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Rock-throwing kids stir up 120,000 bees
Kids throwing rocks have stirred up more trouble than they bargained for when they dislodged a swarm of bees from an enormous hive built in the wall of a southern California apartment building. Santa Ana fire captain Steve Horner says an estimated 120,000 bees held residents of the apartment building and nearby homes hostage in Santa Ana after the children pelted their 227 kilogram hive with rocks. Captain Horner says several people, including firefighters, news reporters and a TV cameraman, reported being stung and at least two people were taken to a hospital with multiple stings.
| Apparently the two mental geniuses weren't among them. |
Firefighters cordoned off a four-block area to allow the bees to calm down and return to their hive. An exterminator later fogged the hive and vacuumed out 40,000 dead bees, then set a trap for returning worker bees, of which about 80,000 were captured, Captain Horner said. The massive honeycomb, which may have accumulated inside the apartment wall for years, was so big it was threatening the structural integrity of the two-storey building, he added.
Posted by: Steve White 2004-08-14 |
