Bees Infest Washington Heights Schoolyard, Sting Students: Report

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, NY — A schoolyard in Washington Heights has become a danger zone for children due to a hostile swarm of bees, according to reports.

Nearly a dozen schoolchildren were stung during recess at the playground shared by the KIPP Washington Heights Middle School and IS 90 on Edgecomb Avenue near West 168th Street, PIX 11 first reported.

Parents of children who have been stung told PIX 11 that the school isn't doing much about the bee swarm except for warning student not to go in certain areas of the playground. Katrice Bryson, whose 10-year-old daughter Hadenliz was stung on the ankle, told the news station that the situation is causing "a lot of anxiety."

"I mean the kids shouldn’t have to endure that and parents who come and pick their kids up on a daily basis shouldn’t even have to go through that," Bryson told PIX 11.

The city sent exterminators to the playground on Thursday, according to the report.

See the full PIX 11 report here.