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Africanized bees blamed in death of Georgia man

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(CNN) — Africanized honey bees have been confirmed in Georgia and are responsible for the death of a 73-year-old man, the state’s agricultural commissioner said Thursday.

Curtis Davis of Dougherty County in southwest Georgia last week accidentally disturbed a colony of bees while he was clearing bush with his bulldozer, CNN affiliate WFXL reported. He received more than 100 stings.

“This is the first record of Africanized honeybees in Georgia,” Agricultural Commissioner Tommy Irvin said in a statement about the entomological tests.

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