Editing Africanized bee (section)

===DNA tests===
Currently testing techniques have moved away from external measurements to [[DNA analysis]], but this means the test can only be done by a sophisticated laboratory. Molecular diagnostics using the [[mitochondrial DNA]] (mtDNA) cytochrome b gene can differentiate ''A. m. scutellata'' from other ''A. mellifera'' lineages, though mtDNA only allows one to detect Africanized colonies that have Africanized queens and not colonies where a European queen has mated with Africanized drones.<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Szalanski, A.L. |author2=McKern, J.A. |year=2007 |title= Multiplex PCR-RFLP diagnostics of the African honey bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) |journal=Sociobiology |volume=50 |pages=939–945 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236783611}}</ref> A test based on single nucleotide polymorphisms was created in 2015 to detect Africanized bees based on the proportion of African and European ancestry.<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1111/1755-0998.12411 |pmid=25846634 |title=A SNP test to identify Africanized honeybees via proportion of 'African' ancestry |journal=Molecular Ecology Resources |volume=15 |issue=6 |pages=1346–55 |year=2015 |last1=Chapman |first1=Nadine C. |last2=Harpur |first2=Brock A. |last3=Lim |first3=Julianne |last4=Rinderer |first4=Thomas E. |last5=Allsopp |first5=Michael H. |last6=Zayed |first6=Amro |last7=Oldroyd |first7=Benjamin P.|hdl=2123/12853 |s2cid=5147394 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>