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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.

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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
2022-08-26 OH
Brown / Ripley, OH 		Tree Work / Landscaping / Brush Clearing Hospitalization or Serious Human Injury Reported Africanized Honey Bees Ripley man stung about 20,000 times after trimming tree branches and cutting into hive
Austin Bellamy was trimming branches in a tree when he cut into a hive and was swarmed; reports said he suffered about 20,000 stings, swallowed bees, developed kidney failure, and was airlifted to the hospital before later improving. 		WCPO
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