The ABC New affiliate in Tampa Bay, Florida is reporting that two public park workers were attacked by as many as 100,000 Africanized honeybees sometimes called killer bees.
The report states that two park employees were removing a pile of rubbish from Picnic Island Park using a payloader when the attack occurred. The pair flipped over an old tire that hadn’t been moved for years and angered the aggressive bees. Among the workers was stung over 60 times and the opposite endured greater than 100 stings before fleeing right into a nearby building.
According to ABC, either one of the lads were admitted to an area hospital where they were treated with antibiotics and anti-inflammatory drugs. Luckily, neither of them appear to have been highly allergic to bee stings.
Africanized bees are an agressive breed of bee which were spreading north into the U.S. because the early 90s. As well as with the ability to take over the hives of western honey bees, killer bees swarm more often and may be able to travel further than other bees.