Bee attack or bad reporting?

[Mabee]

https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/02/ohio-man-20000-bee-stings-recover
I just read this article about a man who while trimming a tree cut into a so called “bee nest” and was then attacked. According to a source he had 1 inch stingers left in him, huge bees, even if the Africanised variety!

Interested to know your thoughts…

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Usual p!ss poor reporting we have come to expect of the british press

 

[Gilberdyke John]

https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/02/ohio-man-20000-bee-stings-recover
I just read this article about a man who while trimming a tree cut into a so called “bee nest” and was then attacked. According to a source he had 1 inch stingers left in him, huge bees, even if the Africanised variety!

Interested to know your thoughts…

The UK press are sometimes prone to exaggeration so I suspect the Merikan press will be more so. Mind you reading local papers in the UK some of the contributors of the source information could be wildly exaggerated also.

 

[enrico]

This is in America and they are a cross with the African aggressive bees. Not surprised at all if it is mostly true.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

This is in America and they are a cross with the African aggressive bees. Not surprised at all if it is mostly true.

what? 1" long stings?
And as for African bees being 'agressive' I've yet to see it, and I've seen quite a few. The aggressiveness happened after the cross not before

 

[enrico]

what? 1" long stings?
And as for African bees being 'agressive' I've yet to see it, and I've seen quite a few. The aggressiveness happened after the cross not before

I did say 'mostly' true! I can imagine that if you are tied to a tree next to a bees nest that you have just disturbed and they are at all aggressive, even if it is the Americans that have made them so, then your chances of a few thousand stings seem high!

 

[Hachi]

I've read somewhere the lethal dose of bee stings is circa 200 - 400 for a human. so 20,000 seems a tad on the high side especially if the chap has survived.

 

[JamezF]

I've read somewhere the lethal dose of bee stings is circa 200 - 400 for a human. so 20,000 seems a tad on the high side especially if the chap has survived.

Aliens! I knew Men In Black wasn't actually fiction!

James

 

[Anduril]

https://www.ars.usda.gov/pacific-we...able only by,withstand more than 1100 stings.From this info 500 stings can kill a child, the average person can withstand 1,100 stings. Maybe we need to have Michelin men suits to withstand the 1 inch stings. I can see a new film being made about Killer Bees.

 

[SixFooter]

LD50 is 19 stings per Kg of body weight. So if the guy was around a metric ton in weight, he'd have a good chance of surviving 20,000 stings

 

[Hachi]

LD50 is 19 stings per Kg of body weight. So if the guy was around a metric ton in weight, he'd have a good chance of surviving 20,000 stings

Interesting, a local beek took about 200 which hospitalised him and the Dr's said he nearly died, I guess its largely dependant on the person. Safe to say, I wont be seeking to identify my "level" anytime soon

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

LD50 is 19 stings per Kg of body weight. So if the guy was around a metric ton in weight, he'd have a good chance of surviving

Quite feasible out there by what I've seen

 

[JamezF]

LD50 is 19 stings per Kg of body weight.

Looks like I'm good for a few thousand then

James

 

[Brian Bush]

Looks like I'm good for a few thousand then

James

Me Too!!!!!

 

[Gilberdyke John]

Me Too!!!!!

I think I'll forget tying myself into trees when I'm up a ladder. Never have and don't propose starting now.

 

[Sutty]

Looking at the length of my bees' stings in proportion to their length I reckon those bees must be at least 6" long if in proportion.
Not sure I'd take up beekeeping on that basis!

 

[JamezF]

Looking at the length of my bees' stings in proportion to their length I reckon those bees must be at least 6" long if in proportion.
Not sure I'd take up beekeeping on that basis!

Imagine if three or four were butting your veil...

James