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70 Hospitalized After Mexican Killer Bee Attack (bee hive at a shooting range)
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| 04/08/08
Posted on 04/08/2008 9:37:46 PM PDT by 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
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: africanizedbees; bees; chiapas; killerbee; killerbees; mexico; shootingrange; tapachula
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To: TigerLikesRooster
Never bring a gun to a bee fight.
To: Graybeard58
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posted on
04/08/2008 9:41:19 PM PDT
by
patton
(cuiquam in sua arte credendum)
To: TigerLikesRooster
I think they already made this movie.
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posted on
04/08/2008 9:41:31 PM PDT
by
TASMANIANRED
(TAZ:Untamed, Unpredictable, Uninhibited.)
To: TigerLikesRooster
To borrow from someone else—
“ Oh bother “,said Pooh- as he loaded another mag into his 1911.
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posted on
04/08/2008 9:46:54 PM PDT
by
herewego
(Got .45?)
To: TigerLikesRooster
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.
To: Graybeard58
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¡Ay, ay, ay, no me gusta! |
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posted on
04/08/2008 9:48:14 PM PDT
by
Hoplite
To: TigerLikesRooster
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?
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posted on
04/08/2008 9:49:01 PM PDT
by
txroadkill
(Liberals believe that the only oppressed people in Cuba are the terrorist in GitMo)
To: TigerLikesRooster
I wonder whether it was a stray bullet, or the dumb ass move of the day.
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posted on
04/08/2008 9:51:10 PM PDT
by
Ken H
To: TigerLikesRooster
Mexican version of “Hey! Hold my beer.”
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posted on
04/08/2008 9:54:01 PM PDT
by
uptoolate
(I don't fear the election - my God is there already - and bigger than them all.)
To: TigerLikesRooster
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).
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posted on
04/08/2008 9:59:04 PM PDT
by
budwiesest
(The Dems couldn't have picked two worse candidates if they tried.)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Can killer bees be trained to guard the border? It might be cheaper than a wall.
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posted on
04/08/2008 10:01:25 PM PDT
by
doug from upland
(Stopping Hillary should be a FreeRepublic Manhattan Project)
To: TigerLikesRooster
This might have come in handy.
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posted on
04/08/2008 10:05:47 PM PDT
by
doug from upland
(Stopping Hillary should be a FreeRepublic Manhattan Project)
To: TigerLikesRooster
I’m starting to think it was a bad idea to have the bee hive at the shooting range to begin with.
To: doug from upland
They already have killer bees in some parts of the SW USA.
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posted on
04/08/2008 10:11:17 PM PDT
by
Tamar1973
(Catch the Korean Wave, one Bae Yong Joon film at a time!)
To: Tamar1973
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posted on
04/08/2008 10:13:14 PM PDT
by
HiJinx
(~ Support our Troops ~ www.americasupportsyou.mil ~)
To: Hoplite
I can barely type I’m laughing so hard.....mexican killer bees....LMAO
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posted on
04/08/2008 10:14:59 PM PDT
by
Crim
(Dont frak with the Zeitgeist....)
To: HiJinx
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.
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posted on
04/08/2008 10:15:40 PM PDT
by
Tamar1973
(Catch the Korean Wave, one Bae Yong Joon film at a time!)
To: doug from upland
My dad said they came in mighty handy on Okinawa.
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posted on
04/08/2008 10:17:09 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(McCain could never convince me to vote for him. Only Hillary or Obama can!)
To: doug from upland
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!"
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posted on
04/08/2008 10:31:03 PM PDT
by
Teflonic
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