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The killer bees in Rio Grande Valley
The killer bees in Rio Grande Valley

The killer bees in Rio Grande Valley

EDINBURG — Were you in the Rio Grande Valley in 1990? Do you remember the fear over a new insect introduced to the area? The Museum of South Texas History presents “Killer Bees! The Panic over Africanized Honeybees in the Rio Grande Valley” featuring Dr. Jamie Starling, a Sunday Speaker Series Online presentation to be held at 2 p.m. Jan. 10 on Facebook Live. In October 1990, Africanized Honeybees arrived in the Rio Grande Valley, after decades of anxiety over the spread of this subspecies from Brazil to the U.S.-Mexico borderlands. This presentation examines the origins of the “Killer Bee” panic,

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