They first occurred in 1956, when a prominent Brazilian geneticist, Warwick Kerr, brought African bees to Brazil to hybridize them with Western honey bees from Europe, which didn't do well there.

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. In the last three ...

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Of the 20,925 species recognised globally, India hosts 755. Further, of the nine traditional honey bee species of the world, India is home to four of them.

Picture by SIMON FINLAY. (Image: Archant Norfolk.) A national bee health seminar will be held in Norfolk next month to address the raft of diseases and predators threatening East Anglia's hives and ...