A beloved golf course employee died after being swarmed by bees in Arizona.
According to USA Today, CBS News, and local affiliate KOLD-TV, Rick Messina, an employee of El Conquistador Golf in Oro Valley, was mowing an area near the Pusch Ridge Course on the morning of Monday, June 24, when he was stung by a swarm of bees.
The 57-year-old, who had been a part of El Conquistador Golf’s agronomy team since July 2022, was taken to a local hospital, where he died on Thursday, June 27.
USA Today reported that after the incident, beekeepers inspected the 45 golf holes on the property and “found no hives nor bee activity and gave the property the all clear.”
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“It appears Rick was attacked by a traveling swarm of bees,” said El Conquistador Golf in a statement obtained by the news organization. PEOPLE has reached…
