Your risk of death by killer bees has gone way, way up.

The term ‘killer bees’ is typically associated with a Harrison Ford adventure movie, not necessarily your family trip to Phoenix, AZ. But for a <a href="https://www.the-sun.com/news/3395131/man-killed-five-stung-disturbing-beehive-arizona-home/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">man in Marana County, Arizona</a> in August of this year, a disturbance of an enormous beehive resulted in death. With encounters like these on the rise, it’s worth your time to grab a new epinephrine prescription and keep your wits about you when visiting the southwestern United States. Bee stings aren’t a common cause of death. <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/68/wr/mm6829a5.htm" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Between</a> 2000 and 2017, a total of 1,109 deaths were attributed to a sting from a hornet, bee, or wasp. But numbers are on the rise — and a more aggressive type of honey bee is partly to blame. In 2015, a man was stung upwards of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jul/31/arizona-bee-swarm-man-died-stings" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">500–1,000</a> times by an estimated tens of thousands of bees after disturbing a hive in north-western Arizona. He survived, miraculously. The bees were not identified immediately but were believed to be Africanized honey bees. A few months later, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/nov/01/bee-attack-arizona-subdivision-hospital" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">six people</a> were injured in a swarm, sparking concerns about public safety. <a href="https://medium.com/age-of-awareness/your-risk-of-death-by-killer-bees-has-gone-way-way-up-2a2085359ae4">Read More</a>