Bees Sting 26 at Easter Egg Hunt
From Times Staff Reports
A swarm of bees set upon a group of parents and children during an Easter egg hunt Sunday afternoon at a Long Beach park, stinging at least 26 people, about half of them children, authorities said.
Fire Department officials said no one was seriously injured. The swarm, for unknown reasons, was stirred out of a hive in a tree at El Dorado Park about 1:30 p.m.
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