Africanized honey bees, often called "killer bees," are now found in 13 states, including Mississippi. This invasive species is spreading into new areas, leaving a trail of death and heartbreak.

After a relatively quiet summer for Africanized “killer” bee attacks in Cochise County, recent days have seen around half a dozen major bee sting incidents that resulted in one hospitalization and the ...

COMANCHE, Texas — Known for their ferocity, Africanized honeybees, or “killer bees”, were first bred in Brazil in 1956 to boost honey production in warm climates, but quickly gained notoriety after 20 ...

Africanized honey bees, better known as killer bees, aren’t your garden-variety buzzers. They play a crucial role as pollinators in Arizona’s ecosystem, but these bees have a serious side: their ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - An update on those aggressive bees in West Mobile. The big question was are they Africanized Honey Bees also known “killer bees.” Testing by the Alabama State Department of ...

Bees make significant contributions to healthy ecosystems and to food security. However, factors such as climate change, improper use of pesticides, and intensive monoculture production pose serious ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - West Dunbrooke Court was busy Wednesday with bees and workers trying to remove them. “For this process I will have to run an endoscope into the cavity, which the bees won’t be ...

PHOENIX (AP) - A string of recent bee attacks has some experts believing Arizona's prolonged drought may be making bees more aggressive and more willing to go after people. They have several theories ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Even as larvae, honey bees are tuned in to the social culture of the hive, becoming more or less aggressive depending on who raises them, researchers report in the journal ...

An "aggressive" swarm of bees were responsible for the Wednesday deaths of three Arizona dogs, officials with the Tucson Fire Department confirmed Thursday. After warning residents to avoid the area, ...

CONCORD (BCN) Aggressive bees in Concord that sent two people to the hospital earlier this month were revealed by DNA testing to be ordinary honey bees, according to an official with the state ...