These may include a burning pain in the sting area, itchiness and slight swelling. The man said his daughter is allergic to bees and would likely have died if she had been involved in the attack instead of him.Ī single bee sting usually only results in mild symptoms. He is very sore and pretty lethargic," Fischer said. The dog was later released, but its recovery appears to be slower than its owner's. His dog was also stung about 50 times in the attack and later received treatment at an animal hospital. Surprisingly, Fischer didn't have a severe reaction to the large number of bee stings, and he is currently recovering well, although he has been left with several scrapes and sting marks. I had been stung many times before but nothing where it was more than 10 or 15 stings," Fischer said.Īfter arriving at hospital, doctors administered morphine and removed the numerous stingers from his body. "I have never experienced anything like this. He was then placed on a stretcher and taken to the hospital.Įmergency responders estimated that there may have been roughly 2,000 bees flying around Fischer, with around 1,000 of those involved in the attack. Eventually, firefighters were able to hose down the man. Moments later, fire and police crews arrived to help Fischer, but the bees began attacking the emergency responders as well. Giant moth with "baby xenomorph" skull face horrifies the internet.The bizarre saddleback caterpillar found in U.S.Parasites that feasted on extinct Tasmanian tiger still exist-"Remarkable"."I was kinda biting them and spitting them out." "I crawled my way for a period of time to try to get far away from where they were, but they just followed me," he said. The man's wheelchair then tipped over and he was left crawling on the floor trying to fight off the bees, unable to run away. "I tried to get across the street, but I couldn't see because they were going towards my eyes, and they're all over my face."įischer decided to release his dog, telling him to go home and the canine took off. "Next thing I know, there were bees all over me and all over the dog," Fischer told KPHO. When Fischer was walking his dog, he thought he felt a fly land on him and swatted it away-the first sign of what was to come.
However, Africanized honey bees have a tendency to attack in greater numbers, increasing the risk to their targets.
Killer bee venom is no more dangerous than that of regular honey bees. But Africanized honeybees have been known to chase people for hundreds of feet, earning them the "killer bee" nickname. Western honey bees-the most common honey bee species worldwide-will rarely pursue a threat for long distances. A man in a wheelchair was stung more than 250 times by a swarm of killer bees while walking his dog on Saturday evening.
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