France: Bees Swarm, Sting Tourists at Art Gallery

By Larry Habegger | Permalink | No Comments | May 20th, 2009 | Trackback

Three British women were swarmed by thousands of bees and one was stung 500 times in an attack at an art gallery in Moulidars, near the town of Cognac. All three were hospitalized but recovered. Why the attack occurred is hard to pinpoint, but a British bee expert said such incidents with the European honey bee are very unusual. Their hive could have been disturbed, they could have been a swarm looking for a new home that flew in the window and got disoriented, or the weather could have affected them. But whatever the cause, the best thing to do if caught in such a swarm is to run, and get indoors ahead of the bees as quickly as possible.

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