Definition of Africanized bee

1. Noun. A strain of bees that originated in Brazil in the 1950s as a cross between an aggressive African bee and a honeybee; retains most of the traits of the African bee; now spread as far north as Texas.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Africanized Bee

Africander
Africanders
Africanisation
Africanise
Africanised
Africanises
Africanising
Africanism
Africanisms
Africanist
Africanist dance
Africanists
Africanization
Africanize
Africanized
Africanized bee (current term)
Africanized honey bee
Africanizes
Africanizing
Africanness
Africans
Afrihili
Afrikaans
Afrikander
Afrikaner
Afrikanerdom
Afrikaners
Afrindian
Afro
Afro-

Literary usage of Africanized bee

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Income Opportunities in Special Forest Products: Self-Help Suggestions for by Margaret G. Thomas (1994)
"However, a chance encounter with an Africanized bee foraging on blossoms is no more likely to result in a sting than with a domestic honeybee. ..."

2. Second Biennial Tire Recycling Conference: Conference Proceedingsby DIANE Publishing Company by DIANE Publishing Company (1997)
"... and rodents and health-threatening organisms such as poisonous snakes and the Africanized bee, recently detected in California's Imperial County. ..."

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