You just can't make this stuff up.
(Link to Article (http://www.ktvu.com/news/24130815/detail.html))
Thats just crazy.
Turns out that the culprits were two wasp nest, in a palm tree. One of our local beekeepers' sons was stung by a wasp near that very spot the day before. Crazy.
See, the bees get the bad name when they were not actually involved.
Well it *was* dark when the stinging happened.
And many of the news sites have http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/inalameda/detail?&entry_id=67169updated their articles (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/inalameda/detail?&entry_id=67169updated%20their%20articles) to say that it was wasps, not bees.
Rule #1, never use fireworks on any type of bees nest, unless you have a video camera ready.
This proves my theory that not every other person I run across is allergic to stings, like they say they are.
...JP
JP, if everyone wasn't "deathly allergic" to bees we wouldn't get near the removal calls that we do!
Scott
I don't think that it should be the bees getting the bad name. (http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/ottawa_county/3-hurt-by-fireworks-at-Ottawa-Co-home)
If only a few wasp stings were all that anybody suffered from fireworks.