Thousands of bees attack Texas woman and kill horses

[Opti]

I noticed in the article the property this happened on was leased. What would you do if you were her or the property owner given this has happened? Would you sue since both horses died or would you not because you feel you didn't keep pushing the land-owner?
www.nbcnews.com/id/52594938

A North Texas woman is recovering following an attack from a swarm of bees that killed her two horses.

The attack happened Wednesday evening behind a Pantego home in the 2500 block of Miller Lane, directly across the street from the police department.

Kristen Beauregard told NBC 5 she was working with Chip, her prize miniature horse, in the backyard when -- unprovoked -- thousands of bees swarmed her and the horse. The insects are suspected to be Africanized bees.

The pain from the stings was like being stabbed with hundreds of knives and torched with a flamethrower at the same time, she said. She still has some visible welts on her eyelids from the attack.

Chip quickly became covered with bees and began thrashing wildly around the yard in pain, she said.

She and the horse both jumped into the backyard swimming pool in an effort to escape the bees, but even that provided little relief. The bees hovered above the water and stung Beauregard's face when she would come up for air, she said.

A beekeeper removed on Thursday the approximately 6-foot-tall beehive that was home to an estimated 30,000 bees. It was located in a shed about 30 yards from the scene of the initial attack.

Beauregard told NBC 5 that neither she nor her horses did anything to provoke the bees prior to the attack.

She said she had seen some bees going in and out of the shed as early as February and had asked the woman she leases the land from to have an exterminator called in. The work was never done, Beauregard said.

[Tennesseer]

I know I should feel more sorry for the woman, but I am a sucker for animals.  Poor all of them.

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Did the landowner know that someone had put a commercial beehive in her shed?  Yes, I'd be suing a couple of people.  It isn't a natural hazard when someone puts 30K bees into a shed.

[Tennesseer]

Jul 29, 2013 14:32:34 GMT -5 @rockit said:

Did the landowner know that someone had put a commercial beehive in her shed?  Yes, I'd be suing a couple of people.  It isn't a natural hazard when someone puts 30K bees into a shed.

"Kristen Beauregard told NBC 5 she was working with Chip, her prize miniature horse, in the backyard when -- unprovoked -- thousands of bees swarmed her and the horse. The insects are suspected to be Africanized bees." 

"A beekeeper removed on Thursday the approximately 6-foot-tall beehive that was home to an estimated 30,000 bees. It was located in a shed about 30 yards from the scene of the initial attack." 



It was a naturally built (by bees) hive that was found and not a commercial hive. It would have looked similar to this but in a shed.




I also don't believe Africanized bees, aka killer bees, are used for honey making in the U.S..  The European honey bee is used in the States for making honey.