All stung up and no place to go

We have made it halfway through 2013, and the Bellend of the Month for June 2013 is Larry Goodwin. He was a man from Texas who died after a swarm of Africanized bees disturbed by his tractor attacked, stinging him more than 1,000 times early this month. The bees were living inside an old chicken coop that 62-year-old Goodwin was pushing over to clear off his property, neighbor John Puckett told CNN affiliate KCEN-TV. "He lifted the whole hive and disturbed them all and they just came swarming out of there and trapped him on his tractor," Puckett said. His daughter and neighbors rushed to help, but they said there was nothing they could do to save Goodwin. This is why people shouldn't disturb beehives, especially those of Africanized bees. Africanized honey bees, which are hybrids of African and European bees, can be highly defensive around their nests and swarm more frequently than other honey bees. If Goodwin had been more careful around his hive, he would still be alive today.