A man working at a date orchard in Riverside County died this week after being stung by a swarm of bees, his family and fire officials said. Gerardo Balbuena, 49, was working the fields at a date palm orchard in Thermal just after 9 a.m. Monday when he came across a beehive, said his daughter, Marilou Balbuena. Balbuena, a native of Morelos, Mexico, worked at Hadley Date Gardens for 27 years, said Albert P. Keck, the company’s president. “My dad was thankful for his job, and he worked there to give all his kids a better life,” Marilou Balbuena said. “This world lost an amazing human being, but heaven gained an angel,” Marilou Balbuena, 25, said.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 05, 2017 20:01 UTC