Awww, that’s so sweet!

Time to go home

Apiarist brings “riot control bees” to George Foster protest, just to keep things civil.

Janesville [Wisconsin]’s Greg Hoeft had a brilliant idea to make sure the protest didn’t become yet another destructive riot — he brought 12 carts of bees to the event, which he planned to release if the protest got out of hand.

“The riot control bees are in their holding yard waiting to clear the streets of Janesville and keep peace to this county. I’m willing to bring them in and kick them over if things get out of control,” Hoeft posted on Facebook, The Gazette reported.

“Police learned that he planned to release the bees if the protest became unruly,” the local newspaper reported.

Hoeft towed 12 carts of bees into the post office parking lot, just behind the protesters.

More than 100 people showed up for the protest, along with some wary protesters who brought guns and bees to make sure riots did not ensue.

Police Sgt. Dean Sukus insisted that law enforcement had “things under control here.” He told The Gazette that police asked Hoeft to leave, and he did.

In fact, honey bees aren’t very aggressive and are certainly not the cannibal hornets the press is having so much fun with (yesterday a Riverside newcomer posted a picture of a harmless mud wasp on the “Neighbor to Neighbor” site asking whether it was a cannibal hornet - sheesh), but a swarm of them buzzing around the empty heads of rioters would make for delightful viewing.