Killer bees threaten California town

[Still Waters]

A Wildomar resident is unable to remove a swarm of killer bees that have taken over her neighborhood, even killing the family dog.

Kim Bammes' Labrador-mix Reggie didn't stand a chance against a swarm of bees. On Father's Day she and her 8-year-old son found the dog as he lay dying.

"It took down my dog, we had to rush him to the hospital," said Bammes'."He was attacked by bees, hundreds of bee stings."

In May Bammes discovered a small hive attached to their guest house and called an exterminator. But there was a problem; the main hive was not on their property but in a neighbor's tree.

"The exterminator said you have to get rid of the bees and chop the tree down because the scent is still in the tree," said Bammes. "They'll keep coming back."

Even though the neighbors cut down the tree they did not remove the problem or exterminate the bees. Some of the bees have taken refuge in a palm tree in the Bammes' yard.

Bammes says the top of the tree was tossed into the backyard and covered with a tarp. The very next day, the bees attacked her dog.

It seems that no one is safe in the neighborhood.

Read more...

[Ravinar]

such is the price we pay for bringing other animals to places they don't belong.