John and Tina Drakes have been keeping bees near Cardigan, on the coast of West Wales since 1985. Today, they run one of the largest Apitherapy companies in Great Britain. Site offers information about apitherapy, the medicinal use of honey bee products to help with many illnesses, including eczema, asthma, and rheumatism.

Africanized honey bees are a more temperamental relative of the common garden honey bee, which is known as the European honey bee. They were first introduced into Brazil in 1956, and have been steadily moving northward since then. They are currently found in the United States in parts of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California.