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The introduction and spread of the African honey bee and its
hybrids in the New World has received substantial public and
scientific attention. In this book the available scientific
information concerning the identification, biology, and management
of the bee is reviewed. This book is particularly timely, given the
recent arrival of the African bee
This book is the first review of the scientific literature on the
Africanized honey bee. The African subspecies Apis mellifera
scutellata (formerly adansonii) was introduced into South America
in 1956 with the intent of cross-breeding it with other subspecies
of bees already present in Brazil to obtain a honey bee better
adapted to tropical conditions. Shortly after its introduction,
some of the African stock became established in the feral
population around Sao Paulo, Brazil, and spread rapidly through
Brazil. It has since migrated through most of the neotropics,
displacing and/or hybridizing with the previously imported
subspecies of honey bees. Africanized bees have been stereotype d
as having high rates of swarming and absconding, rapid colony
growth, and fierce defensivebehavior. As they have spread through
the neotropics they have interacted with the human population,
disrupting apiculture and urban activities when high levels of
defensive behavior are expressed.
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