Climber found dead, covered in bee stings...

And his dog was found dead nearby from beestings as well. Loyal dog stayed close and barked at those pesky bees that were attacking its pet person. :(
 
More than NINETY PERCENT of hives in AZ are Africanized. A good vibration is considered an attack on the hive and the entire hive will respond to the "attack". Such an attack kills a hand full of people each year.

Some people are allergic, a single sting can kill them. Is that being stupid too?
 
Wow... I didn't know that so high a percentage of bees have been Africanized. I wonder what sort of long-term threat this represents...
 
I heard that there are no non-Africanized bees in Arizona. A black cloud of them slowed in front of my garage last week. I shut the doors and ran for cover but I don't think a moving swarm will get you like stumbling apon their nest. I saw one swam underneath a car dealer awning. It looked like a blown up Hefty lawn trash bag but it was a solid mass of bees. They claim the best thing you can do is make distance from the attack because they will stop attacking after your a hundred yards from the nest. I bet you would run a quarter mile unless you were stuck on a cliff. What a story.
 
I've experienced the welcoming committee of an aggressive bee colony while scrambling on a bluff on the east side of the Sierras. They chased us several hundred yards and when we stopped there were too many stings to count and two pairs of glasses missing. It would have been truly scary if we couldn't escape easily. I went back in dressed in all my weather gear and found one pair of missing sunglasses but not my prescription specs. Even then I got stung on the only piece of exposed skin between my eyes. These beests are truly nasty.
 
Yeah, pretty sure the distance thing is a myth, when the entire hive is on you, no matter where you go, you're a threat to the hive.
 
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