"Killer Bees" is a term used by the media to depict a monster. The scientific name for them is Apis Mellifeara Scutellata, but they are commonly known as Africanized honey bees. They are the hybrid result of African honey bees mating with European honey bees. The distinction between the two ... ...

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... this insect has incurred to become one of the most feared insect alive. The African honey bee belongs to the family Apidae in the order Hymenoptera and is classified as Apis mellifera scutellata. Although it is native to the tropical savanna country of eastern and southern Africa it was brought over to Brazil in 1956 by Dr. Warwick E. Kerr in an ... ...

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