‘KILLER BEES’ BLAMED IN TEXAS MAN'S DEATH

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 94 (1) ◽  
pp. 118-118
Author(s):  
J. F. L.
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Cause Of Death ◽  
Honey Bees ◽  
The United States ◽  
South Texas ◽  
First Person ◽  
Department Of Agriculture ◽  
Federal Department ◽  
Africanized Bees ◽  
Insect Stings

Harlington, TX, July 19 (AP)—Federal agricultural officials say that the honey bees that killed an 82-year-old rancher last week were the Africanized variety known as "killer bees." "Our lab has confirmed that the bees are Africanized," said Kim Kaplan, a Spokeswoman for the Federal Department of Agriculture in Greenbelt, MD. Final autopsy results are not yet available, but the pathologist who did the autopsy listed the preliminary cause of death as acute fluid buildup in the lungs caused by insect stings. If the cause of death is confirmed, the rancher, Lino Lopex, would be the first person killed by Africanized bees in the United States since the aggressive variety migrated into Texas in 1990. Harlington, TX, in South Texas, is about 15 miles from the Mexican border. Mr. Lopez apparently tried to drive the bees out of a wall in an abandoned house by poking the hive with a stick wrapped with a burning burlap sack. He was dead on arrival at the hospital, with about 40 stingers still attached to his body, officials said.

Bee, Wasp, and Hornet Stings

1986 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
James F. Maguire ◽  
Raif S. Geha
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Honey Bees ◽  
The United States ◽  
Therapeutic Approaches ◽  
Venomous Animals ◽  
Life Threatening ◽  
Insect Allergy ◽  
Slow Moving ◽  
Stinging Insect ◽  
Insect Stings

Insect stings are a common pediatric problem. The vast majority of such stings are nothing more than a brief and relatively trivial annoyance, producing only a mild local reaction. However, allergic reactions to stings from venomous insects are not rare and can be potentially life threatening. Actuarial surveys indicate that at least 40 deaths per year occur in the United States as a result of severe reactions to venomous insect stings. This article will review the nature of reactions to stinging insects, discuss the diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to stinging insect allergy, and point out some of the problems that remain incompletely resolved in these areas. STINGING INSECTS Bees, wasps, and hornets (Figure) are members of the order Hymenoptera and account for the majority of anaphylactic reactions to venomous animals and insects in the United States. The apid family includes the bumblebee and the honeybee, both of which are relatively nonaggressive. The bumblebee is large, slow moving, and noisy, rarely accounting for stings. Honeybees cause problems particularly among beekeepers and their families but may also be encountered by people who are gardening or mowing lawns in aareas where the bees are pollinating flowers or clover. Children are most commonly stung by honey bees while barefoot.

AFRICANIZED HONEY BEES FOUND IN ARIZONA

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 94 (1) ◽  
pp. 117-117
Author(s):  
S. Hawthorne
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Honey Bees ◽  
Rio Grande Valley ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
The United States ◽  
Washington Dc ◽  
Department Of Agriculture ◽  
Africanized Honey Bees ◽  
First Time ◽  
North And South

Washington, DC, July 13, 1993—Africanized honey bees have been found in Arizona, the second state where the "killer bees" have migrated into this country, according to the Agriculture Department. A swarm was found in a state Department of Agriculture trap 2 miles north of Sasabe, AZ. The bees were destroyed. The fierce and unmanageable bees are descendants of honey bees imported from Africa to Brazil in 1956. They have been spreading north and south from Brazil since their release in 1957. They tend to sting with less provocation and in greater numbers than other honey bees. They migrated for the first time into the United States in 1990, near Hildago, TX, in the Rio Grande Valley. They have also entered the country on ships.

Commercial Fishing as an Occupational Determinant of Opioid Overdoses and Deaths of Despair in Two Massachusetts Fishing Ports, 2000–2014

2021 ◽  
pp. 104829112110234
Author(s):  
Scott Fulmer ◽  
Shruti Jain ◽  
David Kriebel
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Cause Of Death ◽  
Death Certificate ◽  
The United States ◽  
Opioid Overdose ◽  
Commercial Fishing ◽  
Opioid Epidemic ◽  
Death Certificate Data ◽  
Deaths Of Despair

The opioid epidemic has had disproportionate effects across various sectors of the population, differentially impacting various occupations. Commercial fishing has among the highest rates of occupational fatalities in the United States. This study used death certificate data from two Massachusetts fishing ports to calculate proportionate mortality ratios of fatal opioid overdose as a cause of death in commercial fishing. Statistically significant proportionate mortality ratios revealed that commercial fishermen were greater than four times more likely to die from opioid poisoning than nonfishermen living in the same fishing ports. These important quantitative findings suggest opioid overdoses, and deaths to diseases of despair in general, deserve further study in prevention, particularly among those employed in commercial fishing.

Microbial communities associated with honey bees in Brazil and in the United States

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denise de Oliveira Scoaris ◽  
Frederic Mendes Hughes ◽  
Milton Adolfo Silveira ◽  
Jay Daniel Evans ◽  
Jeffery Stuart Pettis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Microbial Communities ◽  
Honey Bees ◽  
The United States

scholarly journals Stroke Declines From Third to Fourth Leading Cause of Death in the United States

Stroke ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 42 (8) ◽  
pp. 2351-2355 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amytis Towfighi ◽  
Jeffrey L. Saver
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Cause Of Death ◽  
The United States

scholarly journals Exotic Haemaphysalis longicornis (Acari: Ixodidae) in the United States: Biology, Ecology, and Strategies for Management

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Brittany L Schappach ◽  
Rayda K Krell ◽  
Victoria L Hornbostel ◽  
Neeta P Connally
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Vector Competence ◽  
The United States ◽  
United States Department ◽  
Haemaphysalis Longicornis ◽  
Life Stages ◽  
Department Of Agriculture ◽  
Management Options ◽  
Significant Public Health ◽  
Multiple Pathogens

Abstract The Asian longhorned tick (ALT), Haemaphysalis longicornis Neumann (Acari: Ixodidae), is a three-host tick that was first detected outside of United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) quarantine in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, in 2017 and subsequently found in another 14 states. In its native Asia, and where it has become established in Australia and New Zealand, ALTs feed on a variety of hosts and are economically important livestock pests and competent vectors of multiple pathogens to humans and other animals. The degree to which ALT will become a persistent livestock pest or competent vector for introduced or existing pathogens in the United States is yet unclear. Because of its vast host availability, ability to reproduce asexually, known vector competence, and the presence of multiple life stages on hosts, the expansion of ALT establishment in the United States is expected, and is a significant public health and veterinary concern. In this paper, we discuss the biology, geographical distribution, life cycle and seasonal activity, reproduction, identification, medical and veterinary implications, management options, and future concerns in the United States.

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