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Africanized bee, an Uncommon card
The Africanized bee, also known as the Africanized honey bee and colloquially as the "killer bee", is a hybrid of the western honey bee, produced originally by crossbreeding of the African honey bee with various European honey bee subspecies such as the Italian honey bee and the Iberian honey bee.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 78
- DEF
- 76
- Power
- 154
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 190,000
Power 154 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Africanized bee quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Africanized bee card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Hives were found in ______ Texas, United States, in 1990.
Answer
southern. Hives were found in southern Texas, United States, in 1990. From the Africanized bee article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Since then, the hybrid has spread throughout South America and arrived in North America in ____.
Answer
1980s. Since then, the hybrid has spread throughout South America and arrived in North America in 1985. From the Africanized bee article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Brahmaputra River. Brahmaputra River 81 · Africanized bee 78 · Pecan 72 · Cumin 69 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- African honey bees were first introduced to Brazil in 1956 to increase honey production, but 26 swarms with their queens escaped from their experimental apiary in 1957.
- Since then, the hybrid has spread throughout South America and arrived in North America in 1985.
- Hives were found in southern Texas, United States, in 1990.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Africanized bee article was read about 190,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 78 and blocks with 76: each hit it takes is cut by 30 %.
How to get Africanized bee
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Africanized bee (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Jonathan Wilkins, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
