Cops hate bugs...

glatt · 12-28-2006, 02:34 PM

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Car crash into bee swarm sends 10 to hospital
Updated 8/3/2006 2:33 PM ET
OSSIAN, Ind. (AP) — A teenage driver crashed into a hollow tree and stirred up tens of thousands of angry honey bees, creating a swarm that sent her and nine others to the hospital.

"Those bees were mad," said Volunteer Fire Chief Kent Gilbert, who was stung at least 50 times while trying to pull the 16-year-old driver from the wreckage. "I've never seen bees, especially honeybees, attack like that."

Jacqueline Cossairt's SUV slammed into the tree Tuesday after she lost control on a gravel road about 10 miles south of Fort Wayne.

By the time rescuers arrived, a black cloud of buzzing insects had engulfed the car, forcing firefighters to wear full safety gear — complete with oxygen tanks and face masks — with temperatures in the 90s.

Safety workers doused the bees with water and foam while they tried to free Cossairt, who was taken to a nearby hospital with broken legs and multiple bee stings. She was remained at Lutheran Hospital on Thursday.

A neighbor, along with a paramedic and seven firefighters, were also hospitalized for bee stings and heat-related symptoms.

"You can't really train for that. You don't really know. You look for downed power lines. You don't look for a million bees," said Master Trooper Bob Brophy, commander of the Indiana State Police's Fort Wayne post.

Bee expert Stan Grove, a biology professor at Goshen College, said the insects are most active in warm weather when they furiously fan their wings to cool the temperature of the hive.

"They don't like to be jostled," Grove said.

footfootfoot · 12-29-2006, 10:50 PM

Also a bummer for the bees as wild hives are relatively rare these days due to varroa mites and tracheal mites. In fact, when I was in master gardener class we were told that there were no more wild hives...

bluecuracao · 12-29-2006, 10:53 PM

Whatever happened to the Killer Bees? I thought I'd heard not too long ago, they'd made it to the southern-most points of the U.S. Haven't heard anything since.

wolf · 12-30-2006, 12:03 AM

Like many immigrants, once the African Killer Bees discovered they could go on welfare, they lost their edge.

If they discover the drug trade, we're screwed.

xoxoxoBruce · 12-30-2006, 01:16 PM

Not necessarily, they might inject something more pleasant than venom.

Urbane Guerrilla · 12-31-2006, 09:49 PM

Man, talk about "wandering around behind the little animals..."

12-29-2006, 10:50 PM	#2
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Also a bummer for the bees as wild hives are relatively rare these days due to varroa mites and tracheal mites. In fact, when I was in master gardener class we were told that there were no more wild hives... __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

12-30-2006, 12:03 AM	#4
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Like many immigrants, once the African Killer Bees discovered they could go on welfare, they lost their edge. If they discover the drug trade, we're screwed. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

12-30-2006, 01:16 PM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Not necessarily, they might inject something more pleasant than venom. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-31-2006, 09:49 PM	#6
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Man, talk about "wandering around behind the little animals..." __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

12-29-2006, 10:53 PM	#3
bluecuracao in a mood, not cupcake Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 3,034	Whatever happened to the Killer Bees? I thought I'd heard not too long ago, they'd made it to the southern-most points of the U.S. Haven't heard anything since.

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