The victim was reportedly trying to solve a bee problem inside a Southwest Miami-Dade apartment complex.
An autopsy has found that a Miami man found dead near tens of thousands of bees
died of a heart attack.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue reports that 61-year-old Jorge Luis Acosta was found on the
roof of a three-story apartment building at Southwest 108th Avenue and 84th Street
in Southwest Miami-Dade Tuesday morning. He was about 50 feet from a large hive
that likely contained more than 50,000 bees. Acosta wore protective gear that covered
only his head and upper body.
The medical examiner's office released the findings Wednesday, saying the death
had nothing to do with the bees and that there was no evidence of bee stings on the
body.
Neighbors say they had been having problems with a beehive for the past 18 months,
but it's not clear why Acosta was working with the insects.
He was wearing bee keeper gear and was reportedly addressing a bee problem.
An initial assessment from Miami-Dade Fire Rescue reveals the man didn't suffer
numerous stings at the time of his death.
However, experts found a huge swarm of bees near where the man died.
The swarm could have contained 50,000 to 60,000 bees.
The manager of the apartment complex would not comment on the incident.
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