Darwinism in action....

[patgund]

Or at least it should be. This is outstandingly dumb......

Rock-throwing kids anger 120,000 bees

"An estimated 120,000 bees held residents of the apartment building and nearby homes hostage in Santa Ana, California after the children pelted their 500 pound (227 kg) hive with rocks on Thursday, Santa Ana Fire Captain Steve Horner said."

Comments

[cahwyguy.livejournal.com]

And what is worse: A later story noted that they were the Africanized strain. Ouch.

[blackthornglade.livejournal.com]

One has to wonder, though...

Why did the hive get to be *500* pounds? Shouldn't *SOMEONE* have taken care of it before then? The apartment complex, maybe? Parents? I mean...c'mon. I freak out at teeny little wasp and bee hives that are in my window corners.

[mareklamo.livejournal.com]

The quarter-ton honeycomb, which may have accumulated inside the apartment wall for years, was so big it was threatening the structural integrity of the two-story building, Horner said.

Maybe most of the hive was hidden from sight? Unfortunately, no pictures. I would have liked to see that sight.

[blackthornglade.livejournal.com]

Maybe. I'd think that if kids were throwing rocks at it, though, that someone would have noticed it at some point. Not that it would be easy to get rid of if it was in the walls.