Chandigarh: Day after, experts blame gusty winds for honeybee attack

Debendra Dalai, Director Environment, UT, said, “The siblings might be close to the tree when the beehive was damaged and the bees got agitated. People should prefer to lie on the ground in such a situation. Bees do not shift their base. They settle again near the same place confirming their queen is safe and alive. If the queen is no more, they will not be able to make another beehive.”

The tree on which the beehive was damaged on Thursday due to gusty winds adjoins a traffic police booth near the light point, Sector 17-18. A traffic policeman posted there said, “Honeybees shifted their base to an upper branch on the same tree. The damaged beehive is still there. As the winds were blowing yesterday, we knew the beehive would be damaged. Unluckily, siblings became victims of agitated bees.”

L R Budaniya, an environmentalist, said, “People should be careful about such attacks, though these are isolated incidents.”
The weather department has predicted gusty winds (speed 40-50 kmph) with thunderstorms/lightning likely in Chandigarh along with isolated places in Punjab, Haryana from June 18 to June 21.