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    Washington man lights beehive on fire after sting

    LYNDEN, Wash. (AP) — A Washington state fire chief says a man dumped gasoline on a beehive in a tree in retaliation for a bee sting, then ignited the hive, causing an explosion heard throughout his suburban neighborhood just a few miles south of the Canadian border.

    Lynden chief Gary Baar tells the Bellingham Herald (http://bit.ly/pBBpg0) that the Sunday night fire caused a large "whoosh," singed the tree and killed the bees but no people were hurt.

    Baar says the man's friend had been stung earlier in the day.

    The fire chief says, "The correct way to do that is to call a beekeeper."

    Firefighters explained that to the homeowner, and the newspaper says it doesn't appear that that the man will be cited.

     

    931 comments

    • bilgewater  •  9 mths ago
      How much does it cost to call a beekeeper?
    • jamesg  •  9 mths ago
      they walk among us looking like normal people
      • DieDemReps 9 mths ago
        With hidden agendas and metal illnesses called

        Liberals!
    • mike  •  9 mths ago
      What an idiot!He should of called a professional.They probably would remove the Bee's intact and put them in an Apiary.They would do this free of charge in most cases.
    • Mountain Man  •  9 mths ago
      Why would he kill a relative??? He sounds like the son of a BXXX
    • sugarfoot  •  9 mths ago
      I am sure that was not the first time this nut got stung
      • Amy Duong 9 mths ago
        Did you read the article? He's not the one that got stung.
    • V.I.T.R.I.O.L.  •  9 mths ago
      Wow, slow news day?
    • John P  •  9 mths ago
      Instant Karma is going to get him - sooner or later! Bee's will sting - it's their nature!
      • Andy 9 mths ago
        It sounds more like instant karma in action on the bee.
      • Dougie 9 mths ago
        That's what the bees were saying to the one that stung him..."Dammit Fred! Karma is a biznitch, it's gonna come back to bite us, you watch."
    • D. Bell  •  9 mths ago
      This one gives me mixed emotions. On one hand this had me laughing my black @ss off, but then again with the shortage of bees it;s not so funny. Bees are important because they cross polinate and without them we die. I understand his anger because bee stings are serious, especially if you're allergic to them but that's taking revenge to another level. Premeditated, he had time to cool off.
    • Rick  •  9 mths ago
      NOT THE BEES!
    • willard  •  9 mths ago
      Without bees no food! A beekeeper will pay you to remove Honeybees!
      • todd 9 mths ago
        didnt specify honeybees in the article, if they were not id nuke 'em also
      • Blue 9 mths ago
        will he pay me for the three of them that i have?
      • Lobo 9 mths ago
        honey bees don't make a hive of that kind. It was wasp nest.
    • marty  •  9 mths ago
      and I going to guess alcohol was a factor.
    • marty  •  9 mths ago
      I guess he knows now how the Coyote felt, trying to get the Roadrunner all of those years.
    • TAXPAYER X  •  9 mths ago
      KM is a complete jackass!!! Just check out this idiot's posts!!!
    • required  •  9 mths ago
      With bee populations in decline, morons like this should go to jail. Bees make our food possible....without bees man kind will go extinct.
    • M  •  9 mths ago
      What a douchebag.
      Bees are good for the world.
      This guy sounds useless.
    • Joey  •  9 mths ago
      I have had a bee hive on my shed for five years now. I can walk about three feet away and they do not attack me. I think they can sense if you are friend or foe.
    • Nomad69  •  9 mths ago
      The writer of this column probably wouldn't know a hornet from a killer bee, from a yellow jacket...he might have been doing us all a big favor. The world will never know...lol
    • tigre  •  9 mths ago
      Why is this news?
    • what  •  9 mths ago
      This made the news ?
    • DavidT  •  9 mths ago
      Personally I would think a high pressure water hose would do the trick. I did that once with a large paper wasp nest. Killed about 50 wasps in 5 min. I didn't get stung. They got drowned :-).
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