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The Africanized honey bee has produced a lot of excitement ever since its introduction into Brazil in 1956. Since that time it has been called the Brazilian bee, Killer bee, Africanized and African bee by the press and others. Although the name of the bee (a neotropical honey bee, Apis mellifera scutellata a.k.a A. m. adansonii) remains controversial, I use them interchangeably in this database. The more neutral term AHB is also employed. The most important thing to keep in mind about this insect is that it is a honey bee and cannot be distinguished from its less defensive cousin by simply looking at it. In general, it is very slightly smaller and much more defensive than the European bee.
African bee makes Ecuador a virtual paradise,
September 2000.
African bee found in Virginia, August 2000.
Thelytokous parthenogenesis found in African bees in
Arizona? June, 2000.
International bee meeting on AHB and mites in Tucson,
AZ, May 2000.
Update
on population in Texas; where will it go?, August 1999.
AHB in Jacksonville surprises. Retrospective on history of insect, May 1999.
AHB threatened in its own homeland, October 1998.
Is
AHB more hygienic?, September 1998.
AHB
Out West: Africanized bees make their mark, September 1997.
History
of AHB in Brazil, XI Brazilian Apicultural Congress, November 1997.
Major
retrospective--Brazilians' current thoughts . Other recent prognostications, September
1996.
Risk
to human health of AHB, April 1996.
Status of AHB in California, November 1995
Renaissance in queen rearing brought on by AHB bee. Queen rearing resources available,
April 1995
First
find of AHB in California, October 1995.
AHB
found in Puerto Rico. Implications of being introduced by ship, October 1994.
Tracking
Africanized and other honey bee ancestry using DNA, July 1994.
Thoughts
on why AHB migration has slowed in Texas, July 1994.
Educational
materials available on AHB in Arizona, June 1994.
Children's book available; Don't Bug Bees Week in San Diego, CA , April 1994.
Learning to live with Africanized honey bee video from USDA, April 1994.
AHB found in New Mexico; educational programs beginning, November 1993.
First AHB death recorded in Texas, August 1993.
Managing
bee spills or incidents using soapy water, August 1993.
Hidalgo, Texas uses world's largest fiberglass killer bee as promotional tool, June 1993.
Beekeeping
restrictions on the rise; Africanized bee is one reason given, May 1993.
Africanized
bees as one part of a standardized management plan, February 1993.
Managing
crises in beekeeping, August 1992.
Information
on legal use of soaps and detergents for killing AHB, May 1992.
Honey
bee certification with reference to Africanized honey bee in Florida, January 1992.
Comments
on the model plan, January 1992.
Alternative
activities brought on by Africanized bees, September 1991.
Status
of bee in Texas, July 1991.
Misinformation
on Africanized honey bees in the press, April 1991.
Case
for long-range apicultural plan for U.S. in part as response to Africanized bee, March
1991.
Using
oils as insecticides, December 1990.
Canadians
concerns about Africanized bees; cold hardiness study, November 1990.
Discussion
of trapping honey bees in Florida, November 1990.
Discussion
of stock introduction for both Varroa and Africanized bees, June 1990.
Discussion
of professionalism in beekeeping regarding certification for Africanized bees, May 1990.
Doing
the unexpected; using "infotainment" to get your story out, March 1990.
More
DNA research on Africanized bees, March 1990.
Africanized
honey bee research using DNA in Florida; nuclear vs. mitochondrial DNA, February 1990.
Florida
plan for the Africanized honey bee, January 1990.
Collecting
swarms in Florida, what this means for arrival of Africanized bee, November 1989.
Using
soapy water to kill Africanized and other bees, November 1989.
Costs
and benefits to stock introduction, April 1989.
An
incidental find of African bees in Panama City, Florida, May 1987.
Africanization
and hybridization debate (Drs. Rinderer and Taylor, December 1986.
Incidental
introduction of Africanized bee to Lost Hills, California, August 1985.
Working
African bees at night as an alternative, July 1985.
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