1. PHOENIX — Africanized honey bees

2. Since Africanized drones are stronger, faster and more numerous than their European counterparts, the result is almost always Africanized offspring.

3. Africanized honey bees nesting sites include:

4. Africanized bees appear indistinguishable from European bees.

5. All honey-bee swarms and hives should be treated as Africanized bees because virtually all honey bees in Arizona have been Africanized since before the year 2000, and because Africanized bees often sting in large numbers.

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7. Africanized Bees react to disturbance around the hive

8. Africanized honey bees differ from European honey bees in behavior not appearance

9. The Africanized bee escaped and began to dominate the native honey bee.

10. Africanized bees exist from Louisiana to southern California, and south Florida

11. Africanized bees reproduce their colonies many more times than European bees

12. The first introduction of the Africanized Honey Bee into the U.S

13. The Africanized honey bee looks and sounds like a European honey bee

14. The Africanized bee is a hybrid species of the Western honey bee

15. The Africanized Bee in the western hemisphere descended from 26 Tanzanian queen bees (A

16. Killer Bee Honey is a wildflower honey produced by the Africanized Bees of Brazil

17. Don't threaten the Africanized honey bees colony because they will defend and attack.

18. Africanized bee hives can also be seen hanging from an exposed tree branch

19. Africanized honey bees (AHB) have made their way into the state of Florida

20. Typically, honey bee swarms are not a major threat, unless when dealing with Africanized honey Bees.

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22. Africanized bees have small colonies, so they can build nests in unique places

23. Africanized bees, on the other hand, do not overwinter well and respond to food shortages by migrating

24. Africanized honeybees are an artificial man-made hybrid of the European honeybee and African bees

25. Africanized honeybees are much more protective of their beehive and more likely to sting

26. The Africanized killer bees colonies are small; thus, their nests are often in unique areas

27. Let Africanized bees do their bit to breed better beekeepers in this country, in other words.

28. Africanized honey bees are slightly smaller than the domestic bees and are usually identified only by their aggressive behavior

29. Africanized honey bees invade European honey bee hives by killing the queen and establishing their own queen

30. Are Africanized Honey Bees Dangerous? While bees of any species aren’t known to attack without provocation, Africanized bees, much more sensitive than other species, react even to noises and vibrations near their nests and attack in greater numbers, for a …

31. Africanized bees are far more aggressive that European bees, making them more competitive for the same niche

32. Also, since the Africanized been can hybridize with the European bees it allows them to outcompete the European bees

33. Africanized honey bees are a more temperamental relative of the common garden honey bee, known as the European honey bee

34. Africanized bees are a result of honey bee breeders working in Brazil to develop a new cross

35. There is nothing you can do to prevent virgin queens from mating with Africanized drones in these areas.

36. European bees make large, permanent colonies whereas Africanized bees make small to large colonies that reproduce (swarm) often

37. Africanized bees, as they are properly called, were accidentally introduced into the wild in the Americas during 1956

38. Africanized bees tend to produce a higher percentage of drones per colony and will build more drone comb than EHB

39. Africanized honey bees are more defensive — they defend their nests with less provocation, in greater numbers and for longer distances

40. ‘In the United States, it has been speculated, but not shown, that Africanized honeybees would hybridize extensively with European honeybees.’

41. Africanize (third-person singular simple present Africanizes, present participle Africanizing, simple past and past participle Africanized) (transitive, American spelling) To make African

42. New Labour, celebrities and the media ‘Africanized’ the 2005 Make Poverty History (MPH) campaign turning Africa’s poverty into the media focus

43. By breeding with local bees producing populations retaining most of the African bee's traits —called also Africanized honeybee, killer bee.

44. Africanized Bees are also known as ‘ Killer Bees ‘ and are hybrids of the African Honey Bee and various European Honey Bees

45. The Africanized bee, also known as the killer bee, is a species that is currently making a name for itself across Arizona

46. Africanized honey bees are void nesters and will nest in hollow tree holes and stumps, eves of buildings, and any other cavity

47. However, the two types of bees differ in several important ways: Africanized honey bees build nests any place that provides some protection from the weather.

48. Africanized Honey Bees are the same species as the familiar European honey bees (EHB) used to produce honey and pollinate crops, but a different subspecies.

49. Africanized honey bees swarm as many as 16 times per year, whereas European honey bees swarm only once or twice a year

50. The Africanized honey bee will swarm when a person wanders within 40 feet of the hive, but they have been known to …

51. Africanized bees appear to be limited from expanding to more northerly areas because of cold winters, but in general survive better in the wild than temperate honeybees

52. Africanized bees as a threat haven’t really been newsmakers since the 1990s, but here they are, reminding us that, well, they’re not going anywhere

53. • The Africanized Honey Bee is far less selective about what it calls home, and occupy a much smaller space than the European bee

54. The Situation: Africanized honey bees are a hybrid between European and African bee subspecies which were inadvertently released in Brazil in the 1950s

55. These characteristics also make Africanized bees a potentially serious threat to native and managed pollinator communities in terms of competition for food sources and nest sites.

56. (Shutterstock) GLENDALE, AZ — An Arizona family of four was stung in an attack by a swarm of Africanized bees from their shed earlier this week.

57. Greg demonstrates the defensive and territorial nature of Africanized honey bees! This is exactly why we never recommend that you take care of your own bee i

58. Yes, most people have heard about Africanized honey bees for years, yet some still can’t wrap their heads around the common facts that make these bees dangerous.

59. The ARS Carl Hayden Bee Research Center in Tucson, Ariz., is responsible for official identifications of Africanized honey bees, especially when the honey bees are found in new states

60. Africanized Honeybee View all resources Adult of the African strain of the honey bee seen at the edge of the Ngorongoro Crater - Photo by Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University

61. Africanized honey bees will often build a nest in man-made cavities or in the open while European honey bees need a larger volume nesting site, and tend to nest in hollowed tree cavities

62. Apiculture Abstract: This publication discusses various aspects of beekeeping or Apiculture, including state inspection programs, beginning basics, income sources and budgets, insurance, Africanized bees, organic certification, and various bee pests and diseases

63. Africanized honey bee experts are urging people not to disrupt colonies after four people and two dogs in Glendale, Arizona, were stung by a swarm of Africnaized bees in their shed

64. Africanized bee definition is - a honeybee that originated in Brazil as an accidental hybrid between an aggressive African subspecies (Apis mellifera scutellata) and previously established European honeybees and has spread to Mexico and the southernmost U.S

65. Known as the more aggressive relative of the European honey bee (EHB), the Africanized honey bee (AHB) is a more recent addition to our state and has taken an interesting path to become established in Southern California

66. A typical European colony may swarm (create a new queen and send part of the colony away with the old queen to colonize) 1-4 times in a year, while Africanized bees will do that as many as 10 times in a year.

67. Description: The general appearance of "Killer Bees" (= Africanized Bees) is the same as common Honey Bees, but there are some distinctive physical differences between the two.To analyze the differences, a laboratory has to measure and compare some 20 different structures

68. Africanized bees (sometimes sensationalized as “killer bees”) are the type of honey bees which have migrated from South America into some of the lower United States.Honey bees are not native to the Americas; prior to 1956, the only honey bees found in North and South America were European honey bees, which were brought to the New World as early as the late 1500s.

69. Africanized honey bees - sensationalized and labeled "killer bees" by Hollywood hype - are a sub-species of the honey bee (Apis mellifera).What we commonly call the "European honey bee" is actually three sub species, Apis mellifera ligustica (or the Italian bee), Apis mellifera carnica (the Carniolan honey bee), and Apis mellifera mellifera, the dark bee of northern Europe and brought to North