Yellowjackets stung dozens of students on the first day of school in Ashland, Massachusetts Wednesday, the superintendent said.

As children got off the bus at David Mindess Elementary School just after 9 a.m., someone or something disturbed an underground nest near the end of the bus loop.

Ashland Superintendent Jim Adams told WBZ-TV "around 40 students" and two staff members were stung.

"Many bees traveled into the school building," he said in a statement. The fire department later clarified that the stings were from yellowjackets.

It was so bad the fire department and two ambulances were sent in to help the school nurse and staff. Adams said every student who was stung was treated and their families were called.

"Thankfully, there were no severe reactions, and all students are doi

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