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Rock-throwing kids anger 120,000 bees
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| dEsidEL |
Rock-throwing kids anger 120,000 bees
Tuesday, August 17, 2004 Posted: 10:05 AM EDT (1405 GMT)
LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- Kids throwing rocks 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, authorities said on Friday.
An estimated 120,000 bees held residents of the apartment building and nearby homes hostage in Santa Ana, California after the children pelted their 500 pound (227 kg) hive with rocks on Thursday, Santa Ana Fire Captain Steve Horner said.
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, Horner said.
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, Horner said.
The quarter-ton honeycomb, which may have accumulated inside the apartment wall for years, was so big it was threatening the structural integrity of the two-story building, Horner said.
source:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/West/08/...reut/index.html
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| AwakenedAddict |
| So Cal kids are so dumb! :stongue: :stongue: |
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| starsearcher |
| DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMN!!!! That's a lotta bees!!!! Although I wonder who counted 80,000 bees :p Wild stuff though! |
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| tatgirl |
| I wanna see pics of this MoFo of a hive!!! |
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| Miss Julia |
| Holy !!! I have a couple friends in Santa Ana!!! I wonder if they were near that apartment building!!! |
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| malek |
| mmmmm urban honey :toothless |
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| rabbitjoker |
| quote: | Originally posted by tatgirl
I wanna see pics of this MoFo of a hive!!! |
Me too. |
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| tw1tch |
| What the hell kind of story is that without PICS!! |
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| djshan |
| quote: | Originally posted by dEsidEL
The quarter-ton honeycomb, which may have accumulated inside the apartment wall for years, was so big it was threatening the structural integrity of the two-story building, Horner said.
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and just how big was this bee? how much is quarter ton?:conf: |
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| avikonen |
I wouldn't try it. It's probably honey made out of pee, crack rock, and other I wouldn't touch in the city. Think normal acting bees would build a hive like that? I think they were juiced...
| quote: | Originally posted by rabbitjoker
Me too. |
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| Chinaman |
| A ton is approximately 2000 lbs. So the bee hive was like 500 lbs., that's one helluva hive!!! :eek: |
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| Jayx1 |
Mother Nature can teach us a few things.
If these were humans the bees would hold a hearing and determine that the kids upbringing probably was the reason for their aggressiveness and decide to give them 20 hours of community service cleaning zambonis.
Those bees really stung those kids. Im sure they've learned their lesson now!:haha: :stongue: :haha: |
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