The bees in the courtyard at lunch – I hate them! I try to have a nice meal at lunch in the fresh air but the bees, they see my food and must bother me for their guts to be filled.

They must be dealt with; their long span of terror must come to an end for the greater good of the student body.

What the school must do is take care of them because I’m sick of them. They don’t even sting, they just eat. Every lunch many die, but even more take their place the following day.

Another issue with the bees is since there are so many students at the school, there must be some who are allergic to them, which can cause problems related to allergic reactions, and an increase of allergic reactions to bees at our school is not a good thing to hear about.

To deal with it, one idea is to pay for exterminators to wipe out the bees and get rid of the nuisance and possible allergic reactions. If they don’t want to kill the bees, although I think that’s the most effective, they could bring a new queen bee to gather the bees and relocate them away from the school.

Some people argue that they pollinate the flowers, which is good, but it still doesn’t explain why we should leave them alone because there are so many bees to the point where it can actually damage the flowers. We should still at A minimum remove a portion of the bees in the courtyard.

Even with the positives they come with, there are more negative effects, so I seriously think that it’d be best to just simply relocate or exterminate them.

They are a nuisance and what they do that is positive with their current population is going to be a con in reality.

By Noah Azra

Opinion: Bees are a nuisance

Every time I try to eat lunch in the courtyard, I get surrounded by yellow jackets. Every time.

There are at least four around my friends  when we’re eating. They are either crawling on my plate, buzzing around my face or swarming the bench. They’re a nuisance, believe me – they are a problem.

Yellow jackets by themselves aren’t that hurtful, but when there’s more of them (lets say five or six), they can be very serious, especially if the person is stung a multitude of times.

If stung once, it causes minor pain and often slight burning and redness. If stung several times, it can cause nausea, dizziness, fever and headaches.

The attack can become life-threatening if you’re allergic and you get stung. Even if you get stung once, you can go into anaphylactic shock because you are unaware of your allergy. During anaphylactic shock, the immune system overreacts to a trigger and floods the body with chemicals like histamine, causing blood pressure to drop dangerously low and airways to narrow.

If a person knows they are allergic to these stings, they should carry an Epinephrine pen, or EpiPen. If they’re unaware of their allergy and get stung, they should immediately call emergency services to get a dose of Epinephrine in their body.

These insects can either build nests in trees, on buildings or in the ground. When built in the ground, they are completely invisible. If an individual is stung, cold compresses help to alleviate the pain the most. If you feel dizzy or nauseous, sit down immediately and call 911.

I was stung about seven times in my backyard. Luckily I’m not allergic; it was painful as heck, though! I don’t want anyone to go through that either, which is why someone should do something about these yellow jackets!

By William Jensen