Post by coolplanet on Jul 27, 2013 22:09:17 GMT -5
AP/ July 27, 2013, 5:00 PM
Thousands of bees attack Texas couple, kill horses
PANTEGO, Texas - A swarm of about 30,000 bees attacked a North Texas couple as they exercised their miniature horses, stinging the animals so many times they died.
Kristen Beauregard, 44, was stung about 200 times, and her boyfriend about 50 times, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported Saturday.
But the horses, Chip and Trump, were so covered in bees they shimmered. Neither could be saved.
"They were chasing us down, they were following us," Beauregard said of the incident Wednesday evening. "We swept up piles and piles of them ... it was like a bad movie."
The bees are being tested to see whether they are Africanized or "killer" bees. It is unclear what prompted them to leave the hive.
Full story at link:
www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57595823/thousands-of-bees-attack-texas-couple-kill-horses/
Thousands of bees attack Texas couple, kill horses
PANTEGO, Texas - A swarm of about 30,000 bees attacked a North Texas couple as they exercised their miniature horses, stinging the animals so many times they died.
Kristen Beauregard, 44, was stung about 200 times, and her boyfriend about 50 times, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported Saturday.
But the horses, Chip and Trump, were so covered in bees they shimmered. Neither could be saved.
"They were chasing us down, they were following us," Beauregard said of the incident Wednesday evening. "We swept up piles and piles of them ... it was like a bad movie."
The bees are being tested to see whether they are Africanized or "killer" bees. It is unclear what prompted them to leave the hive.
Full story at link:
www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57595823/thousands-of-bees-attack-texas-couple-kill-horses/