70 Hospitalized After Mexican Killer Bee Attack (bee hive at a shooting range)

NBC ^ | 04/08/08

[TigerLikesRooster]

70 Hospitalized After Mexican Killer Bee Attack

POSTED: 3:41 pm PDT April 8, 2008

MEXICO CITY -- At least 70 police officers were hospitalized after so-called Africanized bees swarmed a police shooting range in southern Mexico, authorities said Tuesday.

The attacked occurred Monday in Tapachula, Chiapas, after one of the policemen hit the bees' hive with a bullet, local police officer Miguel Serrano said Tuesday. At least 10 of the 70 officers stung were in serious condition, he said.

"We tried as hard as we could, but we weren't able to avoid getting stung," Serrano said. "Some of us hit the ground, but that didn't help."

"It was really bad. I haven't seen anything like it, even in the movies," he said.

Africanized bees, a fierce hybrid strain sometimes referred to as "killer bees," are the result of an experiment to increase honey production in Brazil. A swarm escaped a lab in 1957 and began heading north

[Graybeard58]

Never bring a gun to a bee fight.

[patton]

(shudder)

[TASMANIANRED]

I think they already made this movie.

[herewego]

To borrow from someone else—
“ Oh bother “,said Pooh- as he loaded another mag into his 1911.

[LoneRangerMassachusetts]

The attacked occurred Monday in Tapachula, Chiapas, after one of the policemen hit the bees' hive with a bullet,...

Gotta hand it to the bees for figuring out who their attackers were.

[Hoplite]

¡Ay, ay, ay, no me gusta!

[txroadkill]

after one of the policemen hit the bees' hive with a bullet

Bet he wont do that again.

How do you say " Hey ya'll, watch this!" in Spanish?

[Ken H]

I wonder whether it was a stray bullet, or the dumb ass move of the day.

[uptoolate]

Mexican version of “Hey! Hold my beer.”

[budwiesest]

At least 70 police officers were hospitalized

They are lucky to be alive. From what I've read, these bees have a serious sting ratio and will travel a great distance. Mere noises will set them off (weedeater, lawnmower, etc.)

Beekeepers will kill a hive with these bees (dangerous and lousy honey producers).

[doug from upland]

Can killer bees be trained to guard the border? It might be cheaper than a wall.

[doug from upland]

This might have come in handy.

[rogue yam]

I’m starting to think it was a bad idea to have the bee hive at the shooting range to begin with.

[Tamar1973]

They already have killer bees in some parts of the SW USA.

[HiJinx]

That would be here...

[Crim]

I can barely type I’m laughing so hard.....mexican killer bees....LMAO

[Tamar1973]

I remember when I was in Tuscon back in 1994 they had TV spots warning people not to mess with a suspicious bee hive b/c of killer bees.

[2ndDivisionVet]

My dad said they came in mighty handy on Okinawa.

[Teflonic]

Can killer bees be trained to guard the border? It might be cheaper than a wall.

Would you like to have a ground floor opportunity in our killer bee security service franchise? "Our revolutionary service can even drive away the feds from your polygamist compound!"