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Africanized Honey Bee Species in Ecuador

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Africanized Honey Bee species in Ecuador. Honey bees from South Africa are similar to the honey bees in Ecuador according to stats.

Africanized Honey Bee species in Ecuador

Being a south african citizen and now living in Ecuador, Loja province have witnessed that the honey bees are the same as south african honey bees.

Below is a Ecuador honey bee.

South African cape honey bee.

We had an apiary of honey beehives, consisting of 220 hives that had at least two to three supers on and we harvested honey.

established beehive with 3 supers on the farm in south africa in the fybos fields

Being a keen beekeeper and photographer and interested in the life and cycles and habits of these amazing creatures it was notice that they have the same markings and behavior.

Established Bee Swarms on Farm

Established Bee Swarms on Farm with tiny purple flowers carpeting the ground

On research found that this “Apis mellifera scutellata ” honey bee found in lowland of east Africa is a subspecies and classified as the western honey bees. Which is native to central southern and eastern Africa. In the South of Africa, western cape it is called the cape honey bee.

Below is a Cape Honey Bee from South Africa.

Being from the south western cape of south africa, where the fynbos flower belt grows is where you would find the cape honey bee. (Apis mellifera capensis).

south african fynbos flowers that cape honey bee loves

Yet it is said that they do differ reproductively.

” Apis mellifera scutellata (the “African” honey bee of the Americas). Reproductively, Cape bees differ significantly from, Apis mellifera scutellata and other honey bee races. Making it perhaps the most distinctive race of A. mellifera worldwide.”

View; Cape Honey Bees, Apis mellifera capensis Escholtz

According to a short history on the bees, the Africanized honey bee arrived in southern America or Ecuador as early as 1980 s. They have been here for quit a while.

Ecuador South American honey bees

Ecuador honey bee foraging on small flowers.

Foraging Honey Bees in Ecuador Above.

This confirms that the markings are the same and their temperament are the same. But, I feel that their temperament differs when they have honey in their hives or when the swarm is large.

The Ecuador home bee hive that was rescued from a tree stump.
Tree trunk swarm rescue

I followed a rescued swarm here in Ecuador, Loja, Vilcabamba. That was placed at our home and was able to photograph them easily. Until the swarm had grown to a large swarm and then they got defensive. They were rehomed to the farm.

Ecuador honey bees that returned to home site after being moved to farm

Above photo shows you the honey bees that were rehomed on the farm from the house area. Some flew back to the house twice. Here we show you feeding them, to regain some strength.

The two honey bees from two different countries. Below.

South African cape honey bee
South American honey bee

There is the other species of honey bee that have a darker marking.

Different honey bee species

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