Identification, Biology, Control and Management Resources

Adult(s); An Africanized honey bee (left) and a European honey bee on honeycomb. Despite color differences between these two bees, normally they can't be identified by eye. Scott Bauer, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Adult(s); South Africa Pest and Diseases Image Library, , Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Adult(s); forewing; South Africa Pest and Diseases Image Library, , Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Adult(s); South Africa Pest and Diseases Image Library, , Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage
Adult(s); South Africa Pest and Diseases Image Library, , Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Adult(s); South Africa Pest and Diseases Image Library, , Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Adult(s); South Africa Pest and Diseases Image Library, , Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Trap(s); placing a trap in the field Division of Plant Industry Archive, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage
Trap(s); pheromone placed in the opening of the trap Division of Plant Industry Archive, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Trap(s); smoking a trap for collection Division of Plant Industry Archive, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Management; Lorraine Beaman, USDA ARS Honey Bee Breeding Lab, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Control; Northwest Fire District's Captain John Estes of Tucson, Arizona, uses a wide spray of water and chemical wetting agent as a means of subduing Africanized honey bees. Looking on is ARS entomologist Eric Erickson (retired), who taught this control method to fire departments throughout Arizona. Jack Dykinga, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage