A pair of Boston Globe reporters did a good job of covering what seems like a cut-and-dried story: A woman was stung 500 times by yellow jackets after she apparently disturbed a nest by mistake.
This just could have been straight cop-shop stuff, but instead the duo interviewed the fire chief whose company rescued the victim along with:
* a state official in agricultural services;
* a specialist on bees from a California university;
*an additional fire chief from a nearby area who had to rescue children from a similar experience, and
* two pest-control professionals.
The story gave good details about why yellow-jacket attacks happen more frequently at this time of year and what to do to prevent attracting/disturbing the insects.
The reporting was excellent, although -- and this is very subjective -- I thought the lede was weak. I'm just glad I got beyond it to the good information.
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