The history of the Africanized honey bee in the Americas attests that most of the "problems" associated with this insect have to do with its unpredictable behavior. This is because its habits are unfamiliar to folks, including beekeepers themselves, who are used to those of European bees introduced to the Americas from the temperate lands of the Old World. The New World, tropically adapted Africanized honey bee is truly another breed, and as such it emulates the human population in the Americas, which also developed a rougher, less-refined version of its European forbearer.
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