Learning About the Burns and the Bees
When a Lynden, Wash., man’s friend was stung by a bee, he decided to get revenge on a mass scale. He went to the beehive in a tree, doused it with gasoline, and ignited it. The resulting fireball was visible for hundreds of feet, and was reported by a waitress at a local country club, Fire Chief Gary Baar said. “No damage, except for a bunch of dead bees,” he said. “The correct way to do that is to call a beekeeper.” (AC/Bellingham Herald) ...The bees are dead and no one was hurt, which is “correct” if you’re not a bureaucrat.Author’s Note: Some readers were upset by this one: it’s discussed in my blog at https://thisistrue.com/the_burned_and_the_bees/
Original Publication Date: 25 September 2011
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 18.
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 18.
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