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Before spreading into California, killer bee attacks had already caused several deaths in other states.
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Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2023
In May, an 81-year-old man in Oklahoma survived being attacked by killer bees for three hours.
—Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2023
Originally hybridized in Brazil in the 1950s, the killer bees had migrated north through Mexico.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2023
In 1998 in Bisbee, Booth witnessed one of the worst killer bee attacks recorded in history.
—Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 12 Aug. 2022
Interviewed by email, Takahashi says the label murder hornet is appropriate because the species is as dangerous as killer bees, a nickname for the African honeybee.
—National Geographic, 4 May 2020
Droves of vicious killer bees are headed toward the United States.
—Nashia Baker, House Beautiful, 11 Oct. 2019
But killer bees—hybrids of the relatively docile European strain of honey bee and a more aggressive African relative—are particularly fierce.
—Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 15 June 2018
His team hopes to eventually use these insights to develop a way to protect people from these killer bees, perhaps through a spray or chemical plug that can be applied to a hive.
—Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 15 June 2018
Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2023
In May, an 81-year-old man in Oklahoma survived being attacked by killer bees for three hours.
—Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2023
Originally hybridized in Brazil in the 1950s, the killer bees had migrated north through Mexico.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2023
In 1998 in Bisbee, Booth witnessed one of the worst killer bee attacks recorded in history.
—Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 12 Aug. 2022
Interviewed by email, Takahashi says the label murder hornet is appropriate because the species is as dangerous as killer bees, a nickname for the African honeybee.
—National Geographic, 4 May 2020
Droves of vicious killer bees are headed toward the United States.
—Nashia Baker, House Beautiful, 11 Oct. 2019
But killer bees—hybrids of the relatively docile European strain of honey bee and a more aggressive African relative—are particularly fierce.
—Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 15 June 2018
His team hopes to eventually use these insights to develop a way to protect people from these killer bees, perhaps through a spray or chemical plug that can be applied to a hive.
—Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 15 June 2018
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killer bee
noun
kil·ler bee
ˈkil-ər-ˈbē 
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