Apis mellifera adansonii

Noun

1.

Apis mellifera adansonii - a strain of bees that originated in Brazil in the 1950s as a cross between an aggressive African bee and a honeybee; retains most of the traits of the African bee; now spread as far north as Texas Synonyms: Africanized bee, Africanized honey bee, Apis mellifera scutellata, killer bee

Africanized bee, Africanized honey bee, Apis mellifera, Apis mellifera scutellata, honeybee, killer bee