Introduced to the Americas in the 1950s, Africanized bees have made their way into Arizona, where warm weather and desert conditions suit them well. Despite the name, each killer bee sting is no ...

Africanized honey bees, often called "killer bees," are now found in 13 states and are slowly spreading northward, attacking people, livestock and pets along the way. In the last three months alone, a ...

Most of the bees in Arizona are Africanized "killer" bees. Here's what happens if you get stung by a killer bee and how to get rid of them.

Terrifying killer bees are spreading northward in the US, researchers fear. The Africanized honey bee, normally found in southern Africa, is far more aggressive than the European honey bee, the ...

TSUNAMBEE Africanized honey bee swarms have left destruction in their path. Amber Levis Breaking News Intern Updated Jun. 26 2025 1:03PM EDT Published Jun. 24 2025 11:23PM EDT Adrees Latif/REUTERS ...

An Africanized honey bee (left) and a European honey bee on honeycomb. Despite color differences between these two bees, mostly they can’t be identified by eye.

Africanized honeybees, known as "killer bees," are spreading across Florida and the U.S. due to rising temperatures. These bees are more aggressive than European honeybees, sending out more bees ...

Swarms of aggressive killer bees are on the move and spreading across the U.S. The Africanized honey bee has been found in 13 states, primarily in the South, but appear to be moving north.

That's unlikely with Western honey bees, but it can happen with Africanized bees. In 2022, an Ohio man suffered 20,000 bee stings while cutting tree branches.

If you mentioned the “Bee Apocalypse” 50 years ago, everyone instantly knew what you meant. After escaping from an experimental facility in Brazil, by the mid-1970s aggressive Africanized ...

Africanized honey bees, often referred to as "killer bees," are now found in 13 states and are slowly spreading northward, attacking people, livestock and pets along the way. In the last three months ...