Swarm of bees kills dog, hurts 2 men in California city
CERES, Calif. — Fire officials say a swarm of thousands of bees killed a dog, injured their beekeeper and prompted a shelter-in place order for a Northern California neighbourhood.
The attack happened in Ceres on Sunday afternoon when the beekeeper was trying to harvest honey from a beehive in his backyard when about 4,000 bees attacked him for an unknown reason.
Ceres Fire Chief Rick Scola tells Sacramento television station KCRA (http://bit.ly/2nR4g6H) the beekeeper was stung many times even though he was wearing protective clothing. He was treated at a hospital and released.
The bees then went to another house, where they attacked two dogs. A pit bull didn’t survive.