Africanized bee

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africanized_bee

Characteristics

Though Africanized bees display certain behavioral traits that make them less than desirable for commercial beekeeping, excessive defensiveness and swarming foremost, they have now become the dominant type of honey bee for beekeeping in Central and South America due to their genetic dominance as well as ability to out-compete their European counterpart, with some beekeepers asserting that they are superior honey producers and pollinators.

The major differences between Africanized and other Western bee types are:

• Tends to swarm more frequently and go farther than other types of honey bees.
• Is more likely to migrate as part of a seasonal response to lowered food supply.
• Is more likely to "abscond"—the entire colony leaves the hive and relocates—in response to stress.
• Has greater defensiveness when in a resting swarm, compared to other honey bee types.
• Lives more often in ground cavities than the European types.
• Guards the hive aggressively, with a larger alarm zone around the hive.
• Has a higher proportion of "guard" bees within the hive.
• Deploys in greater numbers for defense and pursues perceived threats over much longer distances from the hive.
• Cannot survive extended periods of forage deprivation, preventing introduction into areas with harsh winters or extremely dry late summers.

Geographic spread throughout North America

Map showing the spread of Africanized honey bees in the United States from 1990 to 2003

African honeybees are considered an invasive species in the Americas. As of 2002, the Africanized honeybees had spread from Brazil south to northern Argentina and north to Central America, Trinidad (West Indies), Mexico, Texas, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Florida, and southern California. Their expansion stopped for a time at eastern Texas, possibly due to the large population of honey bee hives in the area. However, discoveries of the Africanized bees in southern Louisiana indicate this subspecies has penetrated this barrier,^[9] or has come as a swarm aboard a ship.

In June 2005, it was discovered that the bees had penetrated the border of Texas and had spread into southwest Arkansas. On 11 September 2007, Commissioner Bob Odom of the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry said that Africanized honey bees established themselves in the New Orleans area.^[10] In February 2009, Africanized honeybees were found in southern Utah.^[11][12] The bees had spread into eight counties in Utah, as far north as Grand and Emery counties by May 2017.^[1

The bees had spread into eight counties in Utah, as far north as Grand and Emery counties by May 2017

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Ironically, Utahans relate the beehive symbol to industry and the pioneer virtues of thrift and perseverance. The beehive was chosen as the emblem for the provisional State of Deseret in 1848 and was maintained on the seal of the State of Utah when Utah became a state in 1896.

I forgot that Utah is the beehive state:

https://www.50states.com/bio/nickname5.htm

Utah
“Beehive State” The beehive became the official state emblem on March 4, 1959. Utahans relate the beehive symbol to industry and the pioneer virtues of thrift and perseverance. The beehive was chosen as the emblem for the provisional State of Deseret in 1848 and was maintained on the seal of the State of Utah when Utah became a state in 1896.
source: http://www.state.ut.us/about/motto_emblem.html