A swarm of bees in Encino, California, Monday led to the injury and hospitalization of two men, one of them a Los Angeles Police Department volunteer.
A bee removal professional was eventually brought in to remove the incensed insects; the hive had hundreds, and possibly thousands, of bees.
“They’re just attacking everybody and they’re actively stinging as I myself have been stung today. This is such an active hive, they’re so aggressive,” Brooks Putman with All Valley Honey & Bee told KTLA.As of Monday night, the volunteer was in stable condition, according to the. The conditions of the other man and the woman who drove herself to the hospital were not disclosed by authorities.
The species of bee was also not specified. Some bees are more aggressive than others, including the Africanized honeybee, or killer bee, whose swarms can lead to a fatal volume of stings.
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