Detailed U.S. Incident Records

U.S. Detailed Incident Statistics

These records are an actual documented sample from the much larger U.S. bee-injury data sets. They are used to show the real-world details behind individual reports: what happened, where it happened, who or what was affected, the trigger, severity, response, and available source documentation.

4.05 million View U.S. Bee-Injury Data →

Estimated cumulative bee-related U.S. ER visits, 2001-2025

This current cumulative estimate extends the published national bee-specific annual average through the latest completed calendar year. It does not come with public case files that can be plotted or reconstructed one by one.

The detailed records below are the individual incidents Honey Bee Awareness has been able to reconstruct from public sources with enough information to show what happened, where it happened, the outcome, and the response.

The underlying national study covered nonfatal, unintentional, non-work-related ER cases only. It does not include fatal cases, work-related cases, or incidents that never resulted in ER treatment. See the national U.S. bee-injury data and calculation.

258 Detailed U.S. Case Records

19 U.S. States / Territories Represented

60 Human Fatality Case Records

151 Hospitalization Case Records

49 Animal Fatality Case Records

162 Responder-Involved Case Records

United States Detailed Records by State

These are case-level records selected for documentation and pattern analysis. They are not a count of every bee incident in each state.

70 AZ

64 TX

46 CA

23 FL

23 NV

7 NM

5 LA

5 OK

2 GA

2 NJ

2 PR

2 NH

1 AL

1 AR

1 NY

1 ME

1 MA

1 OH

1 IL

What Was Happening When the Incident Began

Includes incident records with a reported activity or setting. Records where the source did not state the activity are not included in this list.

46 Mowing / Yard Work

38 Animal / Pet / Livestock Encounter

28 Tree Work / Landscaping / Brush Clearing

25 Hive / Colony Disturbance

23 Residential / Property Exposure

17 Unknown / Needs Review

16 Outdoor Recreation / Remote Exposure

14 Construction / Equipment / Structural Work

10 Bee Removal / DIY Control

10 Public Location / School / Event

10 Farm / Ranch / Field Work

8 Vehicle / Roadside / Transport

6 Utility / Public Works

3 Responder / Public Safety Response

2 Detection / Public Advisory

1 Port / Cargo Interception

1 Animal / Livestock Exposure

Incident Outcomes

Each record is counted once according to its most serious documented outcome.

61 Human Death

140 Hospitalization or Serious Human Injury

34 Animal Death

6 Stinging Incident — No Death or Hospitalization Reported

17 Public-Safety Response — No Serious Injury Reported

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Detailed U.S. Incident Records

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Date ▼	State / Territory / Area	Trigger	Outcome	Bee Identification	Headline / Summary	Source
2013-06-01	TX McLennan / Moody, TX	Construction / Equipment / Structural Work	Human Death	Reported Africanized Honey Bees	Larry Goodwin killed after disturbing 40,000 Africanized bees while clearing land Larry Goodwin, 62, was killed after disturbing a hive while working land near Moody; reports said a woman who tried to help was also stung and the colony contained Africanized honey bees.	CBS/AP / McLennan County Sheriff / Extension cited A - Official / Government
2012-09-07	TX Nueces / Corpus Christi / Shoreline and Schatzel, TX	Mowing / Yard Work	Hospitalization or Serious Human Injury	Honey Bees — Genetics Not Established	Two city contractors hospitalized after bee attack while mowing median Two city contractors were hospitalized after being stung by bees while mowing grass on the median at Shoreline and Schatzel in Corpus Christi.	KIII 3News B - Established News
2012-08-09	TX Travis / Austin, TX (exact address not given)	Vehicle / Roadside / Transport	Hospitalization or Serious Human Injury	Honey Bees — Genetics Not Established	Out-of-control vehicle crashes into house, disturbing hidden bee hive; three injured, one hospitalized A vehicle crashed into a house, disturbing a hidden bee hive within the structure. Three people were injured in the resulting attack, one seriously enough to require hospitalization.	Austin American-Statesman (Claudia Grisales) via Texas Monthly B - Established News (Austin American-Statesman, per Texas Monthly summary)
2012-08-08	TX Travis / Pflugerville, TX	Construction / Equipment / Structural Work	Hospitalization or Serious Human Injury	Reported Africanized Honey Bees	Warehouse worker hospitalized after more than 300 Africanized bee stings A 40-year-old warehouse worker was hospitalized in stable condition after being stung more than 300 times by Africanized bees after disturbing a hive at work.	JEMS / AP B - Established News / Officials Quoted
2012-08-06	TX Travis / East Austin, TX	Bee Removal / DIY Control	Hospitalization or Serious Human Injury	Honey Bees — Genetics Not Established	East Austin man stung during DIY bee removal with vacuum cleaner; suffers allergic reaction while driving to hospital, crashes into pedestrian, cars, and a house A man attempting DIY bee removal with a vacuum cleaner was stung. Driving himself to the hospital, he suffered an allergic reaction that caused him to lose control of his car, crashing into a pedestrian, several other cars, and a house.	Austin American-Statesman (Jazmine Ulloa) via Texas Monthly B - Established News (Austin American-Statesman, per Texas Monthly summary)
2010-08-31	TX Hays / Kyle area	Mowing / Yard Work	Hospitalization or Serious Human Injury	Honey Bees — Genetics Not Established	Man hospitalized one week after more than 1,200 bee stings while mowing field Lamar LaCaze of Kyle reportedly received more than 1,200 stings while mowing a field and spent a week hospitalized. Relatives believed bees had been living in an old water heater in the field.	TractorByNet repost citing San Marcos Daily Record / Houston Chronicle C
2009-09-21	TX Johnson / Cleburne	Mowing / Yard Work	Hospitalization or Serious Human Injury	Suspected Africanized Honey Bees	Kenneth Dumas attack sends patient, two CareFlite crew members, and firefighters into active bee hazard An 83-year-old man was attacked while mowing; two CareFlite crew members and two firefighters were also stung during rescue. Firefighters used hose and foam, and a firefighter drove the ambulance to the hospital.	FireRescue1 quoting Cleburne Fire Chief Clint Ishmael B - Established News / Officials Quoted
2008-07-23	TX Zavala / Batesville	Tree Work / Landscaping / Brush Clearing	Human Death	Honey Bees — Genetics Not Established	Ranch worker dies after bee attack while shredding alleyway on tractor At a South Texas cattle-ranch operation near Batesville, a worker on a tractor reported he had been attacked by bees while shredding an alleyway; he later died in the ambulance after roughly twenty stings.	OSHA Inspection Detail A - Official / Government
2004-05-29	TX Fort Bend / Richmond / 22530 block of Canal	Farm / Ranch / Field Work	Human Death	Honey Bees — Genetics Not Established	Rancher died after apparent bee attack caused tractor/shredder fall Ranch owner Bruce Harrison, 54, was found dead near a tractor/shredder. Fort Bend County officials said he appeared to have been trying to escape or swat bees when he fell, and he had multiple bee stings and lacerations from the shredder.	Houston Chronicle B
2002-09	TX Bexar / Kirby / San Antonio area, TX	Residential / Property Exposure	Human Death	Honey Bees — Genetics Not Established	Elderly Kirby man died after bees attacked him on front porch Juan Robles, an elderly Kirby man, died after a bee attack on his front porch. Firefighters responding to his medical-alert button found his face covered with stingers and bees, according to Fire Chief Kevin Riedel.	MyPlainView / AP-style local report B
1996-05-15	TX Uvalde / Sabinal area ranch land-clearing site	Tree Work / Landscaping / Brush Clearing	Human Death	Honey Bees — Genetics Not Established	Ranch land-clearing operation with two bulldozers knocked down bee tree; one worker died and another was hospitalized OSHA reported that two workers clearing ranch land by dragging a long anchor chain between two Caterpillar bulldozers knocked down a tree containing a hive; one worker died after about 30 stings and another worker who ran to help was hospitalized for multiple stings.	OSHA A - Official / Government
1994-09	TX Williamson / Georgetown, TX	Mowing / Yard Work	Hospitalization or Serious Human Injury	Confirmed Africanized Honey Bees	Georgetown man stung more than 1,000 times; multiple rescuers also stung J.C. Johnson, 86, was reportedly stung more than 1,000 times after disturbing a large hive while mowing. His son, a police officer, and an emergency worker were also stung or treated. UPI identified the bees as Africanized.	Deseret News / UPI report B
1994-08-23	TX Nueces / Grandmother's residence, Robstown, TX	Mowing / Yard Work	Hospitalization or Serious Human Injury	Confirmed Africanized Honey Bees	Teenager Christopher Graves stung about 1,000 times starting lawn mower near vacant building in Robstown Christopher Graves was starting a lawn mower at his grandmother's house when bees swarmed from a vacant building. One sting was followed almost instantly by full-body coverage; he was stung roughly 1,000 times and taken to Spohn Hospital in Corpus Christi in serious but stable condition. Fire Chief Julio Flores described finding him covered in bees head to toe.	Tampa Bay Times archive B
1993-07-15	TX Cameron / Harlingen area, TX	Bee Removal / DIY Control	Human Death	Confirmed Africanized Honey Bees	Lino Lopez becomes first U.S. fatality attributed to Africanized honey bee stings Officials confirmed that 82-year-old Lino Lopez died after being stung by Africanized honey bees. Secondary summaries say he was trying to remove a colony from a wall in an abandoned building on his ranch near Harlingen.	UPI / DesertUSA historical summary B