Thursday, November 19, 2009

Killer Bees: Nasty Sting, Not So Smart

From New Scientist:

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 Africanized killer honey bees 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 United States. Increased intelligence had been suggested as one reason for this expansion.

Apparently not.

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