Students at Tutorial Academy Secondary School attacked by bees

Several students of the Tutorial Academy Secondary School in New Amsterdam were on Thursday attacked by a swarm of bees, and the Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA) has had to take action to remove the bees. The incident caused classes at that learning institution to be suspended. Some of the injured students were taken to hospital, where they were kept for observation, while other were treated and sent away.

Reports are that the bees first attacked a security guard at the school. The guard told Guyana Times that the sound of an exca- vator working in the area had reportedly disturbed the bees, but by the time she had received that information she had already come under attack.

She detailed that she was in the guard hut next to the front gate when a bee entered and stung her in her head. She said she was able to kill that bee, but several others entered the hut shortly after, and she subsequently learned that persons in the school building had also been stung by the bees.