Seven persons, six of whom are children, were on Friday night rushed to a city hospital following another attack by bees at Eccles, East Bank Demerara.
This newspaper understands that around 5.30 on Friday afternoon two ten-year-old boys—Andrew Rambarran and Dillon Ramlall—were disposing of old window panes on a dam close to their Lot 93 Old Road, Eccles home when a swarm of bees arose from the grass and attacked them. They ran home with the bees chasing them and this resulted in the others—including a pet dog—who were all in the yard at the time being stung also. The occupants of the house then ran inside, with the bees following, and sought refuge under mosquito nets. It was also reported that the bees were so many in number as they attacked one of the residents that she even ingested one.
Andrew’s father, Anthony Rambarran, then transported all of the bee sting victims to the Woodlands Hospital where they received treatment. In order to get out of their bee-infested house to go to the hospital, they were forced to switch off the lights and walk through the
