September 10, 2000

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) An 11-year-old boy is credited with saving his little sister from swarming bees that stung her at least 50 times.

Lauren Bell, 7, was camping with her family in Michigan last month when she slipped down a ravine and landed on a hive of bees.

Andrew Bell pulled his sister to a nearby river, put her in the water and brushed off the bees. He was stung 15 times himself.

``It was just an instinct,'' he said. ``I couldn't just leave her there.''

The sixth-grader said his idea to jump in the river came from a science lesson at school last year.

``I knew if bees got their wings wet they couldn't fly,'' he said. ``I thought the best thing to do was to get in the water.''

Lauren, who spent two days in a hospital, continues to recover.

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Greger asks:

Which one is a bee, which one is a bumblebee, and which one is a hornet (bålgeting)?

And, by the way, learn the forms of the underlined irregular verbs, please!