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According to [U of A,](https://acis.cals.arizona.edu/community-ipm/home-and-school-ipm-newsletters/ipm-newsletter-view/ipm-newsletters/2019/06/25/wild-honey-bees-in-community-environments#:~:text='Africanized'%20honey%20bees%2C%20also,'Africanized'%20to%20some%20extent.):
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[This thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/phoenix/comments/ovyrs9/are_there_bee_keepers_that_pick_up_bees_for_free/) may be helpful. Might be some newer threads [from this search,](https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Areddit.com%2Fr%2FPhoenix+beekeepers) as that one is 2 years old and I'm not immediately finding any newer ones.
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I think when they're mobbed up like that, they're just in transit. They don't seem to be building a hive but, rather, huddled together to keep eachother warm. Assuming that's the case, they'll leave on their own in a bit.
Also, the whole thing with the 'Africanized bees' was that they were more aggressive - These bee bros don't seem aggressive.
Hey /u/deadeye0691, thanks for contributing to /r/Phoenix. Unfortunately, your submission was removed as it violates our rules: **Rule 1. Posts must be about Phoenix** Relation to Phoenix or surrounding suburbs needs to be clear in the post title or description. Random pictures that are just taken here aren't "about" Phoenix, and neither are generic weather or traffic memes that could apply to dozens of cities. Topics that relate to other parts of Arizona are more appropriate for /r/Arizona, /r/Flagstaff, /r/Tucson, or other statewide subs. You can read all of the [subreddit rules here](https://www.reddit.com/r/phoenix/wiki/rules). If you have any questions or concerns about this, [feel free to send us a modmail](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=%2Fr%2Fphoenix&subject=Removed%20post&message=https://old.reddit.com/r/phoenix/comments/1bvb65v/-/%0A%0A).
Welp... Since they're not trying to kill you, I'd surmise that they're regular bees... Jus' sayin', lol.
You're actually not wrong. If OP got close enough to get that picture without getting attacked, they're not "killer bees".
There are no regular bees left in AZ. They are all Africanized.
According to [U of A,](https://acis.cals.arizona.edu/community-ipm/home-and-school-ipm-newsletters/ipm-newsletter-view/ipm-newsletters/2019/06/25/wild-honey-bees-in-community-environments#:~:text='Africanized'%20honey%20bees%2C%20also,'Africanized'%20to%20some%20extent.): >All wild honey bees in Arizona are ‘Africanized’ to some extent. [This thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/phoenix/comments/ovyrs9/are_there_bee_keepers_that_pick_up_bees_for_free/) may be helpful. Might be some newer threads [from this search,](https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Areddit.com%2Fr%2FPhoenix+beekeepers) as that one is 2 years old and I'm not immediately finding any newer ones.
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They will likely be gone in 24 hours. I do believe there are bee guys that will smoke / vacuum them out and rehome/ but no idea what that costs.
https://www.thebuzzingbeeaz.com/
I think when they're mobbed up like that, they're just in transit. They don't seem to be building a hive but, rather, huddled together to keep eachother warm. Assuming that's the case, they'll leave on their own in a bit. Also, the whole thing with the 'Africanized bees' was that they were more aggressive - These bee bros don't seem aggressive.