Posted on 05/21/2015 5:18:21 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The hiker was walking with a friend when the swarm attacked her
A hiker was stung more than 200 times after being attacked by "killer bees" while trekking at Mount Elsinore levee.
The woman was walking with a friend when the swarm attacked her just after 9 a.m, and she was rushed to a local hospital for treatment afterwards. She has since been released.
The area around the levee was closed so exterminator George McDonough of Robbins Pest Management could be called.
He located six hives in the area where the woman was stung, and determined they were Africanized bees, which are known as "killer bees" due to their aggressive swarming behavior. Each hive can house anywhere from 5,000 to 10,000 bees.
Three of the hives were house in abandoned truck tires, two were in the ground and another was in an irrigation control box.
He laid down pesticide, which McDonough said is harmless to humans, to get rid of the bees.
Sting ping
How come the woman got stung so badly and not the friend?
Don’t they mean “Attempted Killer-American Bees”??
“Africanized bees”
If Obama had a beehive ...
We had this happen to our family last summer on a hike with yellow jackets... I was the slowest (man of the family and all making sure everyone was ok) and I got stung the most.
I was stung 15 times by yellow jackets, it was gnarly.
Africanized bees, another “scientific achievement”, because scientists had the misguided notion to ‘improve’ the honey bees.
“The African honey bee was first introduced to Brazil in the 1950s in an effort to increase honey production; but, in 1957, 26 swarms accidentally escaped quarantine and, since then, have spread throughout South and Central America and arrived in North America in 1985......” (wiki entry)
Or, they are attracted to a certain blood type/other natural smell from certain individuals.
Forgot to link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africanized_bee
See the map of its geographical spread to the United States.
I still have nightmares from those yellow jackets... i will remember that day for the rest of my life.
“How come the woman got stung so badly and not the friend?”
“white privilege”?
Pheromones and shee?
African-American bees?
Ouch!
another “Lack Of Funding” Travesty!!
Nice map - I’m allergic to bees. Heck, even common ant bites look like bee stings on my body. Going to spend more time in my car when I travel out west.
She must have disrespected the bees somehow.
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