Africanization Africanization is where the queen in a hive is killed and the hive is taken over by African bees. When the queens come shipped they are marked. So when you split a hive or replace a queen with a more docile one the mark will remain. If your queen has no mark the original was killed. John Howe has been helping people remove hives for people that do not want hives and he has also help to locate, remove and destroy African hives for the last four years.
African swarms are extremely aggressive.
This swarm of bees here was very aggressive as well however after checking the queen they were not Africanized. John points out a drone bee which mates with the queen. The drone it at the bottom point of the crowbar and has a dark black head. I wrote this story because of the wildflower project I did this year. I figured the bee keepers would also have a great year.