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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).
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 ...
Hylaeus is a large (over 500 species) and diverse cosmopolitan genus within the bee family Colletidae.This genus is also known as the yellow-faced bees or masked bees. [1] [2] This genus is the only truly globally distributed colletid, occurring on all continents except Antarctica.
The legs have a mixture of black and reddish fur. The ventral side of the bee is covered in a brownish or dark yellow fur. The wings are fairly transparent except for the black veins that run through them. Males and females are similar in size at about 16–17 millimeters. Males have eyes more yellow in color, and their thorax fur is lighter.
Anthophora bimaculata are 8–9 mm long. The male has narrow light tergite bandages, yellow face and normally hairy middle legs clearly visible in the field. The females are Clypeus yellow, but at the base with 2 large black spots, tergite 4 and 5 gray-yellow tomentose hairs, tergias with light hair ties in the field clearly recognizable.
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Hylaeus assimulans is a species of bee, also known by the common name Assimulans yellow-faced bee. [2] It is endemic to Hawaii and known from only five populations. [ 2 ] In September 2016, along with six other Hawaiian Hylaeus species, [ 3 ] H. assimulans was listed for protection under the United States Endangered Species Act .
Hylaeus anthracinus is a species of bee, also known by the common name anthricinan yellow-faced bee. [2] It is endemic to Hawaii and known from only 16 populations. [ 2 ] In September 2016, along with six other Hawaiian Hylaeus species, [ 3 ] H. anthracinus was listed for protection under the United States Endangered Species Act .