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Re: I need the scientific name for the killer bee quick!!
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"Thomas W. Culliney" <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 23 Apr 2001 10:01:04 -1000
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Subject: Re: I need the scientific name for the killer bee quick!!


> apis mellifera scutellata is the official name for the AHB, or "killer
bee".
>
> George Imirie

Apis mellifera scutellata is a subspecies or race of honey bee from southern
Africa that was introduced into Brazil in the 1950s. Africanized honey bees
are hybrids resulting from matings between queens and drones of that
subspecies and those of European subspecies already present in the New
World.

Tom Culliney, Hawaii Dept. of Agriculture, Division of Plant Industry, 1428
South King St., Honolulu, HI 96814 U.S.A.
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