Man dies in Arizona after getting stung by hundreds of bees
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}This undated photo provided by Trez Garvin shows bees gathered around a full-blown, wild hive in all its stages in Arizona. (AP)
A man who was stung hundreds of times in a bee attack in western Arizona has died.
The Mohave County Sheriff's Office confirmed Friday that the man died Sunday at a hospital in Kingman.
Authorities say the man was watching a property in Valle Vista, a community about 14 miles northeast of Kingman, June 12 when he was attacked by a hive of Africanized bees.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}He was stung between 500 and 1,000 times.
Beekeeper Johnnie Hoeft, who was called to the scene, says the hive was inside an old tool cabinet in a shed.
The Today's News-Herald in Lake Havasu City identified the victim as John Wade.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Family friend Betty Crippin told the newspaper that Wade had suffered a heart attack after the bee attack.