MAN KILLED BY BEE IN THE UK

A beekeeper who knew he was allergic to bees has been killed by a single sting despite pleas from his father for him to give up his hobby.

Steven Adderson, 39, had promised to be careful when his father, Graham, begged him to forget about his hobby. But the popular engineer from Downham Market in Norfolk, who was six foot nine, received a deadly sting after he forgot to put on special protective boots when he went to check out a ‘rogue swarm’ at a neighbour’s house, Daily Mail UK, reports.

Graham has spoken out to warn of the extreme dangers of anaphylactic shock, which thousands of people are at risk of suffering when stung. The father of three said: “When we found out that he was allergic to bees I said to him ‘you shouldn’t bother with those bees – it could kill you’.”

Graham explained that on the morning of his son’s death, the 39-year-old was on his way to work when he went to investigate the angry bees at a neighbour’s house.

He explained: “He put his suit on but I think he was in a rush to get to work and forgot to put the boots on and got stung on the ankle as a result. He could not find the queen bee.”

Steven, who always carried an EpiPen adrenaline shot with him, managed to stagger back home and call 999. He told the operator he was feeling faint and light-headed but seconds later collapsed.

Steven, whose death left his fiancée Emma and brothers, Philip and Daniel devastated, was also a big fan of Land Rovers.