Editing Africanized bee (section)

=== Defensiveness ===
Africanized honey bees exhibit far greater defensiveness than [[Western honey bee|European honey bee]]s and are more likely to deal with a perceived threat by attacking in large swarms.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/misc/bees/ahb.htm|title=Africanized honey bee - Apis mellifera scutellata Lepeletier|last=Ellis|first=Jamie|date=January 2008|website=University of Florida Entymology and Nematology Department}}</ref> These hybrids have been known to pursue a perceived threat for a distance of well over 500&nbsp;meters (1,640&nbsp;ft).<ref>{{cite web |title=The Common Races of Honey Bees PerfectBee |url=https://www.perfectbee.com/learn-about-bees/the-science-of-bees/common-races-of-honey-bee |website=www.perfectbee.com}}</ref>

The venom of an Africanized honey bee is the same as that of a European honey bee, but since the former tends to sting in far greater numbers, deaths from them are naturally more numerous than from European honey bees.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Are Africanized honey bees more deadly than other bees? |url=http://www.bearcountrybees.com/are-africanized-honey-bees-more-deadly-than-other-bees/ |access-date=2015-07-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150715153855/http://www.bearcountrybees.com/are-africanized-honey-bees-more-deadly-than-other-bees/ |archive-date=2015-07-15 |url-status=dead }}</ref> While allergies to the European honey bee may cause death, complications from Africanized honey bee stings are usually not caused from allergies to their venom. Humans stung many times by the Africanized honey bees can exhibit serious side effects such as inflammation of the skin, dizziness, headaches, weakness, [[edema]], nausea, diarrhea, and vomiting. Some cases even progress to affecting different body systems by causing increased heart rates, respiratory distress, and even renal failure.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Mitchell, Anne |title=Africanized killer bees |journal=Critical Care Nurse |volume=26 |issue=3 |year=2006 |pages=23–31 |doi=10.4037/ccn2006.26.3.23 |url=http://ccn.aacnjournals.org/content/26/3/23.full|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal | pmid = 20613852 | year = 2010
| last1 = Mejía Vélez | first1 = G | title = Insuficiencia renal aguda por picadura múltiple de abejas africanizadas. Comunicación de 43&nbsp;casos |trans-title=Acute renal failure due to multiple stings by Africanized bees. Report on 43&nbsp;cases |journal=Nefrologia | volume = 30 | issue = 5 | pages = 531–538 | doi = 10.3265/Nefrologia.pre2010.May.10269 }}</ref> Africanized honey bee sting cases can become very serious, but they remain relatively rare and are often limited to accidental discovery in highly populated areas.