What is the meaning of africanized honey bee?

A 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.
- synonyms: Africanized bee, killer bee, Apis mellifera scutellata, Apis mellifera adansonii

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