.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.