African Honey Bee, Africanized Honey Bee, Killer Bee, Apis mellifera scutellata Lepeletier (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae)
Vol. 2009 No. 2, Historical Fact Sheets
Vol. 2009 No. 2

African Honey Bee, Africanized Honey Bee, Killer Bee, Apis mellifera scutellata Lepeletier (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae): EENY 429/IN790, rev. 11/2009

Historical Fact Sheets
https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-in790-2009
Published 2009-04-02
James D. Ellis
University of Florida
Amanda Ellis
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Ellis, James D., and Amanda Ellis. 2009. “African Honey Bee, Africanized Honey Bee, Killer Bee, Apis Mellifera Scutellata Lepeletier (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae): EENY 429/IN790, Rev. 11/2009”. EDIS 2009 (2). Gainesville, FL. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-in790-2009.
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Abstract

Revised! EENY-429, a 7-page illustrated fact sheet by James D. Ellis and Amanda Ellis, is part of the Featured Creatures collection. It describes a subspecies of western honey bee occurring naturally in sub-Saharan Africa that has been introduced into the Americas — distribution, description, life cycle and biology, public risks, economic impact, and management. Includes selected references. Published by the UF Department of Entomology and Nematology, February 2009. Revised November 2009.

EENY 429/IN790: African Honey Bee, Africanized Honey Bee, Killer Bee, Apis mellifera scutellata Lepeletier (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae) (ufl.edu)

https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-in790-2009
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