57 hornet stings: and he survived

Frelons asiatiques: photo MaxPPP

The young director of a company dealing with insect infestations was called to deal with a nest of Asiatic hornets (frelons asiatiques) in a tree near a maison de retraite in a south Tarn village. Correctly kitted out and using a suitable platform he climbed up to the nest, but the hornets attacked him and after 57 separate stings he suffered an anaphylactic shock and was taken in charge by pompiers. Happily he survived the attack after treatment and returned to work.
He said that as a volunteer pompier himself it was his youth and fitness which helped him pull through.
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