dog stung to death

[Teemore]

I haven't a clue what the linnaean classification of my bees is beyond apis melliffera and they are rather dark in colour: some are beautifullytempered and even with the current poor weather I am tempted to try and inspect sans gloves but some of the others are right techy little beasties, particularly when coming off a nectar flow.

The story seems to have made it to local radio last night but one thing i am certain of is that we are yet to hear the right way of the story. I just hope the owner was member of an association affiliated to the FIBKA or BBKA....

 

[fincaazul]

What?

Source - The Irish Times 22 June 2011

Tabloid story what is the truth? Why let the truth get in the way of a good story. good news is not reported. Best tactic is to ignore such reports and if questioned later to give informed opinion. Aliens have not abducted me even though tabloids say they have.

 

[Hombre]

I imagine that the dog in question was also unfortunately black and white.

I once saw a black and white collie taking stings near an apiary and seeking shelter under a Land Rover from his tormentors. It was a hot day and the dog was in the vehicle, but the window was open, with a lot of bees about.

The dog was evacuated post haste and came to no lasting harm, but it's colour did it no favours, for sure.

I can also imagine that a spaniel's fur is especially soft and likely to entangle bees.

To abandon a tethered dog in difficulty seems to have been an irresponsible act by the owner. Surely the child and mother should have gone and the father released the dog.

 

[fincaazul]

I imagine that the dog in question was also unfortunately black and white.

I once saw a black and white collie taking stings near an apiary and seeking shelter under a Land Rover from his tormentors. It was a hot day and the dog was in the vehicle, but the window was open, with a lot of bees about.

The dog was evacuated post haste and came to no lasting harm, but it's colour did it no favours, for sure.

I can also imagine that a spaniel's fur is especially soft and likely to entangle bees.

To abandon a tethered dog in difficulty seems to have been an irresponsible act by the owner. Surely the child and mother should have gone and the father released the dog.

BUT, would a swarm do this, again who knows the truth of the situation, perhaps the dog had a mole on his back like the one the hooker claimed Jeffrey Archer had. This is TABLOID reporting where do we get the truth?

 

[keith pierce]

Carnica or buckfact crosses. there is still a few people inporting bees into ireland and this is the terperment you get after 2 generations .

 

[region2]

Horses in Sussex, a dog in Ireland. These stories play on people's (uneducated?) fears when it comes to bees and encourage subsequent over-reaction by the public to bee swarms. BBKA etc need to educate the people so that these stories don't get blown out of all proportion and the public know how to react when they encounter a swarm...


R2

 

[psafloyd]

One thing everyone is assuming here is that the story is correct.

I agree. Who can say whether the feller whom owns the dog isn't some svelte who thought he'd have some honey out breakfast, not realising what involved, and stirringnthe colony up.

In such a situation, the bees will mass and the dog may have become a target it's more primeval response.

Of course, they might have been just unlucky and the bees showed their hand before launching their plan for world domination.

 

[Skyhook]

One thing everyone is assuming here is that the story is correct.

I'm no fan of the media- but usually you can see where they've pumped the air in (I enjoy a good game of 'guess what really happened'); and to me, this article has the feeling of honest reporting.

 

[greatbritishhoney]

I'm no fan of the media- but usually you can see where they've pumped the air in (I enjoy a good game of 'guess what really happened'); and to me, this article has the feeling of honest reporting.

What? A swarm the size of a two-seater sofa?

Anyway, just because a story is honestly reported doesn't make it true. All a reporter does is convey what he/she has been told by others. Sometimes people exaggerate and even tell fibs you know.

 

[oliver90owner]

Two people to remove a child from the scene?

Left it tied up but couldn't find it? Where exacltly were they looking?

Spent an hour before being able to do anything - could have got the fire brigade in before that, if a bucket of water could not be found!

700 stings - I daresay most would have been into the coat, not the flesh and most were added long after the poor dog should have been rescued.

The poor dog was likely a puppy and likely tied to the hive stand for all we know.

Just the usual reoprting cr*p. Unfortunate incident, yes. But likely could have been avoided quite easily.

RAB

 

[Teemore]

Another version of the story from one of the less frivolous local rags:
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/n...arm-attacks-in-northern-ireland-16014787.html
I'll probably hear more factual details from local beekeepers over the weekend....

 

[greatbritishhoney]

I notice the ducks have now turned into lambs.
Maybe they weren't bees after all - maybe it really was a two seater sofa

 

[susbees]

A cloud of angry bees from a hive tipped over or otherwise seriously riled nearby? Not a swarm at all of course but looked like one.

Certainly not good press and scary for those involved.

 

[psafloyd]

I'm no fan of the media- but usually you can see where they've pumped the air in (I enjoy a good game of 'guess what really happened'); and to me, this article has the feeling of honest reporting.

There's media and media, Skyhook, much like in any profession.

As one of those who works in the media, I would put money on this stpry being about 30% correct, 40% inaccurate and the rest made to fit the particular needs of the news desk.

It is often the way now, particularly in local papers, that people don't have time to do the story properly and bang out any old crap to fit the space on the page.

You should see some of the stuff in my local rag, and the other local one that was traditionally excellent, has dropped off considerably in recent years.

 

[luckyclover]

Nobody counted those stings and a swarm of bees as big as a couch, please.

We had a front page headline in our local 'paper' the other week; "Family flees from swarm of bees." When you read the thing it turned out they had to close their window until a swarm passed.

 

[harveyzone]

We had a front page headline in our local 'paper' the other week; "Family flees from swarm of bees." When you read the thing it turned out they had to close their window until a swarm passed.

And yet, bizarrely, when four horses are stung to death in Sussex they do not get a mention in the local press.

 

[viridens]

And yet, bizarrely, when four horses are stung to death in Sussex they do not get a mention in the local press.

Something very fishy about that affair....

 

[Dishmop]

And yet, bizarrely, when four horses are stung to death in Sussex they do not get a mention in the local press.

Know Everything google doesnt mention it either...


How did the vet count the stings? Am I not correct in sayin gthat when a bee stings a non human that they dont leave the stinger in the victim?

 

[Skyhook]

Something very fishy about that affair....

I thought so, except that one or two forum members living in the area seemed to know about it- I believe Ben P was one, I can't remember the other.

 

[Skyhook]

Am I not correct in sayin gthat when a bee stings a non human that they dont leave the stinger in the victim?

No. That is the case when they sting something thin-skinned like another bee or a wasp. I think you'll find that dog skin is more the thickness of human skin.