Well, I guess that's a good thing since no matter what country they come from, they're still pollinators.......
They are very aggressive in defense of their hive, when out foraging they are just like any other honeybee.
You just have to learn to keep the Africanized hives away from any areas where you are going to be operating any power equipment; (mowers, weed whips, chainsaws, tractors, etc.), otherwise they are very productive little buggers, and like any good capitalist, very protective of the fruits of their labor.
Just remember to suit up completely when working with Africanized hives, (I use Tyvec, yellow chemical resistant coveralls) and a bee hood.
Use black neoprene gloves and tape up the wrists; don’t use leather gloves, for some reason they really HATE leather and they can sting right through it.
An Africanized breed of honeybee queens that escaped from an experimental lab and mixed in with the native Brazilian bee population.
The resulting bees are hybrids
The two charcteristics for which these Africanized bees are known :
#1 They swarm 3-4 times a year ; whereas native bees swarm only once.
#2 When easily riled (loud noise/thunderstorms/rain/etc.) they become aggressive and sting in large multiple numbers; frequently in the hundreds .
Deaths occur from the hundreds of stings (horses, cows , humans , dogs , etc....)