Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-16
BEES. KILL HORSES
Team Stung to Death by Army
of $4,000 Insects.
DRIVER is BADLY WOUNDED
Twenty Hives Kicked Over by Mad
dened Animals.

A team of horses, stung by couple or
bees plunged madly into twenty hives,
upsetting them. releasing an army of
so. Coo angry bees, which stung the horses
to death, yesterday afternoon, over on
the Virginia side of the Potomac river.
The negro driver. who ran at the first
alarm. did not escape un~ounded. Thou
sands Of bees pursued his fight, and he
was terribly stung, but lives.
Both Dead Within Hour.
dozen or more irresponsible bees
were flying about the grounds at the
home of DIR. Reginald Munson, on the
Columbia pike, near Arlington, where he
has forty hives. The horses, attached TO
a coal wagon, worried by their humming,
slapped at the bees with their tails. The
bees retaliated, singing the horses.
The horses, Wild with alarm at the I'M
usual attack, plunged madly about the
yard, upsetting twenty hives and reieas-
ing some ten bushels OF bees-about &c.
GOO in all.
These bees Immediately attacked the
horses singing them SO badly that both
animals died within an hour.
Driver Had His Fears.
DR.. Munson has long lHen an enthusi-
astic apiarist. His hives are located IN
the yard at one side of his house.
The coal wagon. driven by George Low,
drew I'D i'm front of the place about j
o'clock in the afternoon. Low was NJ
tie dubious about venturing inside. He
could plainly hear an occasional buZzihs
that was not altogether music to his ears.
Amy danger of those thar bees comm
abuzzin' roun' me?' he inquired OF
servant who was in the yard
'Nnt long YOU Keep away 1TOnl
the hives was the reply.
..Ah dom jes' like it, All tell you said
the negro. as he drove his horses cautious
ly through the gate.
He had lust started with his task Of
unloading the coal when the dozen ir-
responsible bees out for lark lit on the
tanks of the horses and began to get
busy The animals reared at once and
Low grabbed the reinS.
Look out, you ALL he shouted Look
out, or you'll sure enough get all that's
comm to you. Whoa, there"
Hives Knocked Over.
But the horses were past holding by
that time. Maddened by the activities of
the insects on their TANKS they plunged
toward the hives and scattered score
of them on the ground.
A black swarm of buzzing bees imme-
dfately flew toward the horses and Low.
The latter went scampering down the
:oad with his hands up to his face.
brushing away a thousand or more OF the
insects which had gathered about him.
The u horses she psee almost he n
stortad to turn toward the road, but sank
imply in the traces. whinneying wildly
with pain.
oroused A crowd collected at safe dis
lance to watch the unusual event. NO one
dared at first to go 10 tne rescue Oh tue
horses. The animals were kicking In
futile way and tossing their heads about
in agony.
Brings Help Too Late.
FINALLY F.. F. Burner. who keeps a gen
era, store nearby. covered his face with
muslin and donned pair OF gloves. Thus
nrotected he went to the rel1et OF the
horses. ,,.,x =,
He cut the harness with a knife, al
lowing them to sink to the ground BY
that time they were just barely able TO
moIe. IL was realized that nothing could |
save them
thousands of the bees began to swarm