Bad luck continues for Pinellas tree trimmer attacked by bees last Saturday

Safety Harbor, Florida - "It's just another tree," said Ralph St. Peter, pointing at the dead oak he was about to cut down.

Just another tree... seems St. Peter is dead wrong about this dead oak. After all, on Saturday it was this tree that concealed a hefty hive.

"50,000 bees just came straight at me," recalled St. Peter. The killer bees hit places you don't even want to think about. "My whole face was covered, inside my ears, inside my mouth, in my nose-everywhere."


So on Monday, the only buzz this tree trimmer wanted to hear was that of a chain saw. And saw in hand, St. Peter climbed a ladder and got to work.

After 500 bee stings, you'd think St. Peter would take it easy for awhile. But this is the same guy who encounters all kinds of critters, "I've been bit hundreds of times by rattle snakes."

And who once kept working with a broken leg.

"A tree split on him and he broke his leg in three places and he finished the job before he went to the hospital," says co-worker Mike Foster, who calls St. Peter "a tank."

Even so, St. Peter admits Saturday was pretty much his worst day on the job ever. "It was horrible, horrible."

Ever since he was stung, St. Peter has been swarmed by the media and he's looking forward to getting to some jobs without a drama queen bee.

"I just want to get this over with, that's all. Move on to the next job," he says.

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But even with the bees long gone, this tree continues to "bee-devil." When St. Peter made his last cut, the tree fell in the wrong direction, toppled onto a power line and wound up snapping a light pole.

Maybe this guy should have stayed home.

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