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My Good Babushka

(2,710 posts)
Thu Oct 23, 2014, 07:05 AM Oct 2014

Bees!



In Africa, in WWI, the British Indian Army was sneaking up on an eastern seaport held by Germans when the troops were routed by attacking bees, and were driven into the sea. “I would never have believed that grown men of any race could have been reduced to such shamelessness”, said a British officer, who was probably nowhere near any bees. One engineer was stung over 300 times.
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Bees! (Original Post) My Good Babushka Oct 2014 OP
That's some artful headgear those gents are sportin...! nt MADem Oct 2014 #1
Low maintenance biological warfare. sarge43 Oct 2014 #2
Nice to see you again. Xyzse Oct 2014 #3

sarge43

(28,941 posts)
2. Low maintenance biological warfare.
Thu Oct 23, 2014, 09:40 AM
Oct 2014

Saint Gobnait used bees to drive off brigands who were attacking her convent. "Sic 'em girls!"

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