BENGALURU: With at least 50 hives discovered atop timber in Lalbagh Botanical Gardens, guests are at risk of honeybee attacks, particularly the ones dressed in stable perfumes or hairsprays. To save you such incidents, the horticulture division has devised a singular idea — extra guards have been deployed close to timber with beehives to shoo away guests dressed in such scents.
Honeybees usually go away people by myself, however they get confused when attracted via the stable scent of perfumes, soaps or hairsprays and assault the ones dressed in the fragrance.
MR Chandrashekhar, deputy director (Lalbagh), horticulture division, mentioned going via the historical past of bee attacks within the park, lots of the sufferers had strong-smelling fragrance on throughout the incident.
“We’ve positioned barricades round timber which host a lot of honeybee colonies. We have now not handiest trained our guards to educate guests about honeybees but additionally restrict the ones dressed in stable perfumes from status or strolling close to timber with bee colonies. Even smoking is prohibited as it might probably disturb the bees. This is done to ensure protection of visitors and save you untoward incidents,” he defined.
‘Bee inhabitants sees a spike in April, May’
With the collection of guests to Lalbagh touching 10,000 throughout weekends, staffers have their task lower out. Twenty beehives are discovered on a silk cotton tree close to the west gate of the park, 20 on timber close to the principle gate and 5 close to the joint director’s workplace.
A senior division respectable mentioned honeybee inhabitants in Lalbagh spikes throughout April and May. “Flowering of plants and timber throughout the season draws bees. Since it’s faculty holiday, the park witnesses extra footfalls. Hence, we made up our minds to enforce security features at the advice of entomologists. Caution boards have been put in at quite a lot of puts,” he mentioned.
The officer mentioned, “Park safety guards have been briefed about rescue procedures. They are equipped with vital equipment such as gunny luggage and tongs to drag out bee stings. We have an ambulance on standby.”
SCENT OF A TRAGEDY
› During 2016 Independence Day flower show, honeybees attacked four men in two incidents.
›During 2015 flower show, Vaishnavi, 7, from Padmanabhanagar, died of bee assault.
Honeybees usually go away people by myself, however they get confused when attracted via the stable scent of perfumes, soaps or hairsprays and assault the ones dressed in the fragrance.
MR Chandrashekhar, deputy director (Lalbagh), horticulture division, mentioned going via the historical past of bee attacks within the park, lots of the sufferers had strong-smelling fragrance on throughout the incident.
“We’ve positioned barricades round timber which host a lot of honeybee colonies. We have now not handiest trained our guards to educate guests about honeybees but additionally restrict the ones dressed in stable perfumes from status or strolling close to timber with bee colonies. Even smoking is prohibited as it might probably disturb the bees. This is done to ensure protection of visitors and save you untoward incidents,” he defined.
‘Bee inhabitants sees a spike in April, May’
With the collection of guests to Lalbagh touching 10,000 throughout weekends, staffers have their task lower out. Twenty beehives are discovered on a silk cotton tree close to the west gate of the park, 20 on timber close to the principle gate and 5 close to the joint director’s workplace.
A senior division respectable mentioned honeybee inhabitants in Lalbagh spikes throughout April and May. “Flowering of plants and timber throughout the season draws bees. Since it’s faculty holiday, the park witnesses extra footfalls. Hence, we made up our minds to enforce security features at the advice of entomologists. Caution boards have been put in at quite a lot of puts,” he mentioned.
The officer mentioned, “Park safety guards have been briefed about rescue procedures. They are equipped with vital equipment such as gunny luggage and tongs to drag out bee stings. We have an ambulance on standby.”
SCENT OF A TRAGEDY
› During 2016 Independence Day flower show, honeybees attacked four men in two incidents.
›During 2015 flower show, Vaishnavi, 7, from Padmanabhanagar, died of bee assault.
Bengaluru says ‘no’ to strong perfumes over bee-attack fear
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Reviewed by Kailash
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April 02, 2018
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