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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).
There are few instances of financials losses to beekeepers due to depredations of bee killers such as M. bomboides, but Florida is one of a few states where such losses have been reported as noteworthy. [14] Little Lake City experienced an attack of over hundreds of these insects against bee hives in July 2008. [8]
Mallophora atra Macquart, 1834 (black bee killer) Mallophora bomboides (Wiedemann, 1821) (Florida bee killer) [1] Mallophora fautrix Osten Sacken, 1887; Mallophora fulviventris Macquart, 1850; Mallophora leschenaulti Macquart, 1838 (belzebul bee-eater) Mallophora orcina (Wiedemann, 1828) (southern bee killer) [1] Mallophora thompsoni Artigas ...
Replacing hives is expensive for commercial beekeepers like Lake County’s Sweet Bee Co., which has 1,500 colonies. New queen alone costs $30. Florida beekeepers feel the sting from dead bees ...
In beekeeping, a winter cluster is a well-defined cluster of honey bees that forms inside a beehive when the air temperature dips below 10 to 14 °C (50 to 57 °F). Honey bees are one of only a few kinds of insects that survive the winter as a colony. As the outside air temperature decreases the winter cluster becomes tighter and more compact.
Shampo says she first noticed the problem six months ago -- and a closer look revealed thousands of the insects could be under her home. Florida woman fears bees will force her out of her home ...
A single East African lowland bee sting is no more venomous than a single European bee sting, though East African lowland honey bees respond more quickly when disturbed than do European honey bees. They send out three to four times as many workers in response to a threat. They will also pursue an intruder for a greater distance from the hive.
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