Honey bees pollinate many types of plants, including vegetables, fruit trees and flowers.
Although we now need to take precautions against attacks from Africanized Honey Bees, it is important to remember that bees are beneficial to us. Africanized honey bees, noted for their aggressive sting behavior, are descendants of escaped African bees imported into brazil in 1956. After becoming established in Brazil, Africanized bees advanced up the east and north coasts of South America and then moved into Central America. In 1993 the spread of Africanized Honey Bee into North America reached Arizona. Prior to 1993, European species of honey bees were the predominant strain in Arizona.