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Title: County Fair Fireworks Panic Bees, 100 People Stung
Post by: lisascenic on July 03, 2010, 03:15:50 am
You just can't make this stuff up.

(Link to Article (http://www.ktvu.com/news/24130815/detail.html))
Title: Re: County Fair Fireworks Panic Bees, 100 People Stung
Post by: Shawn on July 03, 2010, 01:22:54 pm
Thats just crazy.
Title: Re: County Fair Fireworks Panic Bees, 100 People Stung
Post by: lisascenic on July 05, 2010, 01:53:34 pm
Turns out that the culprits were two wasp nest, in a palm tree. One of our local beekeepers' sons was stung by a wasp near that very spot the day before. Crazy.
Title: Re: County Fair Fireworks Panic Bees, 100 People Stung
Post by: Shawn on July 05, 2010, 02:28:14 pm
See, the bees get the bad name when they were not actually involved.
Title: Re: County Fair Fireworks Panic Bees, 100 People Stung
Post by: lisascenic on July 05, 2010, 04:08:11 pm
Well it *was* dark when the stinging happened.

And many of the news sites have http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/inalameda/detail?&entry_id=67169updated their articles (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/inalameda/detail?&entry_id=67169updated their articles) to say that it was wasps, not bees.

Title: Re: County Fair Fireworks Panic Bees, 100 People Stung
Post by: AllenF on July 06, 2010, 11:40:26 am
Rule #1, never use fireworks on any type of bees nest, unless you have a video camera ready.
Title: Re: County Fair Fireworks Panic Bees, 100 People Stung
Post by: JP on July 06, 2010, 11:45:51 am
This proves my theory that not every other person I run across is allergic to stings, like they say they are.


...JP
Title: Re: County Fair Fireworks Panic Bees, 100 People Stung
Post by: hardwood on July 06, 2010, 12:52:48 pm
JP, if everyone wasn't "deathly allergic" to bees we wouldn't get near the removal calls that we do!

Scott
Title: Re: County Fair Fireworks Panic Bees, 100 People Stung
Post by: Scadsobees on July 06, 2010, 01:22:38 pm

I don't think that it should be the bees getting the bad name. (http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/ottawa_county/3-hurt-by-fireworks-at-Ottawa-Co-home)

If only a few wasp stings were all that anybody suffered from fireworks.