Africanized "killer" bees are a hybrid species known for aggressively defending their hives. Some 90%-100% of wild honey bee colonies in Arizona are Africanized. Killer bee attacks in Arizona have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hearing buzzing around your yard? It might be the Africanized honey bee, often called "killer bees," which are a hybrid of African ...

PHOENIX (AP) — A particularly aggressive strain of honeybee has been menacing parts of Arizona in recent weeks, with some people getting stung so many times that they’ve been hospitalized. In the past ...

Hearing buzzing around your yard? It might be the Africanized honey bee, often called "killer bees," which are a hybrid of African honey bees and European honey bees. They spread into Arizona and ...

Africanized honey bees, also known as "killer bees," are common in Arizona and other southwestern states. These bees are highly defensive of their nests and may attack in large numbers if disturbed.