A swarm of bees is terrorizing a Wildomar neighborhood and no one seems to be taking responsibility.
Kim Bammes said a swarm of what she believes were killer bees attacked her chocolate lab, Reggie.
"When we came home on Father's Day, he was taken down by bees," said Bammes.
Reggie was a 50-pound Labrador, but hundreds of bee stings proved too much for his system. Reggie died a few hours after the attack.
"I've been calling the city and county, saying, 'Why aren't you taking care of this?' I have a neighbor that's highly allergic. She gets stung once and she goes to the emergency room," said Bammes.
Other animals in the neighborhood have been stung, too. Last week, some family pets were attacked by a swarm of bees, but they survived.
"Once one starts, all of them go and attack. That's the nature of bees, and the ones that are out here are all the soldiers basically," said neighbor Chris Vivanco.
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The bees appear to be coming from trees on Lemon Street in Wildomar. The property owner chopped off the top of the tree after Reggie was killed, but the bees remained and are now pollinating in trees on Bammes' property.
Jerry and Rita Rust ride their horses every day in the area and are concerned for the well-being of the community.
"We were concerned about where the bees are located and who is going to get rid of them for us, before a child gets stung," said Rita Rust.
Bammes paid for an exterminator to remove 8,000 bees on her property, but the main hives were never destroyed next door.
The homeowner is refusing to do anything else at this time, and the city and county both claim they are not responsible until the bees become a public threat.
