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Nash evaded pirates, snipers and killer bees before heroically succumbing to a lethal virus in the April 17 ABC episode.—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 26 Dec. 2025 Not to mention poison oak and killer bees and the potential for the hillside to give way and crush everything below it.—T. Coraghessan Boyle, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2025 Alabama's discovery has followed a spate of killer bee sightings across the country.—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