Kemaman police chief Razi Rosli said the victim died in hospital while receiving treatment, several hours after the bee stings had caused him to collapse with convulsions. (Facebook pic)CHUKAI: A man working for the Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (Mardi) died after he was stung by a swarm of bees while collecting honey at the agency’s farm in Ayer Putih near here yesterday.
Kemaman police chief Razi Rosli said the incident occurred at 9.50am when the victim, Hafizul Mat, 40, a general worker, was at Mardi’s Kemaman branch at Km18 of Jalan Ayer Putih with a colleague.
“The victim’s 44-year-old colleague had advised him against collecting the honey because the beehive was on a dry tree about 3m tall, but the victim insisted on proceeding.
