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HYBRID SPECIES OF BEE
Africanized bees; Africanized honeybee; Africanized Honey Bee; Killer Bee; Africanised bee; Africanised bees; Mellifera scutellata; Africanized honey bee; Africanized honey bees; Africanized Bee; Africanized Bees; Africanised Honey Bee; Africanised honey bee; African killer bees; History of the Africanized bee; History of the Africanized honey bee; History of the killer bee; History of killer bees; History of Africanized honey bees; History of Africanized bees; Killer bee
  • An Africanized honey bee hive on [[Gila River Indian Community]] land
  • Engelmann's prickly pear]] in the [[Mojave Desert]]
  • An African honey bee extracts nectar from a flower as pollen grains stick to its body in [[Tanzania]] (this is a purebred African honey bee, not an 'Africanized' hybrid honey bee).
  • Map showing the spread of Africanized honey bees in the United States from 1990 to 2003

killer bee         
¦ noun informal, chiefly US an Africanized honeybee.
killer bee         
(killer bees)
A killer bee is a type of bee which is very aggressive and likely to attack and sting people.
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Africanized bee         
The Africanized bee, also known as the Africanized honey bee and known colloquially as the "killer bee", is a hybrid of the western honey bee (Apis mellifera), produced originally by crossbreeding of the East African lowland honey bee (A. m.

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Africanized bee

The Africanized bee, also known as the Africanized honey bee and known colloquially as the "killer bee", is a hybrid of the western honey bee (Apis mellifera), produced originally by crossbreeding of the East African lowland honey bee (A. m. scutellata) with various European honey bee subspecies such as the Italian honey bee (A. m. ligustica) and the Iberian honey bee (A. m. iberiensis).

The East African lowland honey bee was first introduced to Brazil in 1956 in an effort to increase honey production, but 26 swarms escaped quarantine in 1957. Since then, the hybrid has spread throughout South America and arrived in North America in 1985. Hives were found in south Texas in the United States in 1990.

Africanized honey bees are typically much more defensive, react to disturbances faster, and chase people further (400 m) than other varieties of honey bees. They have killed some 1,000 humans, with victims receiving 10 times more stings than from European honey bees. They have also killed horses and other animals.

Examples of use of killer bee
1. It‘s a creepy and uncomfortable sensation, like being pursued by a huge killer bee.
2. This town has had its share of hard knocks, getting passed over by the railroads a century ago in favor of neighboring McAllen and then, in 1''0, earning national attention for being the first place in the United States to be colonized by African "killer bees." Defiantly, town leaders commissioned a 20–foot–long, 10–foot–high, 2,000–pound killer bee statue.