AFRICANIZED BEE


Meaning of AFRICANIZED BEE in English

Function: noun

Date: 1970

: 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. by breeding with local bees producing populations retaining most of the African bee's traits ― called also Africanized honeybee killer bee

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