May 21, 20223 yr This is truly a real horror story. He was suspended up in a tree pruning branches and apparently bumped a huge hive. When the bees swarmed him he kicked the ladder away and couldn’t escape. https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/landscape-worker-dies-after-central-austin-bee-attack/
May 21, 20223 yr 14 minutes ago, ClubWhatever said: “…an autopsy will determine the exact cause of death.” "Yup, bees. Thought so."
May 21, 20223 yr That is horrific. My daughter's fiance works in landscaping, and I worry about wood chippers, flying lawnmower blades, chain saws, etc., but never thought about bees. What a messed up way to go.
May 21, 20223 yr 18 minutes ago, ClubWhatever said: “…an autopsy will determine the exact cause of death.” He stopped living.
May 21, 20223 yr 2 hours ago, ClubWhatever said: “…an autopsy will determine the exact cause of death.”
May 21, 20223 yr So is an attack like this something that can kill most people, or is it more likely he had an allergic reaction?
May 21, 20223 yr There was a guy brushhogging a pasture for his neighbor a few years ago that mowed over a ground hornet nest. He died in the incident. Cabbed tractors or gtfo.
May 21, 20223 yr 16 minutes ago, South Austin said: So is an attack like this something that can kill most people, or is it more likely he had an allergic reaction? I took the risk and looked it up for those allergic to Google: https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2019/5/24/how-many-bee-stings-will-kill-you But hypothetically, and assuming we have no allergy to bee stings that could amplify their lethality, if we suit up in shorts and a t-shirt and get into a hot hive—or one that’s Africanized—just how many stings could we endure before we succumbed to them? The key piece of info on the above graphic is that a lethal dose of venom from a honey bee is 2.8 mg per kilogram of body weight. From that, we can do some figurin’… Average weight of an adult male in North America: 178 lbs (80.7 kg) Lethal dose required for average male: 80.7 kg X 2.8 mg = 226 mg Approximate amount of venom in one honey bee sting: 59 micrograms Stings per lethal dose: 226 mg / .059 mg = 3831 stings So given a little bit of data, we conclude it would take 3831 honey bee stings to kill a 178 lb adult male. Edited May 21, 20223 yr by clapclapclap No idea how many mite bites can kill you
May 21, 20223 yr I love bumblebees. They are normally docile, and perform the essential task of pollinating just about everything. I let wildflowers grow in large parts of my yard so that I can watch them, honeybees, wasps, and butterflies flit from flower to flower, keeping the world growing. A couple of years ago I mowed over one of their nests, and they were definitely not docile about it. Before I could get away, I was stung at least 40 times. Obviously didn't kill me, but made me so sick that I had to go to the ER. I haven't vomited like that since my college drinking days, and it dehydrated the hell out of me. For two weeks I had a copper taste in my mouth, and some of the places that I was stung still itch when I get sweaty. 0/10. Would not recommend.
May 21, 20223 yr 1 hour ago, clapclapclap said: I took the risk and looked it up for those allergic to Google: https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2019/5/24/how-many-bee-stings-will-kill-you But hypothetically, and assuming we have no allergy to bee stings that could amplify their lethality, if we suit up in shorts and a t-shirt and get into a hot hive—or one that’s Africanized—just how many stings could we endure before we succumbed to them? The key piece of info on the above graphic is that a lethal dose of venom from a honey bee is 2.8 mg per kilogram of body weight. From that, we can do some figurin’… Average weight of an adult male in North America: 178 lbs (80.7 kg) Lethal dose required for average male: 80.7 kg X 2.8 mg = 226 mg Approximate amount of venom in one honey bee sting: 59 micrograms Stings per lethal dose: 226 mg / .059 mg = 3831 stings So given a little bit of data, we conclude it would take 3831 honey bee stings to kill a 178 lb adult male. Africanized hot hive?
May 21, 20223 yr That’s truly horrifying. Seems like quite a dick move by everybody around to not get the ladder put back up, and surely SOMEBODY had some wasp/bug spray. Maybe it wouldn’t have helped in the end, but it doesn’t sound like anybody did much for 10 minutes while he screamed.
May 21, 20223 yr 1 hour ago, Deej said: Africanized hot hive? Who knows. I really expect to read something like this about the hot Austin beekeeper chic who does removals with a veil or gear. She’s gonna get fucked up one of these days.
May 21, 20223 yr 4 hours ago, clapclapclap said: I took the risk and looked it up for those allergic to Google: https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2019/5/24/how-many-bee-stings-will-kill-you But hypothetically, and assuming we have no allergy to bee stings that could amplify their lethality, if we suit up in shorts and a t-shirt and get into a hot hive—or one that’s Africanized—just how many stings could we endure before we succumbed to them? The key piece of info on the above graphic is that a lethal dose of venom from a honey bee is 2.8 mg per kilogram of body weight. From that, we can do some figurin’… Average weight of an adult male in North America: 178 lbs (80.7 kg) Lethal dose required for average male: 80.7 kg X 2.8 mg = 226 mg Approximate amount of venom in one honey bee sting: 59 micrograms Stings per lethal dose: 226 mg / .059 mg = 3831 stings So given a little bit of data, we conclude it would take 3831 honey bee stings to kill a 178 lb adult male. So now even the damn bees are using metric system.
May 21, 20223 yr A decade or two ago, you'd hear a lot about Africanized bees in Texas, and after an attack like this there'd always be something said about getting some kind of analysis done to confirm if the swarm was Africanized or "standard." But in recent fatal bee attacks I rarely even see that question asked or answered. Are Africanized bees still a thing here?
May 21, 20223 yr 36 minutes ago, Paper_jam said: A decade or two ago, you'd hear a lot about Africanized bees in Texas, and after an attack like this there'd always be something said about getting some kind of analysis done to confirm if the swarm was Africanized or "standard." But in recent fatal bee attacks I rarely even see that question asked or answered. Are Africanized bees still a thing here? The current zeitgeist doesn’t allow bee discrimination
May 22, 20223 yr 4 minutes ago, futureman said: will the homeowner be subject to litigation of some kind? Depends on if the have good insurance or are rich.
May 22, 20223 yr 3 minutes ago, futureman said: will the homeowner be subject to litigation of some kind? Bilingual Bee Warning signs missing! This will be the largest Bee Injury Rico action since Sheriff Skeet put his business in that Bois D’Arc knot hole.
May 22, 20223 yr 5 minutes ago, ClubWhatever said: Depends on if the have good insurance or are rich. based on the location of the home they are certainly not poor.
May 22, 20223 yr 8 hours ago, Deej said: Africanized hot hive? You measure the dicks of the male bees to determine if your bees are African or just plain old normal American bees. Edited May 22, 20223 yr by conVINCEd
May 22, 20223 yr Average of 62 people a year die from bee, hornet, or other sorry assed mfers. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/68/wr/mm6829a5.htm#:~:text=Among U.S. residents only.,high of 89 in 2017. Among U.S. residents only. Top During 2000–2017, a total of 1,109 deaths from hornet, wasp, and bee stings occurred, for an annual average of 62 deaths. Deaths ranged from a low of 43 in 2001 to a high of 89 in 2017. Approximately 80% of the deaths were among males. Those big green sand hornets were bad. It left a pretty good sized welt. The seven yellowjacket stings just pissed me off. I have some questions. Did he see bees and plow on through? Did the homeowners know of them? If he didn't know and went near them did he have time to get out after he started cutting? And most importantly why the hell didn't they put back the ladder? No ground crew?
May 22, 20223 yr 3 hours ago, Paper_jam said: A decade or two ago, you'd hear a lot about Africanized bees in Texas, and after an attack like this there'd always be something said about getting some kind of analysis done to confirm if the swarm was Africanized or "standard." But in recent fatal bee attacks I rarely even see that question asked or answered. Are Africanized bees still a thing here? When I was in Arizona, there were no native honey bees left. They were all africanized.
May 22, 20223 yr When I was in Arizona, there were no native honey bees left. They were all africanized.The great replacement?
May 22, 20223 yr 10 hours ago, bschoolprof said: The great replacement? Nah, "native" honey bees are actually of asian decent so its kind of a wash for the true aristocratic stingerless bees native to our lands.
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