The killer bee got its name because it can kill humans and most insects.
Killer bees are called killer bees because they kill people and other mammals.
'Killer bees' is a name created by the media. Their proper name is Africanized bees and as their name suggests, they originated in Africa. They are not native to the Americas and are therefore an invasive species.
Apis Mellifera
Africanized honey bees (AHB), known colloquially as "killer bees" or Africanized bees, are hybrids of the African honey bee, Apis mellifera scutellata (not A. m. adansonii; see Collet et al., 2006), with various European honey bees such as the Italian bee A. m. ligusticaand A. m. iberiensis.
The Africanized honey bee. Euorpean honey bees were breed with African honey bees, creating a hybrid bee known as the Africanized honey bee, or killer bee.
aggressive honey bees
The leading killer of bees is diseases; the collective noun is a catalog of diseases.The next important killer of bees is mites; the collective noun is an infestation of mites.Another killer of bees is wasps; the collective noun is a colony of wasps, or a nest of wasps.
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They can kill you!
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Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees was created in 2003.
The population of killer bees in the United States is in the upper millions. In June, 2013, 100,000 killer bees invaded a vacant home in Houston, Texas. Killer bees are expanding across the US at an alarming rate each year.