Noun: Africanized bee
- 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
"Africanized bees forced the evacuation of several neighborhoods";
- Africanized honey bee, killer bee, Apis mellifera scutellata, Apis mellifera adansonii
Derived forms: Africanized bees
Type of: Apis mellifera, honeybee
Encyclopedia: Africanized bee