Incident Record
Africanized bees stung at least six people in Tucson-area incident
UPI reported that Africanized bees stung at least six people in a Tucson Foothills neighborhood and that pest-control workers removed a colony from an elementary school the same day.
Record ID: AZ-PIMA-2005-0526
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Date
5/26/2005
Location
Tucson, AZ, Pima County, AZ
State
AZ
Record Type
Attack / Stinging Incident
Trigger / Activity
Hive / Colony Disturbance
Severity
Public Safety Incident
Bee ID Status
Confirmed or Reported Africanized
Aggression Classification
Public Safety Incident
Incident Summary
UPI reported that Africanized bees stung at least six people in a Tucson Foothills neighborhood and that pest-control workers removed a colony from an elementary school the same day.
Public-Safety Lesson
Schools and neighborhoods need proactive colony inspection and removal planning.
Impact Flags
Human Fatality
No
Human Hospitalized
Unknown
Animal Fatality
No
Responder Involved
Unknown
Source Information
Source: UPI / Arizona Daily Star referenced
Source Strength: B - Established News / Officials Quoted