Swarm of “Possible Africanized Bees” Kills Arizona Horse
Firefighters used makeshift halters to remove the horses from the enclosure in which they were being attacked.
Photo: Courtesy of the Prescott Fire Department
Excerpt courtesy of theHorse.com
One horse is dead and another is recuperating after being attacked by a swarm of bees in Arizona last month.
Prescott, Arizona, Fire Department Division Chief Fire Marshal Don Devendorf said fire personnel responded to a call from a woman reporting that she and a companion were being attacked by bees on April 27. Upon arrival, firefighters discovered the women’s’ heads and faces covered by hundreds of bees. Four horses in a nearby corral were also covered in bees, Devendorf said.
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