A landscaper who accidentally disturbed a hidden hive of Africanized honebees, a.k.a. "killer bees," as he was working in a yard in Arizona died after the bees attacked and stung him on Tuesday.
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Other people on the property were injured, though to a lesser extent. An exterminator who came in later found a 6-foot by 4-foot hive in the attic, containing around 800,000 bees, that was thought to have been there for at least 10 years.
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