A warning sign along an Arizona highway; bee attacks have been on the rise in the American southwest. “An examination of the body conducted by medical staff and Sheriff’s detectives estimated over a thousand bee stings,” according to the sheriff’s office news release. But Africanized bees have blamed for a string of deadly or near deadly attacks in Arizona and other states. Bee attacks in the American Southwest have been on the rise in recent years, according to experts. “Without provocation or warning, a large swarm of bees descended on both of them as they continued on the trail,” the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office said in a press release.

Source: thestar May 27, 2016 07:57 UTC