Updated: Apr 30 2021, 8:46 ET
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AN elderly man has died after he was attacked by a swarm of around 60,000 “very aggressive” bees as he mowed his lawn.
Thomas Hicks, 70, was tending to his garden Monday afternoon in Breckenridge, Texas, when the bees swarmed around him and attacked.
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He died after going into cardiac arrest due to the severity of the stings.
“He got attacked outside, ran in the house to let his wife know, ‘Hey, this is what’s going on.’ The bees followed him in,” said Fire Chief Calvin Chaney.
Firefighters had to fight through the swarm of bees to help Hicks’ wife Zoni out of the house and to safety.
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.he was just covered in killer bees,’
Authorities now believe the sound of Thomas mowing the lawn that afternoon triggered the hive which was discovered to be housing several queen bees and up to 60,000 honeybees.
Zoni who had gone grocery shopping prior to the bee attack had Hicks promise her he wouldn’t go out the back of the house.
‘I said honey please don’t go back in the back area, because those bees are back there, and he said “I won’t, I promise,”‘ Zoni told
When she returned home, she found her husband jumping around and screaming, covered in bees.
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Thomas Hicks, 70, was mowing his lawn in Texas when he was attacked by the bees, with a severe sting sending his body into cardiac arrest and ultimately killing him.