Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alabama officials have confirmed a newly discovered hive of Africanized honeybees, also known as "killer bees," as their spread ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Africanized honey bees, better known as killer bees, aren’t your garden-variety buzzers. They play a crucial role as pollinators ...

Editor's note: This story was edited to add additional clarifying information that no extensive populations of Africanized bees live in the state and reported colonies have been eradicated.

Africanized honey bees, often referred to as "killer bees," are now found in 13 states and are slowly spreading northward, attacking people, livestock and pets along the way. Scientists say the bees' ...

Africanized honey bees, often referred to as "killer bees," are now found in 13 states and are slowly spreading northward, attacking people, livestock and pets along the way. Scientists say the bees' ...

A beehive in Palisade has been confirmed to contain the state's first report of Africanized bees. Local officials in the beekeeping community have suspected that Africanized bees were in the Grand ...

A hive of an estimated 40,000 Africanized bees killed a man and seriously injured a woman who came to his assistance in Moody, Texas, on Saturday. Could killer bees be on their way to the Northwest?

Six people, including a mother and her 8-year-old daughter, were stung to death by a swarm of "killer bees" during a bus ride in Nicaragua earlier this week. A bus carrying 60 passengers was making ...

A hive of Africanized honeybees, known as "killer bees," has been discovered in Barbour County, Alabama. The hive was euthanized, and officials are monitoring the area for further activity. While ...