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Africanized honey bees create problems at three levels: ecological (competition and hybridization), beekeeping/agriculture (management and genetics), and public safety (defensive behavior). Africanized honey bees can reach very high colony densities and heavily exploit floral resources, which can reduce nectar and pollen available to native pollinators like stingless bees in Neotropical systems. Experimental additions of Africanized colonies near flower patches caused stingless bees to become le
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