EDINBURG — Two employees with the Hidalgo County Drainage District No. 1 were sent to an area hospital after sustaining multiple stings from a bee attack. The two men were repairing erosion to a drainage ditch near Ridge Road between Jackson and Cage roads when they came across a swarm of bees and were stung more than 100 times each, according to first responders at the scene. The incident happened just before noon on Monday.
One of the employees began to display signs consistent with an allergic reaction to the bee stings so both employees, who were not immediately identified, were ...