Although Africanized honey bees are rarely the "killer bees" of 1970s Movie-of-the-Week fame, they are decidedly more aggressive than their European cousins. Research conducted in Venezuela in 1982 ...

Their demeanour has earned them the terrifying nickname of 'killer bees', but relatively few deaths are caused in proportion to the number of colonies. Known only in North, Central and South America, ...

Population decline isn't the only concern among apiaries. The hives are under attack from a bee-killing parasite and now honey producers are bracing for impacts of a tariff trade war. Natural honey is ...

In 2022 the mites, which feed on honey bees, proliferated during winter hibernation ... prepared for winter and more vulnerable to the killer pest, he said. "Bee health is getting harder ...

The term "killer bee" usually refers to the Africanised honey bee, a subspecies of Apis mellifera. In 1956, Brazil imported African honeybees intending to cross-breed them with local bees and ...

There are many people who are engaged in apiculture, raising bees and maintaining their colonies. But these honey bee farmers take proper precautions when dealing with the bees. The S&P 500 stock ...