About Honey Bees
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Glossary - under construction
Africanized Honey Bee - a wild bee popularly known as the "killer bee;" aggressive bee not comfortable being around people or animals; more likely to sense a threat at greater distances, become more upset with less reason, and sting in much greater numbers.
American foulbrood disease - one of the most widespread and destructive of the bacterial honeybee brood diseases
Apiarist - a beekeeper
Apiary - a place where bee colonies are kept
Apis mellifera - scientific name (genus and species) of the honeybee; always italicized
Brood - immature forms of bees (and other insects); include eggs, larvae, and pupae
