Like other species of bees, Africanized bees pollinate plants. Compared to their European counterparts, they begin pollinating at much younger ages and harvest more pollen to feed their greater numbers of larvae.

Can Africanized bees reproduce?

While European bees generally only reproduce two or three times a year, Africanized bees can reproduce up to 17 times annually (Lantigua, 2008).

Why are Africanized honey bees a problem?

Damage done: Africanized Honey Bees (=Killer Bees) are dangerous because they attack intruders in numbers much greater than European Honey Bees. Since their introduction into Brazil, they have killed some 1,000 humans, with victims receiving ten times as many stings than from the European strain.