Swarm of bees in North Richland Hills sends eldery couple to hospital
FILE - Honey bees swarming in a plum tree. (Tim Graham/Getty Images)
NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, Texas - Two people had to be taken to the hospital after they were swarmed by bees in North Richland Hills on Tuesday.
The North Richland Hills Fire Department was called to a home on Cross Drive, near Davis Boulevard, after they were told that people were being attacked by bees in the area.
A woman who lives nearby told FOX 4 she saw the bees low to the ground and then spotted an elderly man on the ground covered in bees.
"The blood was on his face. The bees came and just were all on him," she said. "I could tell he was coming in and out of consciousness."
Local beekeepers had to help the fire department transport the man and an elderly woman to the hospital.
The man is in critical condition, according to the North Richland Hills Fire Department.
The beekeepers are working to contain multiple hives and wasp nests to make sure no other residents will be stung.
Much of the activity is around a hive in a hollow portion of the trunk of a tree in the front yard.
Those beekeepers say 90 percent of the bees are in the hive, but 10 percent remain.
The beekeepers will come back after dark to collect the rest.