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University Daily Kansan, February 4, 1982
Page 5
African killer bees unpredictable, prof says
By ANNE CALOVICH Staff Reporter
A swarm of bees in South Brazil attacked spectators at a soccer match Sunday, killing one man and inflicting multiple stings on 200.
Taylor, who talked last night at the Museum of Natural History about his research on the bees in South America, said the bees were so complex it was hard to describe.
This is but one story of hundreds that Orleyaylor, professor of ontology, has heard countless times.
Taylor said the bees could sometimes be so large that she had to take their hives in hands without stinging, anyone.
But some people are fooled by the deceptive nature of the bees.
"There are many catchers who make the mistake of catching swarms, putting them in boxes and then saying, 'Look, these bees are very gentle, nothing to worry about,'" he said.
"Then a dog will go up and scratch his back on the colony and all of a sudden, the bees just pour out, and by the time things settle down, they have had enough to eat. Kids got stung, somebody's in the hospital."
Taylor said the African bee was brought to Brazil in 1986 to be bred with native bees in an attempt to find a more productive bee. But it was not done, the African bees bred throughout the area.
Today there are 10 to 20 million colonies of the African bees in South America, he said.
Taylor, who has studied the bees for seven years, said he spent about three months each
He studies the mating habits of the bees and compares them with the European bees, which live in the United States.
year in South America, particularly in Venezuela.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture funds his study.
Taylor said that African bees, which travel 200 to 300 miles a year, could move into the United States as early as 1988, depending on weather conditions they encountered as they moved north. They were currently in the Panama Canal region, and were moving into a very wet region.
He said the extreme weather condition would slow the bees down, but that once past the area, they would likely go through Mexico straight into Brownsville, Texas.
tremendous mating advantage and moved much more quickly than European bees. He said the African bee swarmed, or reproduced, 12 times faster than European bees.
Taylor said the African bee had a
He said that one way to deal with the bees if they came into this country would be to requeen swarms with good European queen bees. He said it would be necessary not only to swarm with bees were dangerously unpredictable but also because they were bad honey bees.
Taylor said it was important to make sure the United States continued to breed good bees. The fear of African bees, spread by pesticides, will create problems for beekeepers in the United States.
Taylor's speech was part of the Wednesday evening lecture series at the Museum of War & Peace.
Study shows Midwest less stressful area of U.S.
By COLLEEN CACY
Staff Reporter
The growing satisfaction with Midwestern
College life may be full of anxiety, but students in the Midwest live in a less stressful part of the country than their Ivy League counterparts in the East.
At least, that's what an analysis of psychological health across the nation concluded. The study, reported this week in Psychology Today magazine, attempted to show patterns of psychological well-being in nine different regions of the United States.
THE MIDWEST state, including Kansas,
Missouri, Nebraska and Iowa, rated highest in
general well-being, second highest in satisfaction
with home and neighborhood and lowest in
school.
living could be caused by the slow-paced lifestyle, Richard Snyder, KU professor of psychology, said yesterday.
"The Midwest is insulated from some of the national economic and social trends," he said. "We're buffered by the coasts. We don't have to deal with those stresses."
The study's findings were based on 1976 and 1978 research conducted by the Institute of Social Research at the University of Michigan. Researchers asked more than 3,000 people about their life stress, personal competence, positive and negative feelings and overall satisfaction.
Snyder said values in the midwest tended to be tied to the land and hard work.
"There's still a remnant of the work ethic here.
People find satisfaction with their work and
relationships," he said. "The midwest is more stable."
David Holmes, KU professor of psychology, agreed.
NEW YORK, New Jersey and Pennsylvania,
states which the study dubbed the "miserable
malpigaloals," rated highest for stress and lowest
in satisfaction with work or work friends.
"The coasts tend to get the extremes of all trends." Snvder said.
"In New York, just getting to work is a job," he said. "My personal perception is that life is easier in Kansas than on the coasts. Daily living is just less difficult."
He said there might be two possible causes for the trend.
"Life here might be better," he said. "There also might be a selective factor going on. People who strive harder may go to New York to live."
"Let's say you were an aspiring lawyer. Living
the rewards might be higher, but the
payoff could be much lower."
OTHER AREAS scoring low in happiness were the South and the Great Lakes states—Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin. The study noted "the great Lakes of Disappointment."
Snyder said the study might not be reliable because the wording of questions might have influenced answers. The same question phrased differently might always produce different responses, he said.
Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama were called "wary, insecure Dixie" because their rating for trusting other people was the lowest of all.
"You have to take these survey studies with a grain of salt," he said.
Committees to discuss computer use, money
Four University committees will meet tomorrow to discuss student computer use, the merit pay plan for classified employees, the grading system and student loans for graduate students.
The proposal was made by the SenEx committee on computing.
University Senate executive committee members will discuss a proposal about the problem of students using computers for word processing theses.
SenEx will meet at 10:30 a.m. in the Kansas Regents room.
World processing can cost departments up to $500 a thesis, according to Ernest Angino, SenEx chairman and professor of geology and civil engineering.
CLASSIFIED SENATE members will discuss the merit pay plan at a meeting at 5 p.m. tomorrow in 102 Carruth'O'Leary Hall.
University Council members will discuss the
challenges to preparing for Hall
at a meeting at 3:30 p.m. in room 108 on
Monday, February 27.
They also will discuss proposed amendments to the University Senate rules and regulations concerning grade changes and the grading system.
One proposed change would allow a department chairman to change a course grade if the instructor of the course was no longer associated with the University.
Graduate Senate members will discuss President Reagan's recent decision to deny graduate students Guaranteed Student Loans at a meeting at 12:45 p.m. tomorrow in the Union.
The other proposed change would allow a grade of incomplete to be given in a course regardless of whether a student had satisfactorily completed any work in the course.
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