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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 main difference found between African and European honey bees were a few behavioral traits in the worker bees that were all related to the workers’ food preference. [12] It was found that Apis mellifera scutellata workers focused on pollen processing behaviors while European workers focused on nectar processing behaviors. African bees ...
Apis mellifera jemenitica, classified by Ruttner, 1976 (the Arabian honey bee) found in Somalia, Uganda, Sudan and Yemen. [1] Apis mellifera lamarckii, classified by Cockerell, 1906 (the Egyptian honey bee) found in Nile Valley of Egypt and Sudan, [1] domesticated before 2600BC. [3] This mitotype can also be identified in honey bees from ...
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]
The tens of thousands of bees removed from a Maine farmhouse this week had caused quite a buzz there for decades, according to the family who’s lived on the farm since the 18th century.
World's Largest Bee with Jaws Rediscovered in the Wild, First Time Since 1981
[2] [3] [4] Some species – including honey bees, bumblebees, and stingless bees – live socially in colonies while most species (>90%) – including mason bees, carpenter bees, leafcutter bees, and sweat bees – are solitary. Bees are found on every continent except Antarctica, in every habitat on the planet that contains insect-pollinated ...
Williamsburg, Va. (WTKR) – An estimated 20-30,000 bees have been living in the ceiling above a Williamsburg cake-making business. WTKR reports: Tawanda Hammond, owner of Cakes by Tawanda, has ...