( CNN ) -- One bee after you is bad enough . What about thousands ? A man in Arizona died after being stung more than an estimated 100 times . An exterminator said based on the size of the hive , there were about 800,000 bees . Douglas Fire Chief Mario Novoa said his department answered a call Wednesday morning and when the crew arrived they found five people stung by bees and the bees still swarming . Deadly giant hornets kill 42 people in China . While some of the emergency responders treated the victims , other firefighters went around the neighborhood warning residents to close their windows and stay inside . Two of the victims were stung many times , the chief said . One of the men died later . He has not been identified and the chief did n't know what the other man 's condition was . Novoa said an exterminator found a 3-foot by 8-foot hive on an eave of a house . To get to the hive , the exterminator had to cut through part of the ceiling of the house . Africanized bee swarm kills Texas man . The 90-year-old owner of the home was n't injured . `` We get calls about bees fairly often but I 've never seen anything to this extent . This is the first time we have recorded a death in our community from bees , '' Novoa said . Douglas is near the border with Mexico , about a two-hour drive from Tucson .
Two men stung probably 100 times , Arizona fire chief says . Two other men also stung by huge bees . Exterminator found huge hive 8 feet wide .