Hundreds of Thousands of Bees Found After Men Are Attacked
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iStock/Thinkstock(DOUGLAS, Ariz.) — Hundreds of thousands of bees were discovered in a giant hive after some had attacked landscapers in Douglas, Arizona, Wednesday, killing one man and injuring another.
According to the Arizona Daily Star, the men were chased after turning on lawnmowers outside the home of a developmentally disabled adult.
Douglas police said as they were trying to fend off an onslaught of bees, the landscapers ran to a neighbor’s house who then called 9-1-1.
The unidentified dead man, who was 32, suffered a fatal heart attack after being stung repeatedly in the head and neck. Another man received 100 stings and was later released from the hospital.
Exterminators were also called in by firefighters to destroy a hive measuring four feet by six feet found in the attic of the home. They said upwards of 800,000 bees lived inside the hive.
Meanwhile, the 90-year-old man who owned the residence was not harmed.
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