As many as 30,000 to 60,000 bees swarmed a Walmart parking lot in Oklahoma City during a bee hive sale. The apocalyptic scene happened Saturday at 10:30 a.m,. said Oklahoma City Fire Battalion Chief Benny Fulkerson, according tothe AP. The bees escaped from during a sale going down in the parking lot.
FOX25 reported one of the hives was dropped, with each hive believed to have comtained more than 10,000 bees. The Oklahoma City Fire Department confirmed the bee swarm which unmercifully sent three people to the hospital.
Bee hives have released bees in the parking lot of Walmart Neighborhood Market, 4900 S. Sooner Rd. OKCFD and @EMSAOK on scene.
Beekeeper responding to the Walmart at 4900 S Sooner. The store was evacuated. 3 adults transported now!
Emergency Medical Services Authority spokeswoman Lara O'Leary said two people were in serious condition and one was in good condition after being stung. The victims are said to be adults with no other information about them being released.
The fire department tried to spray the bees with water before calling beekeepers for help on the Central Oklahoma Beekeepers Association Facebook page.
Darrell Baker was the first beekeeper to arrive on the scene. "I messaged back and said I can be here, there's actually two others that came with us when we arrived there were three hives in the back of a Dodge truck," Baker toldFOX 25, "If bees sting, there's a pheromone that bees put off to come and help."
Believe it or not this isn't the strangest thing to happen in a Walmart parking lot, in June a bicycle thief was brought to justice when a man on a horse lassoed him to the ground in a Walmart parking lot.
