More than a week af­ter the Palmiste Park bee at­tack, teams from the Prae­di­al Lar­ce­ny Squad and Api­cul­tur­al Bee Ser­vices of the Min­istry of Agri­cul­ture are con­tin­u­ing to mon­i­tor bee hives at the park. 

A source at the Api­cul­tur­al Unit said sev­en hives had been re­lo­cat­ed over the past few days to pre­vent a re­cur­rence of the East­er Mon­day bee at­tack which led to the hos­pi­tal­i­sa­tion of sev­en peo­ple.

Last week, the Agri­cul­ture, Land and Fish­eries Min­istry said there was on­go­ing sur­veil­lance as the hives could pose a fur­ther threat to park users if dis­turbed. Giv­en the se­ri­ous risks as­so­ci­at­ed with bee stings, the min­istry re­newed its call for peo­ple to be cau­tious and avoid the park un­til fur­ther no­tice.

The bees have made hives on trees as high as ten me­tres and fork­lifts had to be used to reach the trees for re­moval.

Last week Agri­cul­ture Min­is­ter Kaz­im Ho­sein em­pha­sised the im­por­tance of pub­lic safe­ty and urged peo­ple to heed the warn­ings from the au­thor­i­ties to avoid en­ter­ing Palmiste Park un­til fur­ther no­tice. He said bee stings could cause se­ri­ous in­jury or even death, par­tic­u­lar­ly for those who were al­ler­gic.