Zambia – Deadly Insects – African Killer Bee – 1000 Kwacha – 2010 – Proof Colored Coin – Africanized honey bees, known colloquially as “killer bees,” are some hybrid varieties of the Western honey bee species, (Apis mellifera), produced originally by cross-breeding of the African honey bee with various European honey bees such as the Italian bee and the Iberian bee. The hybrid bees are far more aggressive than any of the various European subspecies. Small swarms of Africanized bees are capable of taking over European honey bee hives by invading the hive and establishing their own queen after killing the European queen. In October 2010, a 73-year-old man was killed by a swarm of Africanized honey bees while clearing brush on his South Georgia property, as determined by Georgia’s Department of Agriculture.