Incident List

At Clewiston, Florida, an excavator operator struck an abandoned water pipe containing a hive of Africanized bees and died from multiple stings, anaphylactic shock, and cardiac arrest.

A man in Cape Coral was hospitalized after a swarm of bees attacked from an unmaintained underground transformer box owned by Lee County Electric Cooperative in a field behind an apartment complex. Exterminators from Tony’s Pest Control said the swarm was made up of Africanized bees.

Fire crews responding to free a man trapped under a large tree were stung while preparing the rescue; they suited up, completed the rescue, and EMS transported the trapped man to a hospital.

Jon Christian was stung more than 100 times during a tree-trimming job after hitting a beehive and fell about 30 feet from a bucket truck.

Several Queen Creek Junior High School students and staff were stung by bees during a fire drill. ABC15 reported Queen Creek Fire and Medical responded, four students were treated at the scene, and no hospital transport was needed.

CBS Los Angeles reported that a Covina family returned home and found two German Shepherd-mix rescue dogs covered with bee stings and surrounded by dead bees. One dog died and the other was under veterinary care; CBS later reported inspectors located a nest about 100 yards away.

A Miami man was reportedly found dead in a room with about 60,000 swarming bees. The article indicates he may have been trying to duct tape a hole to prevent bees from escaping.

Verified reporting: Correo reports five people attacked in Colonia Morelos, one found without vital signs by paramedics and four transported to hospital. The deceased was reportedly a resident of El Chincual. Correo attributes a statement that the bees had been controlled to Civil Protection. Open questions: The alleged origin at a bee-breeding operation is unconfirmed. Victim identities, medical findings, subsequent hospital outcomes and the original official statement were not located. Azteca Bajío explicitly calls its information unconfirmed. Repeated coverage does not independently establish the circumstances or completed removal of the colony.

Verified reporting: Two local reports describe one older man dying and another man being injured in a bee attack on October 29. Emsavalles identifies Jose Guadalupe H., approximately 80, as deceased and says he and a 32-year-old man were weeding and clearing a pasture. Emergency services responded and the survivor received prehospital treatment from municipal Civil Protection. El Heraldo describes firefighters attempting to extract the older victim. Open questions: Exact location, medical findings, sting counts, survivor admission or subsequent outcome, initiating disturbance and completed colony clearance remain unresolved. No independent official incident or medical record was retrieved.

Verified reporting: A Gazeta cites Military Police describing Dionísio Dadalto dying after a bee attack and falling into a lagoon on October 29. Witnesses reportedly said two people entered the water to retrieve him, but he was already dead when removed. Scientific Police sent the body for forensic examination and Civil Police will investigate. Open questions: Medical cause of death is undetermined. Other coverage gives a different locality description and time of day, spells the name Deonísio and mentions an unconfirmed severe allergic reaction. Drowning, anaphylaxis and deliberate entry into the lagoon are not established. Initiating circumstances and colony status remain unknown.

Verified reporting: Jesca Mongina Moenga, 60, was among approximately 50 people collecting leftover maize at Katuke ADC farm when bees attacked on October 28. Police-cited reports say she collapsed after multiple stings and was pronounced dead at PowerPlus Clinic. More than ten other victims received treatment at Twiga Health Centre and were discharged stable. Her body was transferred for a postmortem examination. Open questions: The original police report, postmortem results, exact injury and sting counts, and completed colony removal were not located. Bees reportedly concealed among leftover maize stalks remain a preliminary explanation. Repeated coverage appears to derive from the same police account.

Verified reporting: OTEC FM and 3News identify Nana Afia Achiaa, 81, as dying following an October 28 bee attack at Achiase. Community accounts describe her encountering bees after coming outside the palace, an inability to reach her immediately, and eventual transport to a nearby hospital where death was confirmed. Residents reportedly used insecticide spray before transport. Open questions: No hospital, police or fire-service confirmation was located. The initiating circumstances, medical findings, sting totals and completed hazard removal remain unknown. Claims that bees had posed a persistent local hazard are attributed community accounts; the current colony has not been linked conclusively to earlier attacks.

Verified reporting: Jose Antonio Coelho, 76, known as Ze Antonio, reportedly died after a bee attack while carrying out or accompanying vegetation clearing at his rural property in Ribeira do Piaui. Coverage attributes confirmation to his nephew, Socorro do Piaui mayor Aderson Filho. Preliminary accounts say machinery struck a colony, bees entered the cabin, and he fell while trying to escape after leaving it. Open questions: That sequence, rescue arrangements, emergency treatment, medical cause of death and colony clearance remain unconfirmed.

Verified reporting: Laura Marquez Torres and a male companion were attacked in colonia La Colmena on October 27. Both obtained medical care, Laura died and October 28 reports describe the companion still hospitalized. Firefighters and Civil Protection reportedly responded. Open questions: Accounts differ on land clearing versus being at a residence, private versus emergency transport, and timing of death after arrival. A fallen nest is reported in some coverage but is not independently confirmed. Medical findings, companion's subsequent outcome and completed colony removal remain unresolved.

Verified reporting: An October 27 interview quotes fire commander Captain Kist describing a project under development with municipal agencies, Embrapa and local beekeepers. Historical response locations would inform placement of swarm-catching boxes, followed by beekeeper removal. He also describes a protocol in which fire services and SAMU notify each other for coordinated dispatch to sting emergencies. Open questions: No implementation date, published operating plan or measured reduction in attacks was located. The reported 63 seasonal callouts concern swarm responses, not 63 attacks. This is a preparedness reference and must not be counted as a fatality, hospitalization or attack incident.

Verified reporting: Pedro Mendoza Garcia, approximately 70, was reportedly stung along with other residents while in neighborhood streets. His son drove him to Cruz Verde in Sierra Real, where death was confirmed around 21:00. Excelsior reports a child among other sting victims without major complications. INFO7 says the mayor later announced elimination of the immediate risk. Open questions: Medical cause of death, total patient count and original clearance statement remain unverified. Claims of earlier unaddressed colony complaints are allegations, not established official findings.

Verified reporting: Marcelino, 62, was attacked in colonia Santa Isabel and transported for hospital care after firefighters, police and Red Cross personnel responded. Medios OBSON quotes a responding fire officer locating the colony in discarded upholstered furniture in the yard of an apparently abandoned property. Bystanders reportedly sprayed a fire extinguisher and helped him enter a vehicle, which some bees also entered. Open questions: Reports give more than 36 versus 62 head-and-neck stings; total stings, exact intersection, subsequent patient outcome and completed colony removal remain unresolved. Why he entered the property and what initiated the attack are not established.

Verified reporting: Organizer Ceci Flores described a machinery operator and a female search-team member attacked during a search for missing people and credited a Navy member with assisting and transporting the operator. SDPnoticias reports IMSS-Bienestar saying three people were treated, two in emergency observation and one as an outpatient. Open questions: The organizer alleged missing medicines and supplies; the institution disputed a shortage. Patient count, event date, subsequent outcomes and completed colony clearance remain unresolved. A hospital supply failure and anaphylaxis are not established.

Five excursionists were rescued from a ravine after a bee attack during rappelling. Zocalo reports accidental contact with a nest and a woman falling about three metres, injuring an ankle. Later coverage says all five went to hospitals. Earlier four-person reporting was superseded. Sting counts, individual outcomes and species remain unknown.

Verified reporting: Ganesh Naik, 50, and Rasik Deep, 48, were separating branches after cutting a dry tree at a residence when bees on a branch attacked them and the homeowner's wife. Ganesh died after transfer to Rourkela Government Hospital on Sunday. Rasik was transferred to a private hospital and died Monday. The woman was discharged Monday. Police reported postmortems completed and bodies returned to families. Open questions: Independent police or medical records, sting counts, medical causes of death and colony clearance were not retrieved.

Police said Hafizul Mat, 40, was attacked while collecting honey from a tree at a MARDI farm on October 24. He descended, entered nearby water, later collapsed unconscious and was taken to hospital, where he died that evening. Medical mechanism, sting count, species, protective equipment and whether collection was assigned work remain unconfirmed.

Firefighters reportedly evacuated four people sheltering inside a home. Two occupants, including a man described as allergic and his wife, were stung and taken to Hospital Regional Dr. Estacio Muniz in Aquidauana for assessment. Both were reported doing well; critical injury or prolonged admission was not established. Sting counts, species, initiating circumstances and colony disposition remain unknown.

Local reporting describes a tethered donkey dying during a bee attack near the Arroyo Colorado bridge and attacks on passing pedestrians. Firefighters and police reportedly cut the tether but could not save the animal. Veterinary cause, human injuries and exact event date remain unconfirmed. Nighttime colony-control work was announced; completion was not verified.

Trieu Hai Regional General Hospital received 27 students after a schoolyard attack. Patients stabilized but remained under observation, with multiple departments helping receive them. Dan Tri cites local authorities saying some students threw stones at a honey bee nest in a tree before nearby students were attacked. Species confirmation, individual sting counts and subsequent outcomes are unknown.

Nineteen MGNREGA workers were reportedly stung while cutting dry banana leaves among a crew of about 37. All received treatment at Vizhinjam Community Health Centre and were discharged, with stable condition reported by the council president. Species and colony location are unconfirmed. Nearby honey collection as a possible source is neighbors' speculation, not an established trigger.

Police-cited reporting describes nine people treated, including a four-month-old baby and an 86-year-old woman. Police obtained beekeeping equipment to rescue four occupants from a home after a health team could not enter without suitable protection. Officers were also stung. Two women reportedly received more than 50 stings each. Final patient outcomes and completed colony removal remain unconfirmed.

A brush-clearing worker was found unconscious with numerous stingers and rescued by firefighters wearing beekeeping protective clothing. Oxygen and monitoring continued during transport. Record Goias later reported discharge. An exact sting count and actual cardiac arrest are not established. Colony location, identification and final hazard clearance remain unconfirmed.

Approximately 20 students at Highland Middle School encountered a hive hidden in an underground irrigation box during outdoor PE activities. Four students were taken by ambulance to the hospital and several others were treated at the scene.

Entomological tests confirmed Africanized honey bees were responsible for the death of an elderly Dougherty County man who disturbed a feral colony with equipment and received more than 100 stings.

Reports say Orlando Olivar, 63, died after multiple bee stings at his farm in sector Guanito. Local reporting cites a police record and describes CICPC Temblador investigators recovering the body and transferring it to the Hospital Universitario Dr Manuel Nunez Tovar morgue for forensic examination. Event date, trigger, emergency-treatment sequence, colony location, bee identification and hazard removal remain unknown.

Several outlets reported bees attacking municipal workers during landscaping at San Bartolo. A later report says six workers were transported to IMSS facilities, five were discharged and one remained under observation after reported loss of consciousness. Those counts and outcomes await official corroboration. Accidental disturbance of a colony concealed in vegetation is preliminary. Bee species, final patient status and completed removal are unknown.

Verified reporting: A separate attack occurred during a Jawara immersion gathering near a well in Rajoda on October 20. Navbharat Times reports more than 20 injured and 11 admitted to Dewas district hospital. Other coverage gives approximately 40 injured and describes one seriously injured patient transferred to Indore. Open questions: Injury and admission totals conflict across reports. Water splashes, smoke and amplified sound are proposed triggers, not established causes. Final patient outcomes, sting counts and colony disposition remain unresolved. Do not combine with Agera October 19.

Diario Extra reported a bee attack affecting two homes, four adults, a six-year-old child and four dogs. The five people were transported to the Batan clinic for evaluation. Firefighters and Red Cross crews responded, and firefighters freed a dog. Rescue and control actions were reported, but final colony clearance and patient and animal outcomes were not established.

Subhash Shankar Madyale, 49, was reportedly attacked while grazing livestock and transferred from a private hospital in Sankeshwar to a multispecialty hospital in Belagavi before dying the following evening. Medical cause, sting count and colony status remain unverified. Honey bees are reported without confirmed species identification. The article includes lying-still advice that should not be reproduced as honey bee escape guidance.

Verified reporting: Approximately 25 people were injured during a religious immersion procession in Agera. NaiDunia reports about 13 hospitalized, including 11 at private hospitals and two at the government hospital. Block medical officer Dr Shailendra Oriya said patients were improving and their condition was not concerning. Open questions: Villagers suspected loud DJ sound disturbed a tree colony, but the initiating cause was not established. Final outcomes, exact sting totals and colony clearance remain unknown. This event is separate from Rajoda October 20.

A historical summary reports that a 66-year-old man became Arizona’s second Africanized honey bee fatality on October 18, 1995, after being stung approximately 130 times near Phoenix. Needs original source and victim name before public merge.

The Gazette reports a woman hospitalized in serious condition, a horse-cart owner treated and discharged, and several dogs and birds killed. An SPCA participant described two tethered horses in distress and a coordinated rescue with a veterinarian and bee specialists, lasting about four and a half hours. The horses were treated and moved to SPCA premises. Exact losses, final human outcomes and colony clearance remain unknown.

Proceso Digital quoted fire-service lieutenant Julio Miranda confirming a minor's transport to Hospital de Atlantida after bee stings in colonia Primavera. At least two dogs were also reported killed by bee stings in the locality. The minor's diagnosis and subsequent outcome were undisclosed. Trigger, colony location and clearance remain unknown. A second outlet repeats the same official account and does not establish independent corroboration or genetic identification.

Vos TV reported that a five-year-old died after multiple bee stings while collecting firewood with children aged seven and nine in Santa Isabel. The older children reportedly escaped. Accidental disturbance of a nest is preliminary. The matching accounts may share community information. Medical mechanism, sting count, species, emergency response and colony removal are unknown. The fatality remains in the incident list while the precise locality is resolved.

Reports citing police say Epfras Uushona, 78, was attacked and stung by bees at Onaanda and pronounced dead on arrival at St Martin Roman Catholic Hospital in Oshikuku. The attack was reported around 19:00 on Friday, October 16. Trigger, colony location, sting count, bee identification and subsequent hazard removal were not established. Community concerns about access to healthcare do not prove the medical mechanism or avoidability of this death.

Reporting says a 71-year-old woman, Adelia, was treated after the October 16 attack, discharged October 17, then returned to Hospital de Base and died following cardiac arrest October 20. A 66-year-old woman reportedly remained in ICU. Aratu On reported at least ten people stung, two dogs killed and a cat receiving veterinary treatment. Firefighters located the colony inside a coconut palm in a residential yard. Final medical causation, counts and site clearance remain unconfirmed.

At a Yuma-area farm-labor worksite, an employee harvesting lemons was stung multiple times by bees and died.

At least seven people were reportedly transported to IMSS-Bienestar Valentin Gomez Farias after a downtown bee attack. Emergency crews restricted several streets. A vehicle striking a tree colony is a preliminary trigger. Reports differ on the intersection and seriously injured patient's identity. October 16 reporting described one woman remaining hospitalized and residual bees after intervention. Reports of more than ten stung do not replace the seven-transport count. This is separate from the September Las Barrillas case.

XEVT reported a filmed bee attack on an older adult at the college and a move to virtual academic and administrative activities for October 14-15 while Civil Protection and firefighters addressed the bees. Return depended on safe conditions. Injury severity, patient totals and completed removal are unconfirmed. This is a campus preparedness record, with no confirmed hospitalization. Reported African bee descriptions have no documented identification basis.

Por Esto reported that bees killed poultry and a dog and injured one person in Sabidos. Personnel identified as Comision Nacional de Emergencias reportedly responded and removed the bees. No independent corroboration or direct responder statement was located. The event date, animal counts and human medical outcome remain unknown. General discussion of confined animals in the report does not establish that these animals were tethered or enclosed.

Local outlets reported eight people stung after bees emerged from a box or hive on Privada Paraje. Bees reportedly spread into the street and nearby residences. CRUM paramedics, Cuernavaca firefighters and state Civil Protection personnel responded. All eight reportedly received first aid and several were transported for hospital evaluation. The triggering disturbance, colony ownership, exact hospital count and patient outcomes remain unknown; reported African ancestry is unverified.

Six people were reportedly stung at an encampment. A 54-year-old man reportedly received more than 100 stings and experienced convulsive episodes. SAMU stabilized him and transported him to Hospital de Emergencia e Trauma de Joao Pessoa, which told the outlet he was hospitalized in stable condition undergoing examinations. Two others were transported by firefighters; three declined medical care. The cause of the convulsive episodes was not independently established. This is separate from the city's October 7 incident.

During a Longmeadow eviction, a beekeeper allegedly agitated and released hives toward deputies; several deputies and staff were stung and one staff member was taken to the hospital.

Diario de Morelos reported that a man approximately 40 years old suffered multiple bee stings while cleaning his property, lost consciousness and was transported by municipal firefighters and paramedics to the emergency department of Clinica 7 of the Seguro Social. No directly accessible responder or hospital statement was located. Later condition and inpatient admission remain unknown.

El Liberal reported that Osvaldo Rene Salvatierra, 58, died after a bee attack at a residence. Carlos Carabajal, 45, was transferred to Tucuman in critical condition. Three police officers responding to cries for help were also stung and needed medical treatment. The prosecutor ordered specialist intervention and medical certification of the death. The reported five-injury total exceeds the four surviving patients individually described. Bee identification, trigger and completed colony treatment remain unconfirmed.