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Grokenstein

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9. Movies sensationalized the threat. Some people don't even know they arrived years ago.

Reply to applegrove (Reply #5)

Sat Sep 3, 2022, 01:21 AM

Sep 2022

Irwin Allen's hilariously preposterous The Swarm depicts them as possessing supervenom that can kill with only a couple of stings (and induces hallucinations of giant bees in every victim), but in reality they are just easily triggered and don't know when to quit attacking. (Kind of like trumpniks!) Every so often there'll be a news story about a swarm that takes over a yard or a car and attacks anyone who approaches. Those are the real "killer" bees.

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Ohio Man Who Suffered 20,000 Bee-Stings Expected to Recover, Family Says [View all] appalachiablue Sep 2022 OP

One of my nightmares Bayard Sep 2022 #1

Oh my, please take special care and stay safe! appalachiablue Sep 2022 #3

Holy Mother of God.... Historic NY Sep 2022 #2

For real, and why wouldn't the fire dept. truck have & use a water hose I wonder.. appalachiablue Sep 2022 #4

My dad used to tell us about african bees coming up from South America. applegrove Sep 2022 #5

Movies sensationalized the threat. Some people don't even know they arrived years ago. Grokenstein Sep 2022 #9

Hopefully people will be more careful now that we know they have arrived. applegrove Sep 2022 #10

Thanks & the Trumpnik analogy fits. appalachiablue Sep 2022 #13

Good on your dad for ending the stories. Glad this man will survive & appalachiablue Sep 2022 #11

Yes. I stepped in a bush of hornets. I was only stung a dozen times or less. My mom had applegrove Sep 2022 #16

I have survived 300 stings by at140 Sep 2022 #6

Holy moly, good for you, that's resilience. appalachiablue Sep 2022 #8

I under-estimated those tiny ants in the beginning at140 Sep 2022 #14

Tx, I'm going to remember this, when younger I did a lot of appalachiablue Sep 2022 #17

"even ingested some of the insects" Grokenstein Sep 2022 #7

Yep, aim for the face openings, likely the case w my ancestor, # 11. appalachiablue Sep 2022 #12

The wasp went for my ear lobe when I was at140 Sep 2022 #15

Poor thing, like a tomato! appalachiablue Sep 2022 #18