County workers who went to relocate a large hive of what was believed to be European bees soon discovered that the hive was in fact Africanized killer bees. The mission profile at this point change from rescue to extermination. However, the African bees had already abandoned the hive. It is not clear how the bees escaped the perimeter. Damn it, Chloe! I said a hard perimeter!
After Tuesday morning's extermination, though, it was clear that the beehive had been largely evacuated.
Hundreds of bees dropped from the hive after it was sprayed with pesticide, but it was not the 40,000 or so such a hive can house...
"It looks like this nest was dying," he added. "The old queen took off with the rest of the hive."
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