In June 2005, it was discovered that the bees had penetrated the border of Texas and had spread into southwest Arkansas.
==Geografska razprašenost==Od leta 2002 so se afrikanizirane čebele razširile iz Brazilije proti jugu do severne Argentine in na sever do Srednje Amerike, Trinidad (West Indies), Mehiki, Texas, Arizona, Nevada, Nova Mehika, Florida, in v južni Kaliforniji.