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Alabama's discovery has followed a spate of killer bee sightings across the country.
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July 2, CBS News, 2 July 2025
Were there other killer bee incidents in Texas this year?
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 22 May 2025
But to unsuspecting humans, killer bees seem aggressive, spiteful and, of course, terrifying.
—Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 24 June 2025
On May 9, a swarm of what are believed to be Africanized honey bees, also known as killer bees, attacked and killed three horses in Comanche, Texas, just about 50 miles southeast of Eastland.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 20 May 2025
On the menu: About a dozen daily flavors, including cream cheese lemon cake, blueberry pancake, and the spicy killer bee ice creams.
—Jason Clayworth, Axios, 1 Apr. 2025
In the episode’s inciting incident, a truck hauling 22 million killer bees (just go with it) crashes on the freeway, unleashing an angry swarm.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2024
The killer bees may be the A-plot (bee plot) of this premiere, but Athena is facing her own metaphorical bee-nado.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2024
Following a season 8 opener that gave us 22 million killer bees, the past two weeks served up a plane catastrophe that had me on the brink of tears for one reason or another throughout.
—Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 11 Oct. 2024
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July 2, CBS News, 2 July 2025
Were there other killer bee incidents in Texas this year?
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 22 May 2025
But to unsuspecting humans, killer bees seem aggressive, spiteful and, of course, terrifying.
—Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 24 June 2025
On May 9, a swarm of what are believed to be Africanized honey bees, also known as killer bees, attacked and killed three horses in Comanche, Texas, just about 50 miles southeast of Eastland.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 20 May 2025
On the menu: About a dozen daily flavors, including cream cheese lemon cake, blueberry pancake, and the spicy killer bee ice creams.
—Jason Clayworth, Axios, 1 Apr. 2025
In the episode’s inciting incident, a truck hauling 22 million killer bees (just go with it) crashes on the freeway, unleashing an angry swarm.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2024
The killer bees may be the A-plot (bee plot) of this premiere, but Athena is facing her own metaphorical bee-nado.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2024
Following a season 8 opener that gave us 22 million killer bees, the past two weeks served up a plane catastrophe that had me on the brink of tears for one reason or another throughout.
—Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 11 Oct. 2024
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“Killer bee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/killer%20bee. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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killer bee
noun
kil·ler bee
ˈkil-ər-ˈbē 
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