for untold millennia the great
rainforests of Central America have been
kept alive by one of the tiniest and
least understood of creatures but now
their fragile world has been invaded by
an alien species from Africa the result
of a scientific experiment gone horribly
wrong one man entomologist David Rubik
believes he’s imported African bees are
edging out the native honeybees and
damaging the rainforests he’s searching
for evidence at stake here is the future
of the rainforests of America’s Arden
solidly
it’s pollinators and the things that
make all the plants reproduce
it all started in Brazil in 1957 when
scientists were studying an aggressive
type of bee from Africa
when a few of them escaped it was a
mistake it would have enormous
consequences the African bees proved
extremely adaptable to their new home
their numbers soared and they form
voracious swarms that spread throughout
South America and up to the southwestern
United States easily agitated and quick
to attack they were dubbed killer bees
known to sting humans to death swarms
react faster than other honeybees and
had been known to chase victims for a
quarter of a mile the rubic says they
pose a far greater threat to the fragile
rainforest than they do to people these
things have sucked up most of the
resources that are out there for bees
and for other animals too not just bees
as it flowers for food
that’s butterflies other things takes
the same food and it’s not just here and
there it’s it’s really everywhere all
the vast forest areas we think of this
absolutely wildlife preserves have been
violated by this V this P doesn’t belong
in any of them
it lives in all of them it’s not going
to go away
can native South American honeybees
survive the onslaught of their killer
cousins
a Vanda native bee nest suggests it’s a
losing battle
the disturbing reality is that it is not
a natural part of this community
yet it has become part of nature and
ironically man has put it there but man
can’t take it away
no one knows if the native bees will
survive the alien onslaught or
ultimately perish but Rubik intends to
continue monitoring the fate of this
little matey it’s been a staple of the
rain forest since the time of the
Ancients
rainforests of Central America have been
kept alive by one of the tiniest and
least understood of creatures but now
their fragile world has been invaded by
an alien species from Africa the result
of a scientific experiment gone horribly
wrong one man entomologist David Rubik
believes he’s imported African bees are
edging out the native honeybees and
damaging the rainforests he’s searching
for evidence at stake here is the future
of the rainforests of America’s Arden
solidly
it’s pollinators and the things that
make all the plants reproduce
it all started in Brazil in 1957 when
scientists were studying an aggressive
type of bee from Africa
when a few of them escaped it was a
mistake it would have enormous
consequences the African bees proved
extremely adaptable to their new home
their numbers soared and they form
voracious swarms that spread throughout
South America and up to the southwestern
United States easily agitated and quick
to attack they were dubbed killer bees
known to sting humans to death swarms
react faster than other honeybees and
had been known to chase victims for a
quarter of a mile the rubic says they
pose a far greater threat to the fragile
rainforest than they do to people these
things have sucked up most of the
resources that are out there for bees
and for other animals too not just bees
as it flowers for food
that’s butterflies other things takes
the same food and it’s not just here and
there it’s it’s really everywhere all
the vast forest areas we think of this
absolutely wildlife preserves have been
violated by this V this P doesn’t belong
in any of them
it lives in all of them it’s not going
to go away
can native South American honeybees
survive the onslaught of their killer
cousins
a Vanda native bee nest suggests it’s a
losing battle
the disturbing reality is that it is not
a natural part of this community
yet it has become part of nature and
ironically man has put it there but man
can’t take it away
no one knows if the native bees will
survive the alien onslaught or
ultimately perish but Rubik intends to
continue monitoring the fate of this
little matey it’s been a staple of the
rain forest since the time of the
Ancients
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