Incident Record
Africanized honey bees first discovered in Arkansas near Brightstar, Miller County
Arkansas public materials and public reports state that Africanized bees were first discovered in southwestern Arkansas near Brightstar in Miller County in June 2005.
Record ID: AR-MILL-2005-0001
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Date
2005-06
Location
Brightstar area, AR, Miller County, AR
State
AR
Record Type
Detection / Context / Advisory
Trigger / Activity
Unknown / Needs Review
Severity
Detection / Surveillance
Bee ID Status
Confirmed Africanized
Aggression Classification
Not an Attack / Context Record
Incident Summary
Arkansas public materials and public reports state that Africanized bees were first discovered in southwestern Arkansas near Brightstar in Miller County in June 2005.
Public-Safety Lesson
State trapping and monitoring can identify AHB presence before the public sees widespread incident reports.
Impact Flags
Human Fatality
No
Human Hospitalized
No
Animal Fatality
No
Responder Involved
No
Source Information
Source: Arkansas Department of Agriculture / University of Arkansas Extension
Source Strength: A - Official / Government