Thursday April 29,2010
By Nick Fagge
A GRANDFATHER died after being attacked by bees from his own hive, it emerged yesterday.
Christopher Weaver, a 56-year-old lawyer from Leicester, was feeding the insects when they swarmed and attacked him in their thousands. The Falklands veteran, who was not wearing protective clothing, tried to escape but collapsed due to the sheer number of stings. He died from heart failure triggered by the venom.
His wife Sandra, 28, was at the couple’s home 300 yards from the beehive when the tragedy happened two weeks ago. She said: “He went to feed them and the next thing I knew, his friend was banging on the door saying he’d collapsed. Chris was adamant that he knew what he was doing. He was always being stung.”
Mr Weaver leaves two grown-up sons and a seven-year-old granddaughter. His mother Monica, 80, from Plymouth, Devon, said: “Chris was stung so much, he probably thought he was immune.”
http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/172051/Beekeeper-is-killed-by-his-own-swarm
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