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 Bees (2017 film), an American documentary 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"
• DXKB, a Philippine radio station, formerly nicknamed "Killer Bee"

Sports

• The Killer Bees (professional wrestling), a professional wrestling tag team.
• Killer B's (Houston), collective nickname for six Houston Astros players in the 1990s and early 2000's.
• 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.
• The Killer B's, a nickname for the current outfield of the Boston Red Sox, those players being Mookie Betts, Jackie Bradley Jr, and Andrew Benintendi. This nickname often includes Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts.

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