A 30-year-old woman along with her four children are now hospitalised after they were attacked by a swarm of Africanized bees on Sunday at Number 66 Village, Corentyne, Berbice.
Injured is Sunita Charran, a housewife and four children aged 1, 2, 5 and 8 years old. The incident occurred at about 7:00h, immediately after which they were taken to Skeldon Public Hospital, where they were admitted.
The house under which the family was attacked
The family had only moved to the house a few days ago. When Guyana Times visited the area on Monday, sluice operator Wadeshkumar Persaud said the family was in the lower flat of the wooden house when they were attacked by the bees.
He explained that they attempted to escape to the upper flat but the swarm of bees followed them. One of the children, he said, collapsed on the stairway.
Wadeshkumar Persaud, the neighbour who went to the family’s rescue
“When I coming over, I see one of the boys fall down on the landing but I had to run back home and put one some more clothes and a cloak. So when I came back I see the boy lying down on his belly and about one thousand bees of his back.”
Persaud said he went into the house and grabbed the woman and the two children who were in the house and took them to his house.
The fourth child reportedly ran out of the yard and a swarm of bees also followed. Neighbours lit a tire to create smoke in order to rescue the child. Persaud told this publication that it was he who took the injured woman and her children to the hospital.
The Agriculture Ministry destroyed the bees by setting the hive on fire
Meanwhile, a team from the Agriculture Ministry has since killed the bees by setting them alight.
During the attack, a horse was also stung. The animal has been treated by a vet from the said Ministry.
Up to press time, two of the children were still hospitalised and their conditions are regarded as stable.
