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Young Man Dies After Being Stung by 1,000 Bees While Hiking Arizona Trail: Sheriff’s Office
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Posted on 05/27/2016 10:37:02 PM PDT by BenLurkin

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To: VerySadAmerican

Thanks for the bee attack advice


21 posted on 05/28/2016 2:13:27 AM PDT by deks
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To: BenLurkin

Walked into a nest/swarm when I was 14...bees up and down both arms, stinging as best they could. Walked/ran home, and went to a neighbor woman for help. Nearly passed out while waiting for my mother to come home from work to help me. Individual bee stings haven’t bothered me since.


22 posted on 05/28/2016 2:20:08 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.com)
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To: BenLurkin
Just had a huge frenzied swarm fly right over my car while waiting at a light in Chino Hills CA a couple weeks back. They were heading straight towards the 7/11 Store that sold one of the three winning tickets for that 1.6 billion dollar Power Ball payout last Jan.
23 posted on 05/28/2016 2:49:26 AM PDT by DAC21
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To: BenLurkin

I don’t know about A-Bees (chart says none in NY), but in my experience I have outran bees. It’s my guess the guy panicked and just stood there. Maybe he was allergic?

“a bee’s flight speed averages about 15 miles per hour”.

” Some bees may pursue victims a half mile or more before giving up the chase.”

SOME bees. The farther you run, fewer bees follow.


24 posted on 05/28/2016 2:51:52 AM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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To: VerySadAmerican

“If you’re attacked there’s not much you can do unless there’s a lake you can jump into.”

” couple tried diving in their pool. “We were trying to stand up in the water but every time we stuck our heads out for air, they would cover us and start stinging us,” she said. “We were trying to breathe and they were stinging us in the face and in the nose.” Water is a poor shelter from bee attack.”

“A bee can obtain speeds of from 12 to 15 miles per hour, but most healthy humans can outrun them. So, RUN! And when you run Keep Running ! Africanized honey bees have been known to follow people for more than a quarter mile.”

https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=bees+how+far+can+they+chase+you

http://citybugs.tamu.edu/2013/07/29/what-to-do-if-youre-attacked-by-bees/


25 posted on 05/28/2016 2:59:36 AM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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To: xjcsa; All

Trivia question; What classic movie did this come from? ‘Ever been bit by a bee?’


26 posted on 05/28/2016 3:47:20 AM PDT by patriot08 (5th generation Texan (girl type) ANGRY? REFUSE TO VOTE? HELLO HILLARY!!!)
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To: alfa6

If Africanized bees, no provocation or attraction required; just mean and aggressive. Bees can fly at 45 MPH, and Africanized variety will chase up to 1/2 mile. Can’t outrun them; shelter only option.


27 posted on 05/28/2016 4:11:53 AM PDT by twister881 (Politics)
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To: BenLurkin
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28 posted on 05/28/2016 4:12:07 AM PDT by ETL (God help America...asap)
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To: BenLurkin

Bee stings are the largest killer of humans in the U.S. directly caused by animals. An allergic reaction to the venom is bee’s kills approximately 53 people per year. This number is increasing every year due to the aggressive African honey bee that is taking over in the Southwest.


29 posted on 05/28/2016 4:21:08 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: BenLurkin

This young man was from Louisiana. This story was in the news here yesterday.
RIP. What a horrible way to go.


30 posted on 05/28/2016 4:30:44 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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To: BenLurkin

Oh no...poor man. There are active Africanized bees in Arizona. They actually use them as honey bees in some areas now. Hopefully they can domesticate them in time and avoid these horrible tragedies in the future.


31 posted on 05/28/2016 4:51:37 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: Aliska

Probably diving into some water would be the only way that I can think of.


32 posted on 05/28/2016 4:56:33 AM PDT by Eagles6 ( Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
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To: BenLurkin

I haven’t been stung by a bee since I was a kid but I’m guessing it would take only 10-12 to do me in.


33 posted on 05/28/2016 5:05:35 AM PDT by muggs
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To: BerryDingle

Mosquitoes are attracted to black but I didn’t know about bees. It doesn’t take anything in particular to attract killer bees.


34 posted on 05/28/2016 5:10:50 AM PDT by Ditter (God Bless Texas!)
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To: DAC21

We had a swarm in our driveway. We didn’t know what to do so we called the police and they called a local bee collector and he came out somehow got rid of them.


35 posted on 05/28/2016 5:15:14 AM PDT by muggs
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To: TigersEye

When I’m out hunting around here (Yavapai County AZ), bees are the only wildlife I worry about. I hear that Africanized bees will continue to pursue as far as a mile, and I could not run that far over this country even if I were not being stung.

A local beekeeper told me that Africanized bees have a warning behavior of flying into an intruder, so if you ever notice bees bumping into you, get away from there. She said not to swat any, because the pheromones released by the dying bee would trigger an attack by the rest.


36 posted on 05/28/2016 5:32:17 AM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: Aliska

If only Obama had been there in time, the poor guy could have used the Ladies Room to hide in.


37 posted on 05/28/2016 5:34:50 AM PDT by PTBAA
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To: going hot

Interesting story. I’ve been successful blasting wasp hives with a shot gun, and finishing off the returning ones with wasp spray.


38 posted on 05/28/2016 5:40:49 AM PDT by redfreedom (Voting for the lesser of two evils is still voting for evil.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

The locals better pray these things dont scout out Detroit or Chicago. You think African on black crime is bad now?!!


39 posted on 05/28/2016 6:30:15 AM PDT by Delta 21 (Patiently waiting for the jack booted kick at my door.)
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To: patriot08

“To Have and Have Not”, Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. They don’t make em like that anymore.


40 posted on 05/28/2016 6:34:50 AM PDT by jonathonandjennifer
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