Africanized Bees As Bad As it Gets

In Southeast New Mexico, honeybees can either be European varieties, (Good bees), or dreaded Africanized, (Killer) bees. Here I am called to assist a homeowner who has had honeybees colonized underneath his house. In surveying how best to remove them, I found them to be extremely aggressive and opted to entomb the queen and colony and let them die before removing the comb. After sealing their access/egress, several hundred forager (worker) bees gathered at the entrance. I attempted to vacuum them up, in order to integrate them with a hive that is low on workers. They showed an unprecedented degree of hostility- even in the absence of a queen to defend- and I quickly ditched that and moved onto plan B, (extermination). These workers were a 10 out of 10 on the Scoville Pain scale, and yes, they do sting through the suit.