Many consumers prefer to buy their products at the nearest local Walmart, as their prices tend to be lower than other competing chains, such as Target. Although Walmart’s prices are hard to beat, some people find the Walmart shopping experience to be less than enjoyable. For those who need an excuse to avoid Walmart, a recent bee-related event at a Walmart location may provide Target shoppers with a reasonable excuse to avoid the popular, but overcrowded shopping center. A couple of weeks ago, Walmart shoppers ducked for cover as an enormous bee swarm accessed the store.
Video surveillance cameras that are located prominently throughout the Walmart location caught footage of the recent bee swarm that left customers scared for their lives. This response is understandable, given the likelihood that at least one of the many Walmart shoppers present at the time possessed known allergies to bee stings. This horrifying event occured within a Walmart location in Eldridge, Texas. According to ABC News, a spokesperson for Walmart stores claimed that the situation is being looked into.
This is not the first unfortunate bee-related event to occur within the state of Texas this year, as a man in Wallis was recently stung 600 times by Africanized honey bees. For those not familiar with Africanized honey bees, they are more commonly referred to as “killer bees.” The man had been mowing his lawn when the killer bees descended upon him. The man was hospitalized for three days, but luckily, he survived. Not only did this man sustain hundreds of stings from the most aggressive bees in the world, but his survival is all the more amazing when you consider the fact that the killer bees had stung the inside of his mouth and throat. Earlier this summer, an 81 year old man sustained numerous bee stings while landscaping his yard. This man sustained 135 bee stings on his head alone. If you want to avoid bee stings, then avoid Texas, especially Walmart stores in Texas.
Do you think that it is not unusual for bees to swarm into human populated indoor areas?
