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LSUTiger wrote:

nightmare69 wrote:These bees seem to aim for your face as a couple tried with me and the FFers got stung there too. The FF finally put on full bunker gear and got his mower back on his trailer, funny sight.

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I had to read this a second time to make sure which FFers were being talked about. Almost had to make a MWBL call. Man with bad language.

Lol. Sorry about that.

n5wd wrote:Back when I was working on an MICU, my partner and I ran a call like that in a semi-rural part of the City. The TxDOT contract worker was one of three mowing the right-of-way, and was the lucky one to hit the ground hive, but the guy behind him got into the swarm as well. Both of 'em got stung enough so that they were both having facial swelling with one of 'em having a little bit of trouble breathing.

We started IV's on both of 'em, and after a couple of doses of epinephrine, they were both doing better. When informed that they should both go to the ER, one of 'em wanted to devline and AMA (refuse transport Against Medical Advice). The doc I was talking to on the radio tried to convince him to let us take him, but he still refused until the TXDOT supervisor on scene insisted he go with us.

Talking with the doc, later that evening in the ER, I got schooled when the doc informed me that the guy we wanted to let go AMA had almost arrested (began to have problems breathing and heart going erratic) after he got to the ER and had been in their care for over an hour. It turns out that delayed anaphalactic shock is very common in people who are hyper-sensitive to bee/wasp stings. Needless to say, I looked at bee/wasp stings a little bit differently after that.

Glad it worked out well in your incident, nightmare69.

Scary stuff. It's amazing how such a small flying animal can make the biggest and baddest run like girls. The looks on people passing by was priceless seeing police, fire, and EMTs running around swatting air.

#beelivesmatter

mojo84 wrote:I would have been a dead man without an epi pen or two.

The subject's face was swelling including a eye. He ended up getting treated on site and went home. I am also allergic to anything that stings.

They had a bee keeper come out late last night so I'll try to find out what type of bee this was. I've encountered bees before but these you couldn't get away from, no matter how far and fast you ran. They would go for your face and head also.

Here is another short video. Here you can see the area where the subject was mowing and his truck and trailer. I couldn't film for long because of the swarm.

Was driving on patrol when I see a big black male with his shirt off flinging it around and a gun on his hip. I only caught a quick glance as I was in traffic but definitely saw a firearm carrying open. First I thought he was enraged or mental or thought since OC law was signed today he could OC. Couldn't figure out why he was slinging his shirt around like a madman, again I only saw him for a second. By the time I turned around he was gone, I figured he saw me and ran as I was in my marked unit.

I called it in to local PD and stay in the area for contact. I see a swarm what I thought was yellow jackets (was later confirmed bees) swarming a Chevy dooley pulling a lawn care trailer full of equipment I also noticed a sit down mower in the middle of a high grass area about half mowed.

I pull up beside and see the subject, he cracks the window and says he has been stung by yellow jackets and pleads for help. I ask is he carrying a firearm and he confirms he has a CHL and took off his shirt to fight the bees. He then places his CHL on the window where I could see it. I told him to roll up his window and stay in the truck and I will get a fire engine here to take car of the bees.

So I call and request fire and ambulance to respond. Then I back way off and let the victim know through my PA that help is on the way. I couldn't get close to him without getting swarmed.

Once the ambulance shows up I made the mistake of getting out of my car more than 40ft away from the swarm. I thought it was safe, boy was I wrong. The paramedics got stung and I ran back to my car and fought a bee to the death for a minute inside my patrol car, I won.

A few firefighters got popped on the face spraying foam. Got the subject to the ambulance finally and got treatment. Definitely a call to remember. I have never seen bees that aggressive before. He and the few firefighters got treated and released. These bees seem to aim for your face as a couple tried with me and the FFers got stung there too. The FF finally put on full bunker gear and got his mower back on his trailer, funny sight.



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