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Are killerbees mating with honeybees

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Anonymous

16y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

It's possible. The so-called 'killer bees' -- more properly called Africanized honey bees -- are a variety of honey bee.

Africanized bees are the descendants of 26 Tanzanian honey bee queens which escaped from a research establishment in Brazil. They mated with local Western honey bee drones. The name 'killer bee' is a product of the sensationalist media. The sting of an Africanized bee is no worse than the sting of a Western honey bee. The only problem with them is that they are not so docile and sting more readily. They also react more to the alarm pheromone so one sting will often lead to more.

Feral Africanized bees are in the southern United States, Central America, and tropical South America. They do not tolerate cold weather well so this will probably limit their spread.

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16y ago

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