Killer bees: nasty sting, not so smart
source: http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2009/11/killer-bees-nasty-sting-not-so.html
-
-
- retro_Syl
- added this
Killer bees may be among the most feared of all insects - but they ain't too smart.
A new study has compared the wits of Africanised killer honeybees with those of a more docile European breed.
Killer bees - which result from a cross between African honey bees and a Brazilian variety in the 1950s - have spread from Central American into the southern US. Increased intelligence had been suggested as one reason for this expansion...
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2009/11/killer-bees-nasty-st...
A new study has compared the wits of Africanised killer honeybees with those of a more docile European breed.
Killer bees - which result from a cross between African honey bees and a Brazilian variety in the 1950s - have spread from Central American into the southern US. Increased intelligence had been suggested as one reason for this expansion...
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2009/11/killer-bees-nasty-st...
-
- groups:
- Green, Earth and Science, Science, Animal Videos and News, 1 more
