Killer bees

Killer bee refers to a hybrid of the African honey bee with various European honey bees.

Killer bees or Killer B's may also refer to:

• Killer bees (business), firms or individuals employed by a target company to fend off a takeover bid
• Killer Bees (Texas Senate), a group of Texas senators, including Glenn Kothmann, who in 1979 went into hiding to prevent a quorum
• Killer Beez, a gang in New Zealand

Film and television

• Killer Bees (1974 film), a television movie featuring Gloria Swanson
• Killer Bees! (2002 film), a television movie featuring Fiona Loewi
• Killer Bees (2008 film) (Die Bienen — Tödliche Bedrohung), a German horror film
• Killer Bee (Naruto), a fictional character in the anime and manga series Naruto
• The Killer Bees (SNL), a recurring sketch on the American comedy program Saturday Night Live
• The Killer Bees (Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide characters), fictional characters in the TV series Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide

Music

• Killa Bees, a collective nickname for affiliates of the Wu-Tang Clan rap group
• The Killer Bees, an American funk/soul/rock band co-founded by Papa Mali
• WXKB, a Top 40 music radio station in Cape Coral, Florida nicknamed "The Killer B"
• Killer Bee, a Philippine radio station

Sports

• The Killer Bees (professional wrestling), a professional wrestling tag team
• Killer B's (Houston), collective nickname for four Houston Astros players in the 1990s
• Killer B's (Miami), collective nickname for eight Miami Dolphins defensive players in the 1980s
• Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees (NAHL), a former North American Hockey League team based in Hidalgo, Texas, US
• Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees (CHL), a former Central Hockey League team based in Hidalgo, Texas, US
• Group B, a 1980s class of World Rally Championship cars nicknamed "Killer B's" due to their poor safety record
• The Killer B's, a nickname for three players for the Pittsburgh Steelers, those players being Ben Roethlisberger, Antonio Brown, and Le'Veon Bell

Video games

• Killer Bees!, a 1983 video game for the Magnavox Odyssey2
• Cammy, a character in the Street Fighter video-game series sometimes called Killer Bee

See also

• Killer Beaz (born 1953), American stand-up comedian
• Swift KillerBee, a type of unmanned aerial vehicle
• Killer Tweeker Bees, 1997 album by American guitarist Greg Ginn