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2. Africanized bee - Wikipedia

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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).

3. Pesticide toxicity to bees - Wikipedia

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   Propoxur is highly toxic to honey bees. The LD50 for bees is greater than one ug/honey bee. [citation needed] Highly toxic Acephate [25] Orthene Organophosphate: 3 days Acephate is a broad-spectrum insecticide and is highly toxic to bees and other beneficial insects. [26] Moderately toxic Azinphos-methyl [27] Guthion, Methyl-Guthion ...

4. Bees and toxic chemicals - Wikipedia

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   Bee intoxication can result from exposure to ethanol from fermented nectar, ripe fruits, and manmade and natural chemicals in the environment. The effects of alcohol on bees are sufficiently similar to the effects of alcohol on humans that honey bees have been used as models of human ethanol intoxication. The metabolism of bees and humans is ...

5. Invasive yellow-legged hornet queen captured in Jasper ... - AOL

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   How they kill honey bees. Drew Martin. April 4, 2024 at 3:00 AM. The honey bee killer the yellow-legged hornet (Vespa velutina) has now been found a second time in South Carolina.

6. Varroa destructor - Wikipedia

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   Varroa destructor, the Varroa mite, is an external parasitic mite that attacks and feeds on honey bees and is one of the most damaging honey bee pests in the world. [2] [3] A significant mite infestation leads to the death of a honey bee colony, usually in the late autumn through early spring.

7. Bee sting - Wikipedia

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   When a female honey bee stings a person, it cannot pull the barbed stinger back out, but rather leaves behind not only the stinger, but also part of its abdomen and digestive tract, plus muscles and nerves. This massive abdominal rupture kills the honey bee. Honey bees are the only bees to die after stinging. [7]

8. List of diseases of the honey bee - Wikipedia

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   Sealing honey bees from flight on hot days can kill bees. Beekeeper notification does not offer any protection to bees, if the beekeeper cannot access them, or to wild native or feral honey bees. Thus, beekeeper notification as the sole protection procedure does not really protect all the pollinators of the area, and is, in effect, a ...

9. Varroa sensitive hygiene - Wikipedia

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   Varroa destructor on the head of bee pupa. Varroa sensitive hygiene (VSH) is a behavioral trait of honey bees (Apis mellifera) in which bees detect and remove bee pupae that are infested by the parasitic mite Varroa destructor. V. destructor is considered to be the most dangerous pest problem for honey bees worldwide. VSH activity results in ...