Synonyms of africanized honey bee

Noun


1. Africanized bee, Africanized honey bee, killer bee, Apis mellifera scutellata, Apis mellifera adansonii, honeybee, Apis mellifera

usage: a strain of bees that originated in Brazil in the 1950s as a cross between an aggressive African bee and a honeybee; retains most of the traits of the African bee; now spread as far north as Texas

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