Ask an AHB Question

Are there bees at your home? It is the responsibility of property owners to have pests removed. You need to call a pest control operator, or possibly a beekeeper. Sorry, but because we get e-mail from all 254 Texas counties as well as most of the United States and even the world, we do not have a list of who will do this in your area.

For other questions about bees, see below before asking. That may help you get your answer more quickly.

Greetings,

This site is strictly about Africanized honey bees. Due to the volume of email we get, we CAN NOT ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT OTHER TYPES OF BEES (or any other stinging insect). For that you should contact your local County Extension Agent, or try the Texas A&M University Entomology Department honey bee Web site.

Check for answers to your Africanized Honey Bee questions on the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page. Check it thoroughly. We will NOT reply to email for questions that are already answered in FAQ.

How to find out what kind of bee you are seeing is one of the top questions asked. The answer is already in FAQ. But here's a quick link to the answer on Identifying Bees.

Beyond the information in FAQ, many of the answers to your questions are in this Africanized Honey Bee site . Read it all, including the quizzes on some pages.

You might want to know where Africanized honey bees might live. Click on Habitat.

You might want to know if they are in your area. Click on Where They Are and scroll through for the Texas map or the U.S. map, plus the contact person for issues outside of Texas.

Maybe you are working on a school project. Feel free to use all the information on the page. And click on Education to see what supplies can be ordered, either free or for a slight fee. BUT DON'T EMAIL US TO HELP YOU ON YOUR SCHOOL PROJECT beyond that. What we have is here. If you need more, you probably need to go to a library.

If you've gone through all of that and still have a question that is not answered on the page, then by all means, email me, Kathleen Phillips, for assistance. I am the spokesperson for AHB in Texas and a communications specialist at Texas A&M University. News media seeking interviews also can email me or call me at 979-845-2872.

Thanks for your interest in Africanized Honey Bees!

For more information about Africanized honey bees, contact Dr. John Jackman at
j-jackman@tamu.edu.