Bee swarm attack lands Thailand monks in hospital

**spliff** · 24-06-2012, 03:51 PM

Bee swarm hospitalises Thai monks

Updated: 18:07, Sunday June 24, 2012

Swarms of bees have attacked a group of novice monks at a Buddhist temple in northern Thailand, causing 76 of them to be hospitalised, reports say.
Naren Chotirosnimitr, director of Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital, was quoted by the Bangkok Post as saying 19 of the 53 monks admitted to hospital were in serious condition.
He said six of the monks arrived at the hospital in comas, with their blood pressure at dangerously low levels.
Naren said bee attacks can be fatal if patients sustain multiple stings and are allergic.
Sting victims typically experience nausea, difficulty in breathing and skin rash.
In serious cases blood pressure drops sharply.
The monks were sweeping the grounds of the Chedi Luang Worwiharn temple in Chiang Mai province, 600km north of Bangkok, when the bees attacked.
Abbot Phra Ratcha Jetyajarn said he had no idea why the bees attacked.
He said the temple would continue to keep bee hives on the grounds but will warn visitors to keep their distance.

BBC News - Bee swarm attack lands Thailand monks in hospital

**withnallstoke** · 24-06-2012, 04:02 PM

Originally Posted by spliff

76

Originally Posted by spliff

19

Originally Posted by spliff

53

Here are this months lottery numbers, as predicted by Abbot Phra Ratcha Jetyajarn and his merry monks.

**Neo** · 24-06-2012, 04:21 PM

Karma?

**BobR** · 24-06-2012, 05:41 PM

Bee attacks are no joke at home any longer. These so called Africanized or killer bees resulted from an accidental release during a research experiment in South America, and are a real threat in the Western United States.

Africanized bee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

**Latindancer** · 24-06-2012, 06:34 PM

Originally Posted by withnallstoke

Originally Posted by spliff

76

Originally Posted by spliff

19

Originally Posted by spliff

53

Here are this months lottery numbers, as predicted by Abbot Phra Ratcha Jetyajarn and his merry monks.

Pissed myself laughing, with the sudden change from the serious to the frivolous.
Had to explain why to my Thai wife, and try to stop laughing when I told about the monks (repeating ..."no, this is not why I'm laughing"), then scroll down to the bit about the lottery numbers. She laughed a lot too, as her sister once (somehow ! ) got some lottery numbers from the markings on discarded banana skins. Green sent.
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**withnallstoke** · 24-06-2012, 06:38 PM

^ Don't forget to put the numbers on.
Bzzz.

**klong toey** · 24-06-2012, 08:53 PM

I think the strangest thing i have seen in Bangkok was a massive swarm of bees the queen must have attached to pane of glass on the 20th floor of a building in Suk soi 16.

**AUSSIE EXPAT** · 24-06-2012, 09:25 PM

Originally Posted by spliff

He said the temple would continue to keep bee hives on the grounds but will warn visitors to keep their distance.

And the monks?

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