Peter Borst wrote:

>>Near LaBelle in Hendry County, Imogene Risner said her niece was washing a
> 
> horse near their home last year when a cloud of bees attacked, besieging the
> animal's head and face. The horse died that night after suffering about
> 2,000 stings, she said. 

This is suspect since the niece was not attacked. It sounds more like a 
horse stinging incident than AHB. We had many posts on horses attacked 
for "no reason". I wonder what was used in the wash.

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine

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