Apis mellifera scutellata
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| phylum | Arthropoda | Apis mellifera scutellata (commonly known as the East African lowland honey bee) is a subspecies of the western honey bee in the family Apidae. It is native to Central, Southern, and Eastern Africa. This bee is highly defensive and swarming, and is notable for being the primary progenitor of the invasive Africanized bees (or "killer bees") that spread across the Americas.
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| Class | Insecta | |
| order | Hymenoptera | |
| family | Apidae | |
| subfamily | Apinae | |
| genus | Apis | |
| subspecies | A. mellifera scutellata |
