>  had liberally sprayed my horse with Farnhams
> emulsifiable spray Repel-X.  We were attached and run out of the area. Don't
> know what was in it but I had to move to the neighbors yard for safety and
> put the horse in the back gate to avoid the bees.

We had a discussion on this many years ago about a similar horse
stinging incident and it seems to come back to odors from something
applied to the horse by the owner that stimulates the bees to attack.
Otherwise, bees and horses seem to get along fine.

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine

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