Baseball players and fans at a Utah baseball game at Elk's Field were chased and stung by Africanized honey bees or killer bees on Friday.

The worst hit by the bee attack was a man who was stung between 200 and 300 times, which sent him to the hospital for treatment. However, Fire Capt. Robert Hooper from the St. George Fire Department, said the man does not show severe reaction and continued to be alert.

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He was even chatting with emergency crew from Gold Cross Ambulance who treated other people at the scene, reports Fox.

The bees came from the dugout and at one point, up to 70 bees chased the baseball players. To battle the bees, firefighters sprayed chemical foam on the insects, reports KCSG.

The fire officials said bees usually start to migrate and colonize in the area at this time of the year, which unfortunately coincided with the game of the Lone Peak High School.

Despite the killer bee having a shorter lifespan and being 10 percent smaller compared to the honey bee in Europe, it responds faster and senses danger from humans or animals even if it is 50 feet away. It also pursues its intended victims up to half a mile when attacking.

According to the Utah County Beekepers Association, the specie of Africanized honey bees were initially discovered in the southern part of the state in 2009.

Casey Lofthouse, a member of the Washington County Search and Rescue team, advised people in case of a bee attack to cover their head and neck as best as possible and leave the area, preferably by going indoors. 

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