From The Daily Mail:
A swarm of bees attacked an elderly couple at their South Texas ranch, killing both and injuring their son, officials said.
William T. Steele, 90, was spraying insecticide on a bees' nest when the bees attacked him...
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Spraying bees with insecticide will send them into a frenzy (as any fule kno). Bees need to be calmed with smoke first and the hive can be moved without a significantly reduced risk of being stung.
Surprised there is no reference to the Africanised Honey Bee or so-called "killer bee" which has migrated into Texas from South America and will attack for no reason or on the slightest pretext .
Or they can be airgunned one by one.
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The rules for bees are, I imagine, if you're going to use that particular method, the same as for wasps. I do this regularly at the start of summer down on the farm. It goes like this:
1) Wait till dark, when they're all tucked up snugly in bed.
2) Unleash a few seconds of powerful insecticide (not domestic)into hole.
3) Run like fuck.
I suspect the old couple were not nimble enough for step 3.
I didn't find the mental picture as vivid as this one:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1378827/Gardener-drowns-falling-ladder-landing-head-water-butt.html
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