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OldDem2012

(3,526 posts)
Thu Mar 7, 2013, 03:10 PM Mar 2013

Africanized honeybees swarm 2 park employees in Tampa, FL.....

Bees swarm 2 park employees

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TAMPA, FL (WFTS/CNN) - Two park employees were swarmed by as many as 100,000 Africanized honeybees Wednesday.

Both park employees are expected to recover from the attack.


....and....

The 41-year-old man says medical staff removed more than 60 stingers from his back and neck. His partner had more than 100.

....and....

"This pile of rubbish wasn't moved for three years," Simkins said. "So this colony's been here breeding and sending out colonies. The European bee will swarm once or twice a year. The African bee will swarm up to 17 times."

Wow! Like a science-fiction movie!

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Africanized honeybees swarm 2 park employees in Tampa, FL..... (Original Post) OldDem2012 Mar 2013 OP
Sounds more like a horror movie to me. enlightenment Mar 2013 #1
I looked quick and thought you meant me! joeybee12 Mar 2013 #2
That would have killed me for sure Puzzledtraveller Mar 2013 #3
I have been stung by more than 100 hornets. DollarBillHines Mar 2013 #4

Puzzledtraveller

(5,937 posts)
3. That would have killed me for sure
Thu Mar 7, 2013, 03:33 PM
Mar 2013

I have bad reactions, oddly enough I am not considered allergic. But from my previous experience I could not imagine surviving 60 stings , 100, no way.

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