ODDLY ENOUGH

ODDLY ENOUGH

Swarm of bees descends on northern Ohio mall lot

SANDUSKY, Ohio

Thousands of bees created some buzz at a northern Ohio shopping area when they swarmed a van in a store parking lot, much to shoppers’ chagrin.

The Sandusky Register reports security officers from the Sandusky Mall kept shoppers at a safe distance Thursday while a beekeeper from nearby Norwalk was called to remove the swarm.

Beekeeper John Schick used an industrial vacuum with a hose to collect the insects as shoppers took photos and video with their mobile phones.

Schick says the bees were probably migrating when they got tired and decided to rest on the van.

He took the insects to a more permanent home in a hive on his farm.

Facebook page lists bear sightings in city in Alaska

SITKA, Alaska

Residents of Sitka, Alaska, are using social media to share reports about bear activity in the area.

KCAW radio reports the Facebook site “Sitka Bear Report” already has more than 200 followers.

The page details bear sightings in the southeast Alaska city, where more bears have been sighted because of a poor berry crop and dry weather.

Police report more than 100 calls about problem bears, including one dead dog and some chickens. But police caution that doesn’t seem to be an unusually high number.

State Fish and Game area management biologist Phil Mooney says it might just seem as though there are more bears around now because of the late spring and a lack of bear activity earlier this summer.

Oregon woman: Walmart told me to cover up or get out

EUGENE, Ore.

An Oregon woman says she was told to put a shirt over her bikini top while shopping at Walmart or leave the store.

Sandy McMillin told The Register-Guard she was shopping at a Eugene Walmart with her sister recently when a store employee confronted her and claimed she may be violating health regulations.

An attorney for the 51-year-old McMillin said the experience was embarrassing but he is more concerned about the way McMillin was treated because she is disabled from injuries suffered in motorcycle crashes.

A spokeswoman for the Arkansas-based retail giant said the employee was responding to customer complaints and McMillin was not asked to leave the store.

McMillin says she’ll probably still shop at Walmart — but at a different store.

Associated Press