A swarm of bees caused confusion
at the Bolgatanga District Police Command in the Upper East Region last Monday.
The insects went on a stinging spree that resulted in
the injury of two persons, including an elderly man.
The situation compelled the police authorities to
mount a barrier in front of the police command to prevent unsuspecting
commuters from using a stretch of the Bolgatanga-Bawku road where the police
command was located.
The Bolgatanga District Police
Commander, Chief Superintendent Richard Anaba Salifu, who confirmed the
incident, intimated that the affected people were subsequently rushed to the
Upper East Regional Hospital.
One person had so far been discharged while the other
person, the elderly man, was currently responding to treatment, he noted.
Chief Supt Salifu said the elderly man had come to
the police command in connection with a case involving a family member and
while returning home, the bees stung him mercilessly.
The man fell flat on the ground to prevent further
attack on him, but the bees continued to sting him.
According to the district police commander, the police authorities quickly
called in personnel from the Ghana National Fire Service and the Zoomlion Ghana
Limited who managed to bring the situation under control.
Chief Supt Salifu noted that as of now, everything was calm and the district police command had since resumed work after the situation was brought under control.
Eyewitnesses alleged that the
bees were attracted to the elderly man because of the perfume he had used.
About bees
Bees belong to the Phylum Arthropoda of Kingdom Animalia, and they take one of
the top spots in the world when it comes to population.
The major attractors to bees are scent and colour of
the natural environment. Food, flowers, light and other attractors also catch
the attention of bees.
What attracts bees more than anything else is scent.
Bees look for flowers for pollination and to consume pollen and nectar.
Therefore, they mostly get attracted to sweet,
flowery scents.
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