Letter: Give Africanized killer bees a shot of soap and water

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Tuesday, Feb. 29, 2000 | 9:41 a.m.

Although my main focus is math and computers -- I'm a computer technician at the Community College of Southern Nevada -- I have an interest in just about everything under the sun (and spend all my time reading), so I'd like to help.

In a November 1989 article written by M.T. Sanford of the Department of Entomology and Nematology of the University of Florida, the formula was given as one cup of dishwashing detergent in a gallon of water, applied via a sprayer.

Incidentally, the detergent in the water reduces surface tension, thus allowing the solution to penetrate the bees' spiracles (breathing holes) whereupon they suffocate.

JOHN J. AMSLER