Bee Swarm 'Size Of A Small Child' Neutralized In Stafford ICYMI

STAFFORD, VA — Nearly 40,000 bees reported to be "a swarm. . .the size of a small child" were relocated into beekeeper's boxes last Wednesday night in a tree on James Madison Circle, according to the Stafford County Sheriff's Office. The swarm was approximately three feet tall and more than two feet wide.

Shortly after 6:30 p.m., an animal control officer, Anthony McCall, responded to the scene to see if he could be of assistance — this despite the fact that he's no real fan of bees. But he knew that Nathan Thompson is a third-generation beekeper who also happens to be interim chief of the Aquia Harbour Police Department.

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Thompson and his father, Earl, took the bees down and methodically put them into beekeeper boxes. And the bee-fearing officer? He was stung but twice.

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