Show Army Array of Bees Bee Sting Horses to Death I p pA A TEAM of horses stung by a couple of bees plunged madly Into twenty twenty twenty ty hives upsetting them an army of angry bees which stung the horses to death a few days ago m- m over over mr r on the Virginia side of the Potomac river The negro driver who ran at the first alarm did not escape unwounded Thousands of bees pursued his bis flight and nd he was vas terribly stung but lIv lives s. s A dozen or more Irresponsible bees were flying about the grounds at the home homo of Dr Reginald Munson on the Columbia pike near Arlington where lie be has forty hives The horses horse attached attached at at- to a coal wagon worried by their heir humming slapped at the bees with their tails tall The bees retaliated stinging the horses The Tae horses wild with alarm at the unusual attack plunged madly about the yard yaro upsetting twenty hives and releasing some ten tell bushels bushels' of bees bees bees- about In all These bees immediately attacked the horses stinging them so badly that both animals died within an hour Dr Munson has haa long been an enthusiastic enthusiastic en apiarist His hives are located located lo lo- rated In the yard at one side of at his house The coal wagon driven by George Low drew up In front of the place about 3 o'clock in the Ufe afternoon Low was a little dubious about venturing inside He could plainly hear an occasional occasional oc oc- buzzing that was not altogether altogether altogether alto alto- gether music to his ears A black swarm of buzzing bees Immediately immediately Im im- im mediately flew toward the horses borses and Low The latter went scampering down the road with his hands up to his face brushing away a thousand or more of the insects which had gathered gathered gathered gath gath- ered about him The frightened horses were almost Instantly covered with the insects The They started to turn toward the road but sank limply In the traces wildly with pain The entire neighborhood was Instantly instantly In in- aroused A crowd collected at a safe distance to watch the unusual un un unusual unusual un- un usual event No one dared at first to go to the rescue of the horses |