Incident Record
Africanized honey bees discovered and destroyed on cargo vessel in Pascagoula
A second group of Africanized honey bees was reportedly found in mid-May 2008 on a cargo vessel in Pascagoula that had come from Jacksonville, Florida; the bees were destroyed.
Record ID: MS-JACK-2008-0515
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Date
2008-05
Location
Pascagoula, MS, Jackson County, MS
State
MS
Record Type
Detection / Context / Advisory
Trigger / Activity
Port / Cargo Interception
Severity
Detection / Interception
Bee ID Status
Reported Africanized
Aggression Classification
Not an Attack / Context Record
Incident Summary
A second group of Africanized honey bees was reportedly found in mid-May 2008 on a cargo vessel in Pascagoula that had come from Jacksonville, Florida; the bees were destroyed.
Public-Safety Lesson
Coastal shipping routes can create temporary AHB introduction risk independent of long-term state establishment.
Impact Flags
Human Fatality
No
Human Hospitalized
No
Animal Fatality
No
Responder Involved
No
Source Information
Source: FreightWaves / U.S. Customs and Border Protection report
Source Strength: B - Established News / Officials Quoted