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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Date2008-05
LocationPascagoula, MS, Jackson, 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
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 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