Brazil has predominance of a hybrid species between A. m. scutellata, of African origin, and European breeds such as A. m. mellifera, A. m. ligustica (widely known as “Italian”) and A. m. carnica. The resulting poly-hybrid, the Africanized bee, has retained many of the characteristics of African subspecies, such as high productivity, high swarming capacity, greater resistance to diseases and pathogens and higher aggressiveness.
