Beekeeping Vocabulary

noun Africanized bee

• The Africanized bee, also known as the killer bee, is a hybrid of the African honey bee species and various European honey bee subspecies.
• Watch out for those Africanized bees, they are known to be more aggressive than regular honey bees.
• I got stung by one of those killer Africanized bees while hiking in the mountains.
• The team's defense swarmed the opposing player like a hive of Africanized bees.