Sources
for Honey Bee
How we know — institutions cited: UF/IFAS Extension (native range, biology, pollination value); UC IPM (swarm versus colony, nesting, why killing bees in place backfires, referral, and venom/local-reaction facts); University of Minnesota Extension (identification, lookalikes, beneficial role); USDA ARS Carl Hayden Bee Research Center with the University of Illinois Division of Research Safety (stinging, venom, anaphylaxis); University of Georgia Extension Bee Program (comb left in walls); and ITIS for taxonomy (*Apis mellifera* Linnaeus, 1758, TSN 154396). Each safety-critical sting claim carries two independent allowed sources. Review status: unreviewed (draft).