TWO HOBBS RESIDENTS WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AFTER THEY WERE ATTACKED BY A SWARM OF BEES. HOBBS FIRE DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS SAY SOMEONE WAS MOWING A LAWN WHEN THE MOWER BUMPED UP AGAINST AN ABANDONED BUILDING, DISRUPTING THE HIVE THAT WAS WITHIN THE BUILDING’S WALLS AND CAUSING THE BEES TO SWARM.
TWO FIREFIGHTERS ENDED THE ATTACK BY SPRAYING THE BEES WITH WATER AND FIREFIGHTING FOAM.