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The killer bees may be the A-plot (bee plot) of this premiere, but Athena is facing her own metaphorical bee-nado.
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Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2024
Following a season 8 opener that gave us 22 million killer bees, the past two weeks served up a plane catastrophe that had me on the brink of tears for one reason or another throughout.
—Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 11 Oct. 2024
Africanized honey bee The sting of an Africanized honey bee, also known as a killer bee, is similar to that of a typical honey bee but more intense.
—Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 25 Sep. 2024
Before spreading into California, killer bee attacks had already caused several deaths in other states.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2023
In May, an 81-year-old man in Oklahoma survived being attacked by killer bees for three hours.
—Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2023
Originally hybridized in Brazil in the 1950s, the killer bees had migrated north through Mexico.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2023
In 1998 in Bisbee, Booth witnessed one of the worst killer bee attacks recorded in history.
—Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 12 Aug. 2022
Interviewed by email, Takahashi says the label murder hornet is appropriate because the species is as dangerous as killer bees, a nickname for the African honeybee.
—National Geographic, 4 May 2020
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Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2024
Following a season 8 opener that gave us 22 million killer bees, the past two weeks served up a plane catastrophe that had me on the brink of tears for one reason or another throughout.
—Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 11 Oct. 2024
Africanized honey bee The sting of an Africanized honey bee, also known as a killer bee, is similar to that of a typical honey bee but more intense.
—Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 25 Sep. 2024
Before spreading into California, killer bee attacks had already caused several deaths in other states.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2023
In May, an 81-year-old man in Oklahoma survived being attacked by killer bees for three hours.
—Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2023
Originally hybridized in Brazil in the 1950s, the killer bees had migrated north through Mexico.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2023
In 1998 in Bisbee, Booth witnessed one of the worst killer bee attacks recorded in history.
—Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 12 Aug. 2022
Interviewed by email, Takahashi says the label murder hornet is appropriate because the species is as dangerous as killer bees, a nickname for the African honeybee.
—National Geographic, 4 May 2020
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“Killer bee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/killer%20bee. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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killer bee
noun
kil·ler bee
ˈkil-ər-ˈbē 
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