2 Dogs Die In Texas After Being Attacked By Hundreds Of Killer Bees
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It was a highly unusual behaviour by the Africanised bees, who locals say became agitated over something.
Two dogs died after been attacked by thousands of killer bees, also known as Africanised bees, in Texas. The highly unusual attack took place last week in McAllen, according to Fox News. The outlet said that city officials received a call on Thursday morning about an incident at the empty house. When they reached the spot, the owner of the house did not allow them to extricate the hive. So, the officials obtained a warrant to get inside and remove it.
Local television channel KSAT quoted the officials as saying that this was unusual behaviour for the bees that are usually not aggressive unless threatened or provoked.
"Typically Africanised bees have a memory of three days. So when they get disturbed by someone using a lawn mower or some loud noise, they are going to be on high alert for three days," it quoted Devon Johnston from bee removal service R9 Hive & Honey as saying.
Ms Johnson further said she believes the bees were agitated by someone who ran off near the two dogs.
