ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — Teachers at an Orange County high school have warned students to stay away from garbage cans and to eat inside if they're allergic to bees.
Channel 9's Karla Ray learned that Boone High School is infested with bees and officials spent the three-day weekend trying to track down the hive.
District leaders said they have no idea where the hive is.
It has some students scared to go to school. A student told Channel 9 that every day, when hundreds of students go outside for lunch, they're at risk of being stung.
On Monday, Channel 9's Ray spotted tiny nests hanging all around the high school.
Most looked empty, but a swarm of the stinging insects on two large hives was right next to lunch tables.
"They just kept coming and coming, and before I knew it there were just 10-15 bees surrounding our lunch table, and looking around I'm noticing it at every other lunch table, too," said sophomore David Hair.
Hair is allergic to bee stings and said he has seen other students get stung since school started just two weeks ago.
"I had asked an administrator what they were doing about the bees and they said they were fixing it. That was on Monday," Hair said. "Tuesday came by, nothing happened; Wednesday, all the way 'til Friday and I just couldn't take it. It's ridiculous."
Hair said since he asked about the problem the most he saw was someone walking around with a can of bug spray.
"Absolutely, it's something they should've taken care of," Hair said. "They shouldn't have let students go to school when there are thousands of bees swarming the lunch area."
Hair said some bees and wasps are always buzzing around the outdoor lunch area, but this time it was serious enough for district leaders to spend a long weekend looking for the hive.
"It's just kind of hard knowing that the bees are everywhere and knowing that I might get stung at any moment," Hair said. "It's not a calming thought."
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