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Don Cherry Attacked By Bees, Shares Experience on Twitter

We assume they have bees in Canada. However, CBC hockey broadcaster Don Cherry‘s reaction to stumbling upon a nest leaves us wondering if he’s just never dealt with the insects before.

Cherry may have an infinite amount of knowledge on hockey, but his methods of dealing with bees are thoroughly questionable – we don’t think poking the hive with a pole is what experts would advise.

We don’t necessarily have a lot of context for Cherry’s experience, but enjoy his description from the tweets below.

I was cleaning out my shed and all of a sudden I felt two sharp bites on the back of my neck. I look over in the corner and there is a great

— Don Cherry (@CoachsCornerCBC) November 13, 2012

big bees nest so I ran out of the place! I went and bought some spray and went back in and sprayed like crazy 3 or 4 times figuring that

— Don Cherry (@CoachsCornerCBC) November 13, 2012

would do the trick.After awhile I take a long poll and smash the nest but by goll they’re still alive. So again I run but my with my

— Don Cherry (@CoachsCornerCBC) November 13, 2012

Scottish ancestry I stop to turn out the light and man, one got me under the eye.Those honey bees sure sting!

— Don Cherry (@CoachsCornerCBC) November 13, 2012