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What bees are black and purple? Wasps? Killer Bees?

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They have invaded/nested in my basketball backboard and have struck 3 times in one week to my brother. Thanks.

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  1. Bees that detest your brother?


  2. Because the are aggresive and the color black and purple I would say they are the bald face hornets.  These things are very aggresive and defend their nests very aggresively.  Once they have you in their sights - no hope exists for not getting stung.  Stay away from them and stay far away from the nest if you can.  

  3. dirt daubers?

  4. Sounds like wasps/hornets.   Just so you know, killer bees are just honeybees.  You would not be able to tell the difference between a honey bee and a killer bee.  Hope that helps you sleep better tonight.

  5. This is a question and answer that I found which sounds like it may be the bees you are asking about.  I don't know what to do about the fact that they have nested in your basketball backboard.  Most bees will attack if someone is banging a ball against their nest, and our honeybees which pollinate our crops are dying out.

    "Last year my herb garden had many, many insects that looked like a bee.  They were about 1/2 the size of a honey bee and looked identical except instead of striped black and yellow they were striped black and a bluish/lilac color.  They seemed to love the flowers on my cinnamon basil in particular.  Any ideas what it could be?"

    "I'm pretty sure you are talking about Mason Bees.  They are a valuable pollinator - one of the good guys!"

    http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/ent/notes/...

    I noticed a lot of people are talking about wasps.  You can easily tell the difference between bees and wasps.  Bees have a one-piece body.  They are shorter and fatter than wasps, and the wings (also shorter) extend more sideways from their bodies.  Wasps have a long slender 2-section body with the wings attached to the thorax section and extending back.  Hornets also have the long 2-section body and swept back wings.

    About killer bees, they do look like honeybees, but they are a different strain which was imported from Africa.  They are very aggressive and they attack in large swarms.  That's what makes them so dangerous.  If you had killer bees, your brother would have been swarmed and had hundreds of stings.

    "Africanized Honey Bees (AHB) -- also called Africanized bees or killer bees -- are descendants of southern African bees imported in 1956 by Brazilian scientists attempting to breed a honey bee better adapted to the South American tropics.

    When some of these bees escaped quarantine in 1957, they began breeding with local Brazilian honey bees, quickly multiplying and extended their range throughout South and Central America at a rate greater than 200 miles per year. In the past decade, AHB began invading North America.

    Africanized bees acquired the name killer bees because they will viciously attack people and animals who unwittingly stray into their territory, often resulting in serious injury or death.

    It is not necessary to disturb the hive itself to initiate an AHB attack. In fact, Africanized bees have been know to respond viciously to mundane occurrences, including noises or even vibrations from vehicles, equipment and pedestrians.

    Though their venom is no more potent than native honey bees, Africanized bees attack in far greater numbers and pursue perceived enemies for greater distances. Once disturbed, colonies may remain agitated for 24 hours, attacking people and animals within a range of a quarter mile from the hive."

  6. Wasps.

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