killer bee n 1: an investment banker who devises strategies to make a target company less attractive for takeover 2: a strain of bees that originated in Brazil in the 1950s as a cross between an aggressive African bee and a honeybee; retains most of the traits of the African bee; now spread as far north as Texas [syn: {Africanized bee}, {Africanized honey bee}, {Apis mellifera scutellata}, {Apis mellifera adansonii}]