How did Africanized Honey Bees get here?
Africanized honey bees have spread through most of the Americas partly because of their tendency to move more frequently than other European honey bees. Their biggest move, however, crossing the Atlantic from Africa to Brazil, didn’t happen by accident. Much controversy and a little mystery surrounds what exactly happened, but this much is clear: there was a man that helped them on that one. By the 20th century, many people in the tropical zones of South America had developed a taste for honey and they imported European honey bees to establish on their farms. But these South American beekeepers found that the production of the European honey bee was not entirely satisfactory. The German, Spanish and Italian honey bees from colder and drier climates never adapted well to hot, wet and humid conditions of Brazil. To compensate, the tropical American beekeepers began investigating how they might breed a bee better suited to their special climate. Some Brazilians thought the answer might be
