Killer bees are coming ...slowly

The USDA has just released a map that shows year by year spread of Africanized bees. The first Africanized bees arrived in south Texas in 1990. With the AHB in central Oklahoma now - as I sit here in northeast Kansas - I figure we have another 10 to 15 years before they arrive, ready to sting us with extreme prejudice when disturbed. This ARS effort didn't go in great detail about the ag impact from the AHB, but it appears the entire honeybee industry has numerous challenges, as noted in a previous post.