Africanized bee
Aggressive hybrid pollinator
Africanized bees are a hybrid of African and European honeybees, known for their aggressive defensive behavior.
They attack in greater numbers and pursue threats farther than other honeybees, earning them the nickname "killer bees." Native to South America, they have spread into the southern United States.
Individual stings are no more venomous than those of other honeybees, but mass attacks can be fatal.
Dependent territorial settlement
- queenMost powerful chess piece
- droneUnmanned flying machine
- workerPerson who toils
- hiveBee dwelling structure
honeycomb · wax · propolis · larvae · pupae · brood · antennae · stinger
Mass of moving insects
- migrationMovement to new territory
- abscondingDeparting secretly to evade
- expansionIncrease in scope
Mixed-lineage organism
- geneticsScience of hereditary transmission
- interbreedingMating between distinct populations
- hybrid vigorEnhanced traits from crossbreeding
- spreadTo distribute widely
Protective or easily threatened
- territorialDefensive about owned space
- attackAggressive act against another
- stingSharp wound from insect
- hostileAggressively unfriendly
threatening · aggressive · provoked · pursuit · chase · disturbance · sensitivity · agitation
colony
Dependent territorial settlement
hive · honeycomb · wax · propolis · larvae · pupae · brood · antennae · stinger · pheromones
swarm
Mass of moving insects
- migrationMovement to new territory
- abscondingDeparting secretly to evade
- expansionIncrease in scope
crossbreed
Mixed-lineage organism
- geneticsScience of hereditary transmission
- interbreedingMating between distinct populations
- hybrid vigorEnhanced traits from crossbreeding
defensive
Protective or easily threatened
- territorialDefensive about owned space
- attackAggressive act against another
- stingSharp wound from insect
hostile · threatening · aggressive · provoked · pursuit · chase · disturbance · sensitivity · agitation · defensiveness
venom
Injected animal poison
hazard · threat · menace · risk · warning · caution · fear · panic · allergic reaction · anaphylaxis
- beeshoneybee, bumblebee, honeybees, queen bee, worker bee
- hybridshybrid car, crossbred, mule, hybrid cars, tigon
- stinging creaturesbee, wasp, hornet, scorpion, fire ant
- Invasive Pestsemerald ash borer, spotted lanternfly, Asian giant hornet, gypsy moth, fire ant
- invasive speciesinvasive species, lionfish, emerald ash borer, noxious weeds, kudzu
- honeybeesApis mellifera