Editing Honey bee (section)

====Africanized honey bee====
{{Main|Africanized bee}}

Africanized honey bees (known colloquially as "killer bees") are [[Hybrid (biology)|hybrid]]s between European stock and the East African lowland subspecies ''[[African honey bee|A. m. scutellata]]''. They are often more aggressive than European honey bees and do not create as much of a honey surplus, but are more resistant to disease and are better foragers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/misc/bees/ahb.htm|title=Africanized honey bee – Apis mellifera scutellata Lepeletier|website=entnemdept.ufl.edu|access-date=1 May 2019}}</ref> Accidentally released from quarantine in [[Brazil]], they have spread to North America and constitute a [[Pest (animal)|pest]] in some regions. However, these strains do not overwinter well, so they are not often found in the colder, more northern parts of North America. The original breeding experiment for which the East African lowland honey bees were brought to Brazil in the first place has continued (though not as originally intended). Novel hybrid strains of domestic and re-domesticated Africanized honey bees combine high resilience to tropical conditions and good yields. They are popular among beekeepers in Brazil.<ref>{{Cite web |others=Department of Systematic Biology |title=Africanized Bees |url=https://www.si.edu/spotlight/buginfo/killbee |access-date=2024-10-28 |website=Smithsonian Institution}}</ref>