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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 ...
Killer Bee (band), a Swedish-Canadian rock band formed by Anders Rönnblom and Brian Frank Wu-Tang Killa Beez , a collective nickname for affiliates of the Wu-Tang Clan rap group The Killer Bees, an American funk/soul/rock band co-founded by Papa Mali
Bee phobias are diagnosed as animal-type specific phobia by the DSM-5, and they are related to entomophobia, a broader fear of insects. [1] It is especially related to the fear of wasps, [3] [4] and the two are often comorbid. [1] Bees are generally more well-liked than wasps by the public, in part because bees are more widely recognized as ...
Apidae is the largest family within the superfamily Apoidea, containing at least 5700 species of bees.The family includes some of the most commonly seen bees, including bumblebees and honey bees, but also includes stingless bees (also used for honey production), carpenter bees, orchid bees, cuckoo bees, and a number of other less widely known groups.
Apiomerus crassipes, the bee assassin, is an insect that feeds on bees and ants. [2] It is found throughout North America . [ 3 ] Bee assassins can fly, and stalk flowering plants that are visited by bees, flies, and other pollinating insects.
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The common name bee assassins derives from their frequent habit of sitting and waiting upon flowers and taking bees as prey. The bright colors are aposematic, likely a warning to larger predators that a painful bite can be delivered. Many species of this genus have a sticky resin pad located on their dorsal abdomen.