First Responders

Articles & Edis Documents

• Frequently Asked Questions about the AHB in Florida
• What to do about the AHB in Florida: A Consumer Guide
• Difference between African and European honey bees Fact Sheet [200 KB pdf]

Presentations

• Africanized Honey Bee Emergency Response [1.69MB ppt]
  This presentation offers guidelines and protocols for firefighters, law officers, EMTs and other first responders.
• Living with Africanized Bees [10.8MB ppt]
  General introduction to AHB history, biology, behavior, and current distribution
• Script for "Living with Africanized Bees" [38KB pdf]
• Wildland Fire Fighting & Stinging Insects; Africanized Honey Bees, Yellowjackets & Bumblebees [6.16MB pdf]
  Given at the Florida Wildland Fire Conference October 30- November 1, 2007: This presentation gives a brief introduction to AHB behavior and biology and offers guidelines and precautions for those involved in brush-land or wild-land firefighting.

Training Events

• April 29, 2008: Highlands County, Desoto Fire Station 19
  [65 KB]
• April 15, 2008: Okeechobee County Extension Education Office [152KB pdf]
• January 24, 2008: Leon County First Responder, Outdoor Worker AHB Response Training [100KB pdf]
• January 25, 2008: Okaloosa County First Responder, Outdoor Worker AHB Response Training [108KB pdf]

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