PANTEGO, Texas — A swarm of about 30,000 bees attacked a North Texas couple as they exercised their two miniature horses, stinging the animals to death.

Kristen Beauregard, 44, was stung about 200 times and her boyfriend about 50 times, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported yesterday.

“They were chasing us down, they were following us,” Beauregard said of the incident Wednesday evening. “We swept up piles and piles of them.”