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Africanized honey bees (AHB), commonly known as "killer bees," are a hybrid of the western honey bee (Apis mellifera) that originated from a crossbreeding experiment in Brazil in 1956. They are known for their highly defensive behavior, reacting faster and stinging in greater numbers than European honey bees, though their venom is not more potent. These bees have spread throughout South and Central America, reaching the United States in the 1980s and 1990s.