With this case, there are five bee attacks in the year, which have left 20 people injured and one fatality.
By Cristóbal Lobato González
Puebla, November 3 (AmbasManos).- Last Saturday afternoon, November 2, a family was attacked by bees during his visit to Municipal Pantheon from the city of Puebla.
Through a video that circulates in networks socialthe screams and desperation of children y adults for trying to avoid pickets.
The swarm was hidden among the trees and graves. Something upset him, and that’s when dozens of bees came out to surround the family. Although those affected tried to flee, they did not succeed and received multiple pickets, without anyone being able to help them.
Witnesses point out that, although a Municipal Civil Protection unit was at the scene, the personnel were not on site to attend to the emergency.
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The family decided to go on their own to a clinic to receive timely medical attention. All the members who suffered pickets are out of danger.
After what happened, the municipal authority proceeded to remove the honeycomb and asked citizens to be careful when going to cemeteries, in addition to not disturbing the bees.
Five bee attacks in Puebla
During 2025, five bee attacks have been recorded, leaving one person dead and more than 20 injured in Puebla. In May, in the municipality of San Miguel Xoxtla, while a community task was being carried out, bees attacked volunteers. That same day in Teziutlán, the bites of these insects caused the death of a man.
A swarm surprised a motorcyclist, identified as Jonathan, 43 years old and a resident of the Fresnillo neighborhood. Later, in June, a swarm attacked more than 20 people in the neighborhood of the municipality of Atlixco.
This November 2, a family was attacked by bees in the Municipal Pantheon of #Puebla.
This video circulating on social networks shows the screams and desperation of children and adults trying to avoid the pickets.#BothHands @C_Lobato pic.twitter.com/6gaPA3l0wZ
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The inhabitants of a house located on Río Cazones Street were pruning a tree when they found the hive. At that moment the bees began to attack them.
Among the people who were affected was a 12-year-old teenager with serious bites. So they rushed him to a hospital.