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...Apiculturist Warwick Kerr figured he had some perfectly good reasons for bringing 20 African queen bees into his native Brazil nine years ago. Though it is known to be ferocious, the African bee produces 30% more honey than either the Italian or German bee that long dominated Brazilian beekeeping: it will even work and make honey in weather that slows down other bees. Besides, Kerr planned to crossbreed his Africans to Produce a more gentle bee. What he got instead was a bee with a disposition so nasty that it now threatens the lives and livelihood of almost every beekeeper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Entomology: Danger from the African Queens | 9/24/1965 | See Source »

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