Greg Hunt, a bee specialist with the Purdue University Department of Entomology and principal investigator on the research project, says finding the mean gene in honey bees "may help us understand ...

An Africanized breed of honeybees, sometimes known as “killer bees” because of its swarming, aggressive and deadly nature when its colony is threatened, has found its way to the Bay Area for the first ...

Africanized honey bees, often referred to as "killer bees," are now found in 13 states and are slowly spreading northward, attacking people, livestock and pets along the way. Scientists say the bees' ...

Since the 1950s, 'Africanized' honeybees have spread north and south across the Americas until apparently coming to a halt in California and northern Argentina. Now genome sequencing of hundreds of ...

Last month, in the Bay Area town of Concord, a swarm of bees went, without seeming provocation, ballistic, stinging the beekeeper who was attempting to move them as well as anything in sight – ...

Africanized honey bees, often referred to as "killer bees," are now found in 13 states and are slowly spreading northward, attacking people, livestock and pets along the way. Scientists say the bees' ...

ST. CLAIR, Ala. (WALA) - While cases of Africanized Honeybees are very rare in Alabama -- two separate swarms have been confirmed recently in Jackson and St. Clair Counties. When disturbed these bees ...

Africanized, or killer, bees can be relentless but there are ways to escape them if they swarm: •If you get close to a hive, move away, quickly. •If you sense that bees are approaching, run away as ...

When they attack, some bees live up to their name. “I definitely wouldn’t be doing this without a veil if they were Africanized,” said beekeeper Roy Arnold, as he held a honeycomb full of bees. Arnold ...

A wild honeybee in Davis, California. European honeybees (Apis mellifera) were introduced to the Americas in the 1600s. Since 1957, “Africanized” honeybees (Apis mellifera scutellata) have ...