Bizarre As Bees Sting 74 Year Old Farmer To Death

It is a clear case of the hunter becoming the hunted, in an expedition that was planned to yield honey for father and son, but that ended up claiming a life.

If he knew, the man in question, 74 year old Kwadwo Fordjuor, who is cashew farmer, would have left nut picking for the day, especially given the way the bees charged at them, and mores, because he is visually-impaired.

The circumstance is now the talk amongst residents of Yabraso, a town six miles away from Nsawkaw in the Tain District of Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana, where it took place.

It was not clear however whether it was a routine visit to the farm or out of pressure on the visually impaired man given the prevailing economic challenges; what was clear however was that the bees reportedly attacked as he approached with his son.

Disclosing the details to Ultimate News, a local medium, an assembly member of the Yabraso electoral area Yakubu Wudah Zackaria recounted that the teenage son raised the alarm after escaping to inform other farmers.

He said the town folk had to get some agrochemical products to move to the farm after all the farmers in the area who tried to go close were met by the charged bees.

The aged man was, however, unable to survive the severe multiple stinging after he was finally rushed to the Tain Government Hospital.

He told reporter Ivan Heathcote – Fumador, “The man had stings all over his back and face after apparently taking off his shirt to whisk off the swarm. He was bitten so much that he was weak when we finally managed to pick him up.”

Yakubu Wudah Zackaria, however, complained that access to prompt health care in Yabraso had become a challenge as a CHPS compound which was completed in the town as far back as the year 2015 had not been commissioned and staffed to operate.

He was of the belief that the victim could have had a higher chance of surviving if he received some first aid early enough before transporting him to the Tain Government Hospital where he died.