Africanized bee

Africanized bee

What is invasive species?

An invasive species is a plant fungus, or animal species that is not native to a specific location, an which has a tendency to spread to a degree believed to cause damage to the environment, human, economy, or human health.

The africanized bee

Africanized bee

The africanized bee is also know as the africanized honey bee, also know as the Killer bee.

Killer bee

Why is the bee called an africanized bee? Africanized bees acquired the name killer bees because they will always viciously attack people who unwittingly stray into their territory, often resulting in serious injury or death.

Africanized honey bee

Why is the bee called Africanized honey bee? Unlike North America which had no honey bees until the Europeans imported them in 1691, South America had native honey bees. However, the native honey bees were not good honey producers, and the imported European bees failed to thrive in the tropics.

What would you do to stop

africanized bees?

RUN!!!

If I saw an Africanized bees nest, I would spray it with something that would kill bugs. I would wear something that the bees can't sting through so if they come out of the nest, they can't sting me. What would you do?

If you see an Africanized bee, run! They can kill you if they sting!

The Africanized bee

What type of ecosystem is the africanized bee affecting?

The ancestors of the Africanized Honey Bee live throughout Europe and Africa, south of the Sahara Desert, and spread over South and Central America, and New Mexico, into the United States.

Why are the bees affecting the environment?

The Africanized Honey Bee has spread over South and Central America through Mexico and into the United States. Africanized Honey Bees continue the northward expansion of their territories by swarming, the process by which bee colonies replicate. Africanized bees attack humans and animals. They can cause serious injury or death.

The Africanized bee

Where is the Africanized bee invading?

African honeybees are considered an invasive species in the Americas. As of 2002, the Africanized honeybees had spread from Brazil south to northern Argentina and north to Central America, Trinidad (West Indies), Mexico, Texas, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Florida, and southern California.

Where is the Africanized bee native too?

The ancestors of the Africanized Honey Bee live throughout Europe and Africa, south of the Sahara Desert. Current Distribution: The Africanized Honey Bee has spread over South and Central America through Mexico and into the United States.

How did Africanized honey bees come to the United States?

The Africanized honey bee was first introduced to Brazil in the 1950s in an effort to increase honey production; but, in 1957, 26 swarms accidentally escaped quarantine. Since then, the species has spread throughout South America, and arrived in North America in 1985.