Editing Africanized bee (section)

=== Misconceptions ===
"Killer bee" is a term frequently used in media such as movies that portray aggressive behavior or actively seeking to attack humans. "Africanized honey bee" is considered a more descriptive term in part because their behavior is increased defensiveness compared to European honey bees that can exhibit similar defensive behaviors when disturbed.{{clarify|reason=nonsequitur - does not explain anything|date=February 2019}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Africanized Honey Bees |url=http://sfyl.ifas.ufl.edu/natural-resources/africanized-honey-bees/ |website=sfyl.ifas.ufl.edu |publisher=UF/IFAS Extension |access-date=7 December 2018}}</ref>

The sting of the Africanized honey bee is no more potent than any other variety of honey bee, and although they are similar in appearance to European honey bees, they tend to be slightly smaller and darker in color. Although Africanized honey bees do not actively search for humans to attack, they are more dangerous because they are more easily provoked, quicker to attack in greater numbers, and then pursue the perceived threat farther, for as much as a quarter of a mile (400&nbsp;metres).<ref name=SI/>

While studies have shown that Africanized honey bees can infiltrate European honey bee colonies and then kill and replace their queen (thus usurping the hive), this is less common than other methods. Wild and managed colonies will sometimes be seen to fight over honey stores during the dearth (periods when plants are not flowering), but this behavior should not be confused with the aforementioned activity. The most common way that a European honey bee hive will become Africanized is through crossbreeding during a new queen's mating flight. Studies have consistently shown that Africanized drones are more numerous, stronger and faster than their European cousins and are therefore able to out-compete them during these mating flights. The result of mating between Africanized drones and European queens is almost always Africanized offspring.<ref>{{cite book |author=Winston, Mark L. |year=1992 |title=Killer Bees: The Africanized honey bee in the Americas |url=https://archive.org/details/killerbeesafrica00wins |url-access=registration |location=Cambridge, MA |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=978-0-674-50353-3 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/killerbeesafrica00wins/page/9 9]–34}}</ref>