On many occasions I have worked bees with less protection and this is achieved by applying more smoke.

We commonly use maize cobs as fuel and assorted pieces of wood which don't produce odour that can easily stain the honey or irritate the bees which can easily lead to absconding.
We stopped using cow dung because it would stain honey with a bad odour and also the body and clothes.

Since smoke interferes with the smelling senses of the bees, children who are watching must smoke themselves every after a couple of minutes and this sometimes enable them to get fully involved in the operations.

Confidence is very important while working bees because when you are nervous, the body temperature rises (and produce sweat) and adrenalin is produced which enables bees to detect the you.

The way how you handle the bees is the way how they respond back; when you handle them gently and slowly yes they will not attack you badly.

African bees are killer bees if you don't play your cards well!