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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| Africanized bee |
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| Africanized honey bee |
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| Apis mellifera adansonii |
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| Apis mellifera scutellata |
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| killer bee |
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semantic pointers
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