The balance of nature took about four billion years to settle into the pattern the earth now holds. When humans change one thing, large or small, it begins a chain reaction that we often can’t foresee. We don’t know everything there is to know about Mother Nature yet. Killer Bees In 1956, Brazilian geneticist Warwick Kerr imported a robust but aggressive African strain of honeybee named Apis mellifera adansonii to breed with the European species that were used for honey production. Before the planned mating the next year, 26 swarms of the African bees escaped from the apiary in Sao Paulo. They bred with wild bees and their descendants became known as Africanized bees, or “killer bees”. They have a tendency to attack any animal that wanders into their territory, sting their enemies in large groups, and remain agitated for up...
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