Hive of about 40,000 Africanized bees attacks, kills man in Texas
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A hive of Africanized bees has killed a Central Texas man and injured a woman who tried to help him.
McLennan County Chief Sheriff's Deputy Matt Cawthon told the Waco Tribune-Herald that Larry Goodwin was driving a tractor in Moody about 30 minutes south of Waco on Saturday when attacked.
Goodwin ran to a house about 50 yards away and tried to use a garden hose. A woman came out to help and was also stung. Goodwin was pronounced dead on the scene.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}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.