Get ready for the newest AVP of the insect world. In recent years the bee population, which pollinates a substantial percentage of the crops we rely on, has been devastated in number. Entire colonies have died, and their numbers in nature continue to be hauntingly low. Still, this week humans have voted bees less popular than even the house fly - you know that foulest of foul insect that leaves its spit residue and does its unabashed shit-walk on your 4th of July carry-in buffet. We thought the fly was an insect only Jeff Goldblum could love, but after another straight-out-of-the-70s-disaster-horror-movie-genre event like this we can see why.
(CNN) -- The holiday weekend buzz at a California fair was stinging.
A July Fourth fireworks show disturbed a hive and angry bees swarmed a crowd of spectators at the Alameda County Fair on Friday night. About 100 people were stung, some multiple times, said Alameda County spokeswoman Aisha Knowles.
The bees were not discriminating -- in waves of attacks, they stung young and old alike. The victims ranged from 6 months to 60 years and were treated by firefighters on the scene. None of the injuries were serious, she said...
0 comments:
Post a Comment