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Where do African Honey Bees (AHBs) come from?

April 26, 2017African ahbs bees honey

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Where do African Honey Bees (AHBs) come from?

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Africanized Honey Bees (AHBs) were first introduced into Brazil in 1956 in an try to improve honey production in the tropics. They were accidentally released into the wild, and have been moving gradually towards the United States ever since. A few colonies were found in Texas in 1990. They entered Arizona in 1993, along the southern border.