"Killer bee" is a term the the media has applied to the Africanized Honeybee. For more information on Africanized Honeybees, read the brief article in the related links section.
The 1982 Miami Dolphins defense were known as the "Killer Bees". Six out of the eleven starting defenders last names began with the letter B, hence the moniker. The Killer Bees were:Bob BaumhowerBill BarnettLyle BlackwoodKim BokamperGlenn BlackwoodCharles BowserDoug BetterBob Brudzinski
No. Their names were Biggio, Bagwell, and Bell.
Killer bees are called killer bees because they kill people and other mammals.
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.
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