Editing Africanized bee (section)

=== Queen management ===
In areas where Africanized honey bees are well established, bought and pre-fertilized (i.e. mated) European queens can be used to maintain a hive's European genetics and behavior. However, this practice can be expensive, since these queens must be bought and shipped from breeder apiaries in areas completely free of Africanized honey bees, such as the northern U.S. states or [[Hawaii]]. As such, this is generally not practical for most commercial beekeepers outside the U.S., and it is one of the main reasons why Central and South American beekeepers have had to learn to manage and work with the existing Africanized honey bee. Any effort to crossbreed virgin European queens with Africanized drones will result in the offspring exhibiting Africanized traits; only 26&nbsp;swarms escaped in 1957, and nearly 60 years later there does not appear to be a noticeable lessening of the typical Africanized characteristics.{{failed verification|date=January 2023}}<!-- This source does not verify this paragraph--><ref>{{Cite web |title=Africanized Bees: Better Understanding, Better Prepared – Bee Health |url=https://bee-health.extension.org/africanized-bees-better-understanding-better-prepared/ |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=bee-health.extension.org}}</ref>