Earth Watch Report - Biological Hazard
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| 03.06.2013 | Biological Hazard | USA | State of Texas, Moody |  |
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Biological Hazard in USA on Monday, 03 June, 2013 at 04:28 (04:28 AM) UTC.
| Description | |
| A hive of 40,000 Africanized honey bees, known as “killer bees,” killed a Central Texas man and hurt a woman who came to his aid. It happened in Moody, about thirty minutes south of Waco. McLennan County Chief Sheriff’s Deputy Matt Cawthon told the Waco Tribune-Herald that Larry Goodwin was driving a tractor on Saturday when attacked. Goodwin ran to a house about 50 yards away and tried to use a garden hose to ward off the swarm. A woman came out to help and was also stung. Goodwin was pronounced dead on the scene. Allen Miller, owner of Bee Be Gone, who later destroyed the hive, said Goodwin apparently hit a pile of wood that housed a hive. Miller estimated it contained about 40,000 bees. He said Africanized bees attack much more aggressively and in greater numbers than European bees. | |
| Biohazard name: | Bees Attack (African bees) |
| Biohazard level: | 0/4 — |
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Farmer dies as 40,000 killer bees sting every inch of his body
Victim … Larry Goodwin was stung all over his body
kcentv.com
Published: 03rd June 2013
A FARMER has died after he was stung all over his body by a swarm of 40,000 killer beLarry Goodwin, 62, was attacked when he disturbed a hive of aggressive Africanised bees in Texas, USA.
Relatives said his entire body was covered in stings so that there was not one inch of skin left that had not been stung.
Mr Goodwin was attacked as he drove a tractor to help clear scrub on a neighbour’s land near Moody, 25 miles south of Waco.
He reportedly disturbed a hive of killer bees that had taken over an old chicken coop among a pile of old wood and branches.
As the swarm attacked, Mr Goodwin ran to a nearby farmhouse and tried to ward off the bees with a hose, according to McLennan County Chief Sheriff’s Deputy Matt Cawthon.
Hive … hidden in an old chicken coop
kcentv.com
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