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