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.
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.
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.
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.
Incident Outcomes
Each record is counted once according to its most serious documented outcome.
Detailed U.S. Incident Records
Showing 1–2 of 2 matching records. Total detailed case records in working CSV: 328. Click a column heading to sort the current results.
| Date ▼ | State / Territory / Area | Trigger | Outcome | Bee Identification | Headline / Summary | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07 |
GA Chatham / Savannah area, GA |
Vehicle / Roadside / Transport | Hospitalization or Serious Human Injury | Honey Bees — Genetics Not Established |
Georgia toddler critically injured after more than 150 yellowjacket stings A 2-year-old Georgia boy was critically injured and treated in ICU after more than 150 yellowjacket stings; reports describe multi-organ failure and dialysis treatment. |
FOX 5 Atlanta / FOX Weather
B - Established News / Officials Quoted |
| 2010-10-21 |
GA Dougherty / Albany area, GA |
Mowing / Yard Work | Human Death | Confirmed Africanized Honey Bees |
Elderly Dougherty County man died after Africanized honey bee attack; first Georgia AHB record 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. |
Georgia Department of Agriculture / UGA Extension via Farm Progress and Early County News
A - Official / Government |