AFRICANIZED BEE


Meaning of AFRICANIZED BEE in English

noun

also africanized honeybee

Usage: usually capitalized A

: 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 United States where it breeds with local bees producing populations retaining most of the African bee's traits — called also killer bee

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