'Apis mellifera scutellata' definitions:

noun

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 [syn: Africanized bee, Africanized honey bee, killer bee, Apis mellifera scutellata, Apis mellifera adansonii]