killer bee
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Spatial distribution and nesting biology of colonies of the African honeybee Apis mellifera scutellata (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Botswana, Africa.
Before the introduction of the African honeybees (Apis mellifera scutellata Lepeletier, 1836) to Brazil, the Brazilian honey production depended of two main collector species: the German bees (A.
Killers on the move In 1957, during a scientic experiment in Brazil, a dangerous subspecies of the African honeybee was accidentally released.
Some of these nonindigenous species, such as the African honeybee, sneaked across U.
Since the African honeybee was introduced to Brazil in 1956, there's been much concern that Africanized bees, also known as killer bees, would spread and come to dominate the bee populations in the Americas.
Africanized bees are a highly aggressive hybrid of Western and African honeybees.
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