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The Africanized bee, also known as the Africanized honey bee (AHB) and 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 queens' virgin daughters mated with local European honey bee drones and produced what is now known as the Africanized honey bee in South and North America. The intense struggle for survival of western honey bees in Sub-Saharan Africa is given as the reason that this subspecies is proactive in defending the hive and also ...
This subspecies has been determined to constitute one part of the ancestry of the Africanized bees (also known as "killer bees") spreading through North and South America. [2] The introduction of the Cape honey bee into northern South Africa poses a threat to East African lowland honey bees. If a female worker from a Cape honey bee colony ...
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Meliponini - stingless bees The Apinae are the subfamily that includes the majority of bees in the family Apidae . It includes the familiar " corbiculate " (pollen basket) bees— bumblebees , honey bees , orchid bees , stingless bees , Africanized bees , and the extinct genus Euglossopteryx . [ 1 ]
Africanized bee – a hybrid bee with characteristics unsuitable for beekeeping [1] Apiary – a yard where beehives are kept; Apicology – ecology of bees; Apiology – scientific study of bees; Apitherapy – a branch of alternative medicine that uses honey bee products including honey, pollen, propolis, royal jelly and bee venom.
Africanized honey bees (known colloquially as "killer bees") are hybrids between European stock and the East African lowland subspecies A. m. scutellata. They are often more aggressive than European honey bees and do not create as much of a honey surplus, but are more resistant to disease and are better foragers. [27]
Africanized bees have thus far filled the niche of the Mojave poppy bee in Utah, pollinating the bear-poppies. [5] This indicates that the continued proliferation of the highly successful Africanized honey bees in Mojave poppy bee habitat remains a threat to the protection of this rare species.