Apis mellifera scutellata

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Apis mellifera scutellata - 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 TexasAfricanized bee, Africanized honey bee, Apis mellifera adansonii, killer beeApis mellifera, honeybee - social bee often domesticated for the honey it produces