To control insects
To pollinate their crops.
They don't need bees.
To make honey.
Kill all Honey bees.
Decrease the population of both Africanized and Honey bees.
Kill all Africanized bees.
Increase the Africanized bee population.
1990
1983
1980
1993
Increased 70 percent
Decreased 7 percent
Decreased 70 percent
Remained the same
300
none
3
30
By having bee doctors treat their bees.
By killing all the Aficanized bees.
By using the chemical Apistan.
By breeding hives that show the greatest resistance to mites.