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Rock-throwing kids anger 120,000 bees Wednesday, August 18, 2004

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Posted 18 August 2004 - 08:00 AM

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Rock-throwing kids anger 120,000 bees
Tuesday, August 17, 2004 Posted: 10:05 AM EDT (1405 GMT)

LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- Kids throwing rocks stirred up more trouble than they bargained for when they dislodged a swarm of bees from an enormous hive built in the wall of a Southern California apartment building, authorities said on Friday.

An estimated 120,000 bees held residents of the apartment building and nearby homes hostage in Santa Ana, California after the children pelted their 500 pound (227 kg) hive with rocks on Thursday, Santa Ana Fire Captain Steve Horner said.

Several people, including firefighters, news reporters and a TV cameraman, reported being stung and at least two people were taken to a hospital with multiple stings, Horner said.

Firefighters cordoned off a four-block area to allow the bees to calm down and return to their hive.

An exterminator later fogged the hive and vacuumed out 40,000 dead bees, then set a trap for returning worker bees, of which about 80,000 were captured, Horner said.

The quarter-ton honeycomb, which may have accumulated inside the apartment wall for years, was so big it was threatening the structural integrity of the two-story building, Horner said.

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This isn't as cool as the time the truck with all the bees crashed in Montana but it's still pretty friggin' cool.

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Posted 18 August 2004 - 08:54 AM

Bet the kids got a shock. That'll learn them not to be little dickheads.
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Posted 18 August 2004 - 09:07 AM

*phone rings*
"Hello? ... Oh no, sorry, I can't come out right now. ... No, the building is being held by bees. ... I know it sounds odd but...No, there's nothing we can do. It is all in the bees' hands now..."
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Posted 18 August 2004 - 10:38 AM

Why for the love of God, would anyone pelt rocks at a bee's nest that weighs a quarter of a tonne? How could they not see what the natural, logical result of this would be? Stupid, stupid kids (shakes head sadly).
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Posted 18 August 2004 - 10:48 AM

*mock cartoon voice*Ha ha! Darwin strikes again!

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Posted 18 August 2004 - 03:39 PM

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Stupid, stupid kids (shakes head sadly).

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Posted 18 August 2004 - 04:02 PM

Dude, did you even consider that they might have been really really bored?
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Posted 18 August 2004 - 05:56 PM

Well, if you're that bored, then diving off of car parks is an entertaining way to spend an afternoon. Or dancing naked in lion dens, or slitting your wrists in shark-infested waters...
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Posted 18 August 2004 - 07:18 PM

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Dude, did you even consider that they might have been really really bored?


I think it's very possible, Rory. That's what I thought when I read the article....
but that doesn't make their actions any less foolish now, does it?
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Posted 18 August 2004 - 09:59 PM

80000 bees captured, people held hostage...

sounds like a war report...

i would have forviven the kids if they had fimed and posted the whole inccident...

that would have been a laugh!
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Posted 18 August 2004 - 10:14 PM

I'm pretty sure there was just a small amount of nest the size of a normal bee hive outside the wall and then the rest was on the insides, so the kids could probably only see a tiny fraction of hte real mass of bees they were messing with. That would also explain why the bees weren't dealt with sooner.

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Posted 18 August 2004 - 11:54 PM

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Then they should have checked out Chefelfs reasons to hate starwars pages. It has kept me non-bored. It stopped me from throwing rocks at the big bee hive outside my house.
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Posted 19 August 2004 - 12:20 AM

You're right - and these forums are the perfect remedy for disgruntled youths who have too much time on their hands.
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Posted 19 August 2004 - 08:20 AM

I'm glad you enjoy the forums, but c'mon! Nothing can match the adrenaline rush from trying to outrun 120,000 bees!
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Posted 21 August 2004 - 08:13 AM

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Why for the love of God, would anyone pelt rocks at a bee's nest that weighs a quarter of a tonne?


That is the whole point. You try find a big fat nest, that when struck with a rock, will fall apart and piss of the bees to no limit.

I once engaged in a bee hive bombardment. My pals and I were stung numerous times.

When we got back home, in pain, one of my friends removed a dead bee from under his biking glove. And I found one, dead, inside my shoe.
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