africanized bee meaning and definition

AFRICANIZED BEE noun

Definition of Africanized bee (noun)

1. 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 honey bee, Apis mellifera adansonii, Apis mellifera scutellata, killer bee