California Woman Attacked by over 75,000 Killer Bees [VIDEO]

An elderly California woman was attacked by more than  75,000 bees on a visit to a friend's place in Palm Desert, Calif.

 An angry colony of nearly 80,000 African killer bees attacked a 71-year-old California woman and stung her more than 1,000 times. The woman was completely covered in bees. She tried to get in to her car to avid them but the swarm followed her there too. The bees even stung the woman in her mouth.

The incident occurred in Palm Desert, a community located east of Los Angeles and has left the unammed lady in a state of shock.

The lady was visiting relatives and had just stepped out of her car when the event occurred.

According to Lance Davis, owner of Lance Davis Killer Bee Live Removal in Palm Desert,  the colony of bees had a hive in an underground Verizon vault. A Verizon employee was stung when he opened the vault at 4.40 p.m. and then the colony attacked the woman who was close to the site, reports  The Press-Enterprise.

"They're quick to anger, and they are relentless in their attack," said Davis, who removed the bees. "If it takes the whole hive to protect against an intruder, or someone perceived to be an intruder, they will do it."

Fire fighters were called for rescue. Three firefighters helped the woman. Fire Chief Mark Williams told the Press Enterprise, "You couldn't see her. When the first engine company arrived, they described an elderly woman completely covered head to toe in bees, as if she was wearing a suit of bees. They were even pulling stings out of her mouth."

She  was immediately shifted to a hospital for medical assistance. During the rescue the bees didn't spare the fire fighters and stung them on their faces and hands.

Davis removed the bees by blowing smoke into the hive to confuse them and then used a vacuum to suck the bees. The bees were shifted to his hive and would later be used by farmers for crop pollination.