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100,000 Bees Attack 6 Residents

4 Children, Babysitter, Beekeeper Stung

POSTED: 9:42 pm MST October 16, 2007
UPDATED: 11:32 am MST October 17, 2007

An angry swarm of 100,000 bees buzzed their way into several Valley yards Tuesday, stinging four children, their babysitter and a beekeeper, according to Elio Pompa of the Glendale Fire Department.

"They were extremely stubborn," Pompa said.

"These things were burrowed down deep inside of a metal shed," he said.

A beekeeper was first to be stung when the swarm became irritated around 2:30 p.m. Then the swarm moved on to the house next door and stung four children and the babysitter, Pompa said.

"We actually had one of the kids running down the street trying to escape the bees," he said.

Glendale firefighters came to the house and smothered the bees with a massive amount of water and foam.

"We destroyed probably 99 percent of that beehive," Pompa said.

Two of the people stung were rushed to the hospital – the babysitter and a 13-year-old child.

Hospital officials Tuesday night said both were going to be fine.

It’s not known what type of bees they were.

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