Friday, June 12, 2009
Killer Bees Attack California Rider, Horses
A California equestrian was attacked by a swarm of aggressive Africanized honeybees--also known as "killer bees"--while riding on a public trail in Rolling Hills, Calif., last week., The Daily Breeze reported. Jacquie Ball was riding one horse and ponying a yearling on the Upper Si's Canyon Trail when the bees attacked. According to the report, she released the yearling, jumped off her horse, and ran up the trail. She sustained stings on her back. "I never saw a hive or a colony or a swarm, or anything that was a warning," Ball told The Daily Breeze. "I just got hit in the face, hard and fast. "With all these years of riding on trails, I've been through honeybees. This is way out of the ordinary," she said. Steve Thoenes, PhD, a Tucson-based entomologist, told The Horse that horses are, "very attractive and vulnerable targets. Horses should never be stabled or corralled near honeybee colonies." He said most horse deaths caused by honeybees can be attributed to suffocation. "When a horse is subjected to multiple bee stings around, and in, the nose, the area swells and cuts off a horse's breathing," he explained...TheHorse
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With the beginning of summer comes the blooming of trees, gardens and flowers, which in turn attracts bees and wasps of all kinds. But that is not the end of the worry of a sting. Many stings take place during the fall months. Reason being, bees and wasps are cold blooded insects and they linger around people in order to absorb the body heat of humans, therefore increasing the chances of getting stung.
Last week, I witnessed a 4 year old girl with her hand and forearm swollen to her elbow, from a wasp sting that she received to her fingertip the day before. The sight of her hand and arm brought tears to my eyes because I knew that if she had had Baker's Venom Cleanser Bee Sting Cure available when see was stung, none of her discomfort would have elevated to that extreme point of swelling and discomfort.
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