PHOENIX - A Phoenix man has been hospitalized after being stung by a Swarm of bees. Firefighters say there were close to a 100,000 bees in the Swarm.

The Swarm of bees attacked a homeless man walking down the street, near 32nd St and Glenrosa.

He was stung several thousand times.

Covering him in foam, firefighters rescued a man attacked by Africanized bees. The Swarm was still stinging the victim while he was being rescued.

The bees were trying to get at firefighters too. All of them had to be doused with more foam.

"Probably close to a hundred thousand bees is what they're saying it looks like a big dark cloud," says Scott Walker with Phoenix Fire. "It doesn't take a lot for them to… start attacking you."

Firefighters rushed the victim to the hospital. He had gone into anaphylactic shock.

This is the 18th bee attack in Phoenix this year. We're well ahead of the 30 attacks that happened over last year.

The victim is expected to recover.

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