Incident Record
Africanized honey bee swarm detected and destroyed on cargo vessel in Gulfport
Agriculture specialists with U.S. Customs and Border Protection reportedly detected and destroyed a swarm of Africanized honey bees onboard a cargo vessel that arrived in Gulfport from Honduras in late April 2008.
Record ID: MS-HARR-2008-0425
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Date2008-04
LocationGulfport, MS, Harrison, MS, United States
CountryUnited States
State / ProvinceMS
Record TypeDetection / Context / Advisory
Trigger / ActivityPort / Cargo Interception
SeverityDetection / Interception
Bee ID StatusReported Africanized
Aggression ClassificationNot an Attack / Context Record
Source Language
Incident Summary
Agriculture specialists with U.S. Customs and Border Protection reportedly detected and destroyed a swarm of Africanized honey bees onboard a cargo vessel that arrived in Gulfport from Honduras in late April 2008.
Public-Safety Lesson
Ports and cargo traffic can introduce Africanized colonies even where a state does not have an established population.
Impact Flags
Human FatalityNo
Human HospitalizedNo
Animal FatalityNo
Responder InvolvedNo
Source Information
Source: FreightWaves / U.S. Customs and Border Protection report
Source Strength: B - Established News / Officials Quoted