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Isham Park Bee Nest Gone After Reported Attack

By Carla Zanoni | August 10, 2011 2:21pm

INWOOD — A swarm of bees that had parents on edge in Isham Park last week — allegedly stinging a mother and a child last Wednesday — is gone from the base of a tree where it was last spotted.

Parks Department spokesman Phil Abramson said the department had taped off the affected area after receiving complaints about the bees, but he had not heard about attacks on park-goers.

According to Abramson, the department had not fumigated the nest but would do so if it received reports of bee attacks.

One week after the attacks, the park seemed quiet of angry bees, with only a handful of honeybees and bumblebees pollinating neighboring flowers.

A Parks Ranger said Wednesday that approximately 15 dead bees were found in the park two days after the attack. The Ranger said she believed the nest had been fumigated or disturbed.

Parents said they complained to the Parks Department about the swarm after reports of a bee attack appeared on the local site, InwoodKids.

"I was just standing in the vicinity of the tree, not doing anything, and I got stung," a woman wrote on the Inwood parenting email list. "Earlier, I put down my son's baseball glove, my glove and a ball under that tree. When I went to go pick them up, I couldn't get near them — they were swarmed."

She later added: "Even in the rain they were extremely active and aggressive. I can't imagine what they will be like in the sunshine."

The woman could not immediately be reached for comment.