Posted on 06/29/2015 1:52:31 PM PDT by bkopto
A South Texas farmer has died after being stung by hundreds of bees while using a tractor on a field near Rio Hondo.
The San Benito Fire Department on Monday identified the victim as 53-year-old Rogelio Zuniga.
Fire Chief Raul Zuniga Jr., who's a cousin of the victim, says the attack happened Sunday afternoon. Rogelio Zuniga was using a disk on the field when the tractor hit an old concrete pipe meant for irrigation. The fire chief says the bees came from an opening in the pipe.
The victim was dead at the scene.
The fire chief says an exterminator was brought in to kill the bees and clear the pipe, which had 15 to 20 feet of honeycombs.
Ordinary native honey bees, or invasive African bees? Ordinary bees don’t usually behave that way, even if their hive is disturbed.
definitely African bees.
I know a guy in Brazil whose bull was swarmed and killed by the bees there (which are African)
While mowing the other day I noticed a papery pod laying on the ground in a corner of the yard, about 5 inches long and as thick as your wrist.
I bumped it and pure black insects like mud daubers flew out.
Since I’m allergic and I don’t want my dog nosing it, I hosed it down with hornet spray.
Any idea what these things are/were? Something similar stung me years ago, I turned white then bright red and my throat almost closed up. Wondering whether to call an exterminator to look for more.
This happens more frequently than you might expect in South Texas and the Rio Grand Valley. They’re definitely Africanized bees.
Last time I ran into bees in a pipe it was some wasps or something, flying into and out of a truck axle off of a 5 ton that was sticking up out of the sand in the demo range at Combat Engineer school at Camp Lejeune. They were pestering students who were doing things that required their full attention to do safely.
I blew the wasps into oblivion with a couple of pounds of C-4.
I have had them chase me on my tractor to my truck (Road Gear on the Tractor) and I jump in the truck... drive away in the truck all the while they are attacking the truck (fun driving while you are swatting and cursing) and if they get you on the nose or near your eyes you can’t see and start sneezing.
Came back the next day to find a few diehards still hanging out around the tractor.
I followed these white faced things(black white stripes and a white face) into the attic of my shed just today.
They will meet there demise tonight but I have been told the 1st one that stings you leaves an enzyme the other track and theres no getting away from the suckers.
McGiver.....is that you?
I ran into a hollow log with honey bees in it a couple of years ago while mowing.
Had hundreds of honey bees cover me but I never got stung.
I get a lot of bumble bees coming out of the ground and ground hornets.
The red wasp and yellow jackets in the brush are even worse.
Got stung 3 times yesterday, once on my left hand and twice on my right hand, by red wasp while picking my okra.
Hands are still swollen.
Nuke from orbit.
Do you have an Epi-pen? If not, call your doctor and get one!
They sure look evil
God is punishing you.....stop picking okra IMMEDIATELY....(:0)
Dayum, that's near Beautiful.
I’m just glad it was wasp.
I thought it was the okra fighting back.
Once the okra starts fighting back then you get attacked by Killer Tomatoes.
Africanized. South Texas has a lot of them. You can keep them, but definitely for the hardcore beekeeper. Full suit, gloves, and plan on getting stung anyway.
Yes, I do now. Good advice, thanks. Could save a life for sure.
Dreadful. RIP.
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