… A similar study compared the genomes of highland and lowland African honey bee … similarity
to docile European honey bees in the derived gentle Africanized bees found in Puerto Rico […

… Europe) on the presence of naturally surviving honey bee … honey bee found in the extreme
south west of South Africa, … nearly one day shorter than that of European subspecies [43]. This …

… of northern regions of Europe was achieved by the ability of honey bees to survive several
… have been used to compare European or African-derived bees on the American continent …

… seems to be the only race that can resist the climatic contrasts of North Africa. European …
pesticides are relevant stressors to bee health in North Africa, although beekeepers claim the …

… stings compared with the European honey bee (EHB) … African subspecies. There is much
interbreeding of the subspecies in the Americas and, therefore, the term Africanized honey bee…

… African and European to refer to the native populations of honey bees living in Africa and
Europe… , feral and commercial US honey bees, and African-derived honey bees from a number …

… VIII), in their 1998 book Honeybees of Africa, argue that our knowledge of African honey
bees is minute in comparison to what is known about European bees and that, “We fervently …

… Sampling of honey bee colonies in continental Africa and Europe provided reference
native populations for comparison. A total of 113 colonies were sampled at 28 locations in the …

… the African and European races of honey bees, but the extent to which bee populations in
the Americas are African-European … from matings between European and African bees. The …

… in New World honey bees or as a unique character of any African race of A. mellifera,
unless a considerable Africanization process has already occurred in the United States. …