Africanized honey bee

noun

Synonym of Africanized bee.

Similar
Africanized beekiller beeApis mellifera scutellataApis mellifera adansonii
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Meanings

nounAfricanized honey bee (plural Africanized honey bees)

plural Africanized honey bees

  1. Synonym of Africanized bee.

    Synonyms: Africanized bee

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of Africanized bee.

Similar
Africanized bee

More synonyms by meaning

nouna 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

Similar
Africanized beekiller beeApis mellifera scutellataApis mellifera adansonii
Broader
honeybeeApis mellifera
Also see
africanized beekiller bee

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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Africanized honey bee. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Africanized%20honey%20bee

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“Africanized honey bee.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Africanized%20honey%20bee. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Africanized honey bee,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Africanized%20honey%20bee.

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