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Bullaholic
04-20-2011, 04:44 PM
I bet the bees in this attack will turn out to be African honeybees---they are moving further and further North...

Bee Killings (http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/04/20/swarming-bees-kill-elderly-texas-couple/?hpt=T2)
Maroon87
04-20-2011, 05:40 PM
They've been in S. Texas for almost 20 years, but reports of attacks/swarms are rare these days.
PPHSfan
04-20-2011, 05:42 PM
You don't think the poor ole guy being a thousand years old had anything to do with it do ya?
SintonFan
04-20-2011, 06:08 PM
We had a farmer killed here outside of Papalote in the mid 90's by those killer bees.

I battled them for 5 years in the attic of my rent house. I finally won but those things are dangerous.
Matthew328
04-20-2011, 07:02 PM
import honey badgers.....
Bullaholic
04-20-2011, 07:14 PM
Originally posted by Matthew328
import honey badgers.....

No, no--then we would have flyin', bitin' badgers that could sting...:D Bet they would make a lot more honey though....
turbostud
04-20-2011, 08:45 PM
I got stung by a Killer Bee on my hand and my entire arm swelled up to the point I couldnt work.
We were on the river at the mouth of the Rio Grande doing beach patrols after 9/11 and walked into an abandoned well house. Out of the corner of my eye I saw the entire wall move, kinda like a wave. Then we all got stung. Then we all got the *&#% out of the there. FAST, VERY FAST.
SintonFan
04-20-2011, 09:47 PM
Originally posted by turbostud
Out of the corner of my eye I saw the entire wall move, kinda like a wave. Then we all got stung.

I've seen that more than once. Amazingly freaky!
turbostud
04-21-2011, 12:15 AM
Originally posted by SintonFan
I've seen that more than once. Amazingly freaky!

Very freaky. We thought we were done. As we were running back to the truck, all I could think about was if we got attacked I was gonna jump in the river.
Bullaholic
04-21-2011, 09:29 AM
Originally posted by PPHSfan
You don't think the poor ole guy being a thousand years old had anything to do with it do ya?

Yea--the man and his wife were in their 90's and I'm sure that didn't help their chances of surviving the attack.
waterboy
04-21-2011, 09:45 AM
Originally posted by turbostud
Very freaky. We thought we were done. As we were running back to the truck, all I could think about was if we got attacked I was gonna jump in the river.
I've heard that if you were to submerge in water, the bees would wait for you to come up. From what I hear, they've been known to wait for several hours.:eek: