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In 1956, African honeybees were introduced into Brazil to improve honey production in the tropical
climate of South America. However, they started to mix with European honeybees already living there
and produced a new kind of "Africanized" honeybees that are better at setting up hiyes and at reproducing
than European bees. Keeping Africanized bees poses a challenge to beekeepers. Generally, beekeepers
keep their bees in 11. wooden boxes, or hives.
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After the worker bees fill a hive with honey, the
beekeepers open the lid of the hive and blow a few puffs of thick, cool smoke into the hive to help calm
12. easier to collect the honey.
the bees,
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The problem with keeping Africanized bees is that they are more defensive than European bees.
Even the slightest bump against the hive may 13. an alarm. A large quantity of smoke is needed
to calm the bees. Two or three beekeepers may need to work together to safely harvest the honey. And
they may need to wear heavier beekeeping suits even in hot, 14. weather. Beekeepers may also
collect less honey from Africanized bee hives. European bees form search parties and work together
to collect flower nectar from which honey is made, while Africanized bees usually work alone in search
of flowers. Therefore, less nectar is brought back to Africanized bee hives. Africanized bees also spend
less time storing honey but more time caring for young bees. That may be because they 15. in a
tropical climate where not much honey is needed for food during the winter.
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