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250,000 african bees attack a 1000 lb hog for 2 hours

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A southern Arizona hog farmer said Thursday that she watched in horror as thousands of bees swarmed a 1,000-pound hog during an attack that lasted about two hours.

"I went out three times to hose him down," June Hewitt told The Associated Press. "The very last time I went, he lifted his head when I called his name, flicked his ears, and that was the end."

Farmers were trying to move a hive that weighed around 200 pounds when about 250,000 Africanized bees swarmed like a black cloud and attacked animals and workers, KOLD-TV reported. Hewitt said the attack killed her male pig, Franklin. An 800-pound pregnant sow nearby also was stung so many times that she went into a coma and lost her litter.

"It was very unpleasant," said Hewitt, who lives in the town of Bisbee near the Mexican border.

Bee expert Reed Booth said Franklin had no chance because Africanized bees had spread pheromones all over the farm animals, riling up other bees.

"The pigs started getting stung, and the pheromone was on the pig and that was the target area for the rest of the bees," Booth said. "So the rest of the bees went completely goofy and killed that poor pig. We watched him take his last breath."

Booth said he can't explain why the bees are so agitated this year.

"It doesn't make any rhyme or reason," Booth said. "I've been doing this over 20 years. For some reason, this year, they're (Africanized bees) just going completely insane."

Bee attacks aren't limited to the southern part of the state. A 49-year-old man in northern Arizona remained hospitalized after he was stung more than 1,000 times on Sunday. Yavapai County authorities say DeWayne Spires disturbed bees nesting under a cattle trough.[/A southern Arizona hog farmer said Thursday that she watched in horror as thousands of bees swarmed a 1,000-pound hog during an attack that lasted about two hours.

"I went out three times to hose him down," June Hewitt told The Associated Press. "The very last time I went, he lifted his head when I called his name, flicked his ears, and that was the end."

Farmers were trying to move a hive that weighed around 200 pounds when about 250,000 Africanized bees swarmed like a black cloud and attacked animals and workers, KOLD-TV reported. Hewitt said the attack killed her male pig, Franklin. An 800-pound pregnant sow nearby also was stung so many times that she went into a coma and lost her litter.

"It was very unpleasant," said Hewitt, who lives in the town of Bisbee near the Mexican border.

Bee expert Reed Booth said Franklin had no chance because Africanized bees had spread pheromones all over the farm animals, riling up other bees.

"The pigs started getting stung, and the pheromone was on the pig and that was the target area for the rest of the bees," Booth said. "So the rest of the bees went completely goofy and killed that poor pig. We watched him take his last breath."

Booth said he can't explain why the bees are so agitated this year.

"It doesn't make any rhyme or reason," Booth said. "I've been doing this over 20 years. For some reason, this year, they're (Africanized bees) just going completely insane."

Bee attacks aren't limited to the southern part of the state. A 49-year-old man in northern Arizona remained hospitalized after he was stung more than 1,000 times on Sunday. Yavapai County authorities say DeWayne Spires disturbed bees nesting under a cattle trough.
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needs video but damn these violent african bees and their gang mentality.
 
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i have a word that i want to use here, but i don't want to get banned.

i'm not even sure if this statement will get me banned.
 
What do you do in that situation, if it was a person getting attacked like that? How do you help? I mean this as a serious question.
 
If there was ever a case for "kill it with fire", that would have been it. Don't try to move a 200lb hive full of deadly bees, get as much fire as you can and burn that shit to the ground.
 
This is where a tesla coil mounted in a trailer hooked up to a pickup truck would be handy. Just need a way to unlatch the trailer without getting out of the truck. Drive in, ram into the hive, unlatch the trailer, drive off, plug it in and turn it on. The wire would be on a large spool in the pickup and unspool after the trailer has been unhooked. The guys driving would probably need protective suits as some bees would follow the truck.

Or screw that, evacuate the area and just launch a bunch of missiles at it. From orbit.
 
xanis said:
If there was ever a case for "kill it with fire", that would have been it. Don't try to move a 200lb hive full of deadly bees, get as much fire as you can and burn that shit to the ground.
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Bees are quite valuable and an important part of agriculture.
 
Red Squirrel said:
Honey bees yeah, but not these insane killer bees that attack if you look at them funny. 😱

I'd be destroying that nest in an instant if I found it.
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I think they are honey bees. I believe they were brought over for their increased honey output. Dicking with nature bites us in the ass again.
 
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