Living with the African Honey Bee
a close up photo of queen bee and ladies in waiting on honey comb
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Keywords

African
AHB
Africanized

How to Cite

Ellis, James D, and Mary Christine Bammer. 2018. “Living With the African Honey Bee: ENY-170/IN1205, 3/2018”. EDIS 2018 (2). Gainesville, FL. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-in1205-2018.

Abstract

African honey bees and European honey bees are the same species of honey bee, but the two are classified as different subspecies or races of honey bee. African honey bee x European honey bee hybrids present an unpredictable combination of both subspecies‹ behavioral traits. This 4-page fact sheet written by J. D. Ellis and M. Bammer and published by the UF/IFAS Department of Entomology and Nematology explains how to “bee-proof” your house and yard and develop a bee safety plan as well as what you can do if you encounter a swarm or a colony of bees and how to treat a bee sting.
edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in1205

https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-in1205-2018
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PDF-2018

References

Ellis, J. D., and A. Ellis. 2009. African Honey Bee, Africanized Honey Bee, Killer Bee, Apis mellifera scutellata Lepeletier (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae). EENY-429. Gainesville: University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in790

O'Malley, M. K., J. D. Ellis, and C. M. Zettel Nalen. 2009. Differences between European and African Honey Bees. EENY-147. Gainesville: University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in784

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