Man recovering from two-hour bee attack

GRAHAM, Texas, June 12 (UPI) -- A Texas man says he credits his cell phone for helping him survive a two-hour long bee attack this week.

KTXA-TV, Dallas/Fort Worth reported Thursday that James Dunsworth, 72, said he was clearing away cedar trees Monday when his bulldozer hit a bee hive inside one of the trees.

"I hit that tree that had all the bees in it, and those bees came up just like smoke out of that tree," he told the station.

The bees attacked Dunsworth, knocking him from the tractor and onto the ground.

"They come right under the hood of that dozer, right in on me," he said. "I just laid there and thought, I'm going to have to do something or I'm going to die right here."

Dunsworth said the bees climbed inside his mouth and ears, stinging his face and arms.

"I had a pair of overalls on, or it probably would have got worse," he said. "I just happened to think about my cell phone."

Dunsworth called 9-1-1 for help. He is recovering at JPS Hospital in Fort Worth.

"I know I wouldn't have been here today if I hadn't had that little cell phone," he said.