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Swarm Of Bees Attack Lakeside Workers
The San Diego Channel ^ | 4/29/04

Officials Warn Residents To Stay Indoors

LAKESIDE, Calif. -- Two people have been stung multiple times by what authorities believe to be Africanized honey bees, also known as killer bees, 10News reported.

The cloud of insects descended on one of the victims shortly before 10:30 a.m. in a front yard on Castle Court Drive, near Los Coches Road in the Lakeside, according to 10News.

According to 10News, a gardener using power tools hit a hive, which caused the bees to swarm.

A contractor and his 16-year-old son, who were working down the street, heard the gardener screaming and ran to help him. The teenager grabbed a hose and started spraying the gardener with water. The bees then swarmed around the young man, stinging him.

"I couldn't see any sky. Squirting them with the hose was all we could do," said the gardener, who does not want to be identified. "The guy who was trying to help me, he got attacked by the bees, so I started squirting his head. Then the bees starting going after me, again. He just took off running and gashed his leg on a fence and jumped into a dirty pond."

A homeowner heard the screaming and called 911.

"I was woken up by the two gentleman in my front yard spraying themselves with a hose trying hysterically to get the bees off of them," said Matt Pereira who witnessed the bee attack.

According to 10News, bees are still swarming the area. Fire officials warned residents to stay indoors and keep pets inside.

County Agriculture Department officials sent an expert to the scene to determine if the bees are so-called killer bees.

Africanized honey bees have been migrating from South America since the 1950s. Scientists say they look like a domestic honey bee and are no more poisonous, but they are much more aggressive. They are known to chase their victims up to a half mile before attacking.