Common Names
Common Names in English:
African Honey Bee, Africanized Honeybee, Honeybee, Killer Bee
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
()
- Aguinaldo Et Al., 1997 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
()
- Cuvier
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- Latreille, 1829
- Arthropods
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
()
- Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
()
- Heymons, 1901
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
()
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
()
- Class:
Insecta
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Insects
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
()
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
()
- Superorder:
Hymenopterida
()
- Superorder:
Hymenopterida
(
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
(
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
(
- Class:
Insecta
(
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
(
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
(
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Apis
There are approximately 83 species in this genus:
A. (A.) koschevnikovi · A. (Cascapis) · A. aenigmatica · A. andreniformis · A. armata · A. armbrusteri · A. binghami · A. catanensis · A. cerana (Easteren Honeybee) · A. cerana cerana · A. cerana heimifeng · A. cerana indica · A. cerana iridescent virus · A. cerana japonica · A. cerana skorikovi · A. cerifera · A. cuenoti · A. dorsata (Rock Honeybee) · A. flavipes · A. florea (Little Honeybee) · A. fota · A. henshawi · A. henshawi dormiens · A. henshawi kaschkei · A. indica · A. johni · A. koschevnikovi · A. laboriosa · A. laniger · A. meda · A. melifera · A. melifera ligustica · A. meliponoides · A. melisuga · A. mellifera (Africanized Honeybee) · A. mellifera acervorum · A. mellifera adami · A. mellifera adansonii · A. mellifera anatoliaca (Honeybee) · A. mellifera armeniaca · A. mellifera artemisia · A. mellifera bandasii · A. mellifera capensis · A. mellifera carnica (Honeybee) · A. mellifera caucasia · A. mellifera caucasica (Honeybee) · A. mellifera cecropia · A. mellifera iberica · A. mellifera iberiensis (Honeybee) · A. mellifera intermissa (Honeybee) · A. mellifera jemenitica · A. mellifera lamarckii (Honeybee) · A. mellifera ligustica (Honeybee) · A. mellifera litorea · A. mellifera macedonica · A. mellifera meda · A. mellifera mellifera · A. mellifera monticola · A. mellifera remipes · A. mellifera rodopica · A. mellifera ruttneri · A. mellifera sahariensis · A. mellifera scutellata (Africanized Honeybee) · A. mellifera sicula · A. mellifera sossimai · A. mellifera sudanensis · A. mellifera syriaca (Honeybee) · A. mellifera var. ligustica · A. mellifera var. unicolor · A. mellifera yemenitica · A. mellifica · A. miocenica · A. morio · A. nigrocincta · A. nuluensis · A. palmnickenensis · A. postadamitica · A. remipes transcaucasica · A. sicula · A. styriaca · A. suripes · A. vetusta · A. vetustus
More Info
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Further Reading
- 2001 North Carolina Africanized Honey Bee Action Plan North Carolina State University. Agriculture and Life Sciences. Entomology. Identification/Description; Introduction History; Impacts; Life Cycle; Distribution
- African Honey Bee: What You Need to Know University of Florida. Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. Identification/Description; Introduction History; Impacts
- African honeybee Invasive.org. Photographs; Special Note: Resources
- Africanized Bees in the Americas Sting Shield Corporation. Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Habitat; Distribution; Dispersion; Controls
- Africanized Honey Bee (AHB) State of California. Los Angeles County. Agricultural Commissioner/Weights & Measures. Introduction History; Impacts; Distribution
- Africanized Honey Bee - Introduced Species Summary Project Columbia University. Center for Environmental Research and Conservation. Taxonomy; Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts; Life Cycle; Habitat; Controls
- Africanized Honey Bee BeeHoo. Special Note: Resources
- Africanized Honey Bee Facts State of California. Pasadena Health Department. Identification/Description; Special Note: Contacts
- Africanized Honey Bee Ohio State University Extension Identification/Description; Illustrations; Introduction History; Impacts; Life Cycle; Distribution; Dispersion
- Africanized Honey Bee State of California. San Diego County. Land Use and Environmental Group. Agriculture Weights and Measures. Identification/Description; Impacts; Controls; Special Note: Contacts
- Africanized Honey Bee Task Force State of California. San Mateo County. Agriculture and Weights and Measures. Impacts; Special Note: Contacts
- Africanized Honey Bee Texas A&M University. Agricultural Communications, News, and Public Affairs. Identification/Description; Photographs; Illustrations; Introduction History; Impacts; Habitat; Distribution; Dispersion; Controls; Legal Aspects
- Africanized Honey Bee USDA. APHIS. Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey. National Agricultural Pest Information System. Photographs; Distribution; Special Note: Links to other sites
- Africanized Honey Bees San Diego Natural History Museum. Identification/Description; Introduction History; Controls
- Africanized Honey Bees United States Army. Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine. Entomological Sciences Program. Identification/Description; Introduction History; Impacts; Distribution; Research
- Africanized Honey Bees (2006; PDF | 20 KB) State of California. Orange County Vector Control District. Illustrations; Impacts; Distribution; Controls; Special Note: Contacts, How to Bee Proof Your Property (PDF | 102 KB)
- Africanized Honey Bees (PDF | 51 KB) DOI. Saguaro National Park.Illustrations; Introduction History; Impacts; Habitat
- Africanized Honey Bees On the Move: Lesson Plans University of Arizona. Africanized Honey Bee Education Project.Taxonomy; Identification/Description; Photographs; Illustrations; Introduction History; Impacts; Life Cycle; Habitat; Distribution; Dispersion; Controls; Special Note: Lesson Plans for Grades K-3, 4-6, 7-8, and 9-12
- Africanized Honey Bees in Arizona USDA. ARS. Carl Hayden Bee Research Center. Research
- Africanized Honeybee Pest Profile California Department of Food and Agriculture. Pest Detection/Emergency Projects Branch.Identification/Description; Photographs; Life Cycle
- Africanized Honeybee Research - TEKTRAN database USDA. Agricultural Research Service. Research
- Apis mellifera - CalPhotos University of California - Berkeley. Digital Library Project. Photographs
- Apis mellifera scutellata (insect) - ISSG Global Invasive Species Database World Conservation Union. Invasive Species Specialist Group.Taxonomy; Identification/Description; Introduction History; Impacts; Life Cycle; Habitat; Distribution; Controls
- Apis mellifera scutellata Article Citation Search - AGRICOLA Database USDA. National Agricultural Library. Research; Special Note: NAL Catalog Search (resources)
- Apis mellifera scutellata Discover Life. Taxonomy; Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts; Habitat; Distribution; Controls
- Apiservices - Apiculture - Taxonomy Apiservices. Taxonomy
- Arkansas Honey Bees & Africanized Honey Bees Arkansas State Plant Board. Introduction History; Photographs; Impacts; Controls; Distribution
- Bee Alert: Africanized Honey Bee Facts State of California. City of Los Angeles. Impacts; Special Note: Contacts
- Bee Alert: What is the Africanized Honey Bee? (PDF | 56 KB) New Mexico State University. Agriculture and Home Economics. Identification/Description; Impacts
- Honey Bee Research and Information University of California-Riverside. Entomology. Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts; Life Cycle; Distribution; Dispersion; Controls; Legal Aspects; Special Note: Bibliography of Scientific Literature on Africanized Bees and Removal of Bee Stings
- Honey Bees in Los Angeles State of California. Los Angeles County West Vector and Vector-Borne Control District. Introduction History; Life Cycle; Distribution
- Killer Bees - Encyclopedia Smithsonian Smithsonian Institution. Taxonomy; Identification/Description; Photograph; Impacts; Distribution; Controls
- Killer Bees Fremont Unified School District (California). Thornton Jr. High School Honors Academy. Insecta Inspecta World. (Under the review of the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History) Taxonomy; Photographs; Illustrations; Introduction History; Impacts; Life Cycle; Dispersion; Controls
- The African(ized) Queen: New Twist Found To Hive Drama (May 23, 2000) USDA. Agricultural Research Service. Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts; Distribution; Controls; Research
- What Every Floridian Needs To Know About Africanized Honey Bees University of Florida. Entomology and Nematology. Research and Education Center. Presentation by Dr. William Kern, Jr. ( 26:28 min) Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts; Distribution
- What are Africanized Honey Bees (AHBs)? Utah State Department of Agriculture and Food. Introduction History; Photographs; Distribution; Controls
- What's Bussing with Africanized Honey Bees? DOI. National Atlas of the United States.Identification/Description; Photographs; Impacts; Distribution; Controls; Research
Notes
Contributors
- National Invasive Species Information Center, National Agricultural Library, United States Department of Agriculture. Web Site. Accessed May 3, 2008.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5435206
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1034243
