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Bacteria, birds, fungi, mammals, and mites eat Africanized honey bees (Apis mellifera scutellata). The insects in question face the same larger natural enemies -- anteaters, armadillos, badgers, bears, bee wolves, honey badgers, safari ants, sloths, wasps -- as other bees even though their aggressiveness and super-powerful detection of presences within 50 feet (0.016 kilometers) of the nest makes them more successfully offensive and self-defensive. They even handle predation by trachea and varroa mites in more resistant ways than their peers.
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What is the common name of the Killer Bee?
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.
Do africanized honey bees hibernate?
No, no honey bee hibernates.
Do killer bees live in Texas?
There are Africanized honey bees in Texas. The name 'killer bee' was given to Africanized honey bees by sensationalist media -- the sting of an Africanised honey bee is no worse than that of the Western honey bee. However, they are not as docile as the Western honey bee and sting more readily and in larger numbers.
Will soapy water kill africanized honey bees?
In sufficient quantities soapy water will kill any bee because it will drown. It makes no difference whether they are africanized or not. There has been a lot of fear drummed up about africanized bees by the sensationalist media. They look no different from a European honey bee and their sting is no worse. The problem is they are far more defensive and sting more readily.
What happened to the ecosystem after the killer bees were introduce?
Nothing significant. 'Killer bee' is a name given by sensationalist media to what is more properly called Africanized honey bees. Apart from being somewhat more aggressive (hence the name) they are indistinguisable from other honey bees.
What is the common name of the Killer Bee?
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.
Use in honey-bee in sentence?
I hope that that bee is not an Africanized honey bee.
What is the relationship between the africanized honey bee and the European honey bee?
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Is the Africanized honey bee damaging the environment it now lives in?
An Africanized honey bee is just a bee with attitude. Apart from that there are no significant physical differences between Africanized bees and Western honey bees -- in fact the only way to be sure which type of bee you have is DNA analysis. For this reason, Africanized bees are no more damaging to the environment than any other bees. In fact, all bees are essential to maintain the environment as we know it.
Do africanized honey bees hibernate?
No, no honey bee hibernates.
How do you tell honey bee from africanized bee?
There is no obvious physical difference between Africanized honey bees and European honey bees. The only way of distinguishing is by DNA analysis.
How many people die by africanized honey bees every year?
Africanized honey bee ( also known as killer bee ), kills 40 people every year.
How does an africanized honey bee obtain oxygen?
by drinking water
Do killer bees live in Texas?
There are Africanized honey bees in Texas. The name 'killer bee' was given to Africanized honey bees by sensationalist media -- the sting of an Africanised honey bee is no worse than that of the Western honey bee. However, they are not as docile as the Western honey bee and sting more readily and in larger numbers.
Are the Africanized bee honey tastes more delicious?
No. All honey tastes the same.
How do AHB take over EHB hives?
It was hoped the much greater numbers of the European honey bee would swamp out the Africanized honey bee as they naturally cross-bred. The problem has turned out to be that the Africanized honey bee queen has a very slightly shorter pupation period than the European honey bee queen, so she tends to emerge first. A newly-emerged queen will try to kill all the other developing queens before they emerge. This slight imbalance means the Africanized bee has a slight advantage and this is why hives can become Africanized as the queens are replaced.
Can an Africanized honey bee and a yellow jacket both sting a person?
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