{"id":206684,"date":"2026-04-06T08:32:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T08:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/hiker-airlifted-off-arizona-mountain-after-being-stung-over-100-times-by-bees-nbc-news\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T08:32:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T08:32:24","slug":"hiker-airlifted-off-arizona-mountain-after-being-stung-over-100-times-by-bees-nbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/hiker-airlifted-off-arizona-mountain-after-being-stung-over-100-times-by-bees-nbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Hiker airlifted off Arizona mountain after being stung over 100 times by bees &#8211; NBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> news Alerts<br \/>There are no new alerts at this time<br \/>A hiker was airlifted to safety from an Arizona mountain after he was stung over 100 times by bees over the weekend, officials said.<br \/>Subscribe to read this story ad-free    <br \/>Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.<br \/>The man reported \u201cover 100 stings\u201d by bees near the summit of Lookout Mountain Preserve in north Phoenix on Saturday morning, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PhoenixFireDepartment\/posts\/pfbid02dPMbzDhK9NQxdiafCJ6Wj9CR4b9FrGoeUUCCCtsstDYHP7fi97Fh8ZdmZyBXykpel\" target=\"_blank\">Phoenix Fire Department <\/a>said.<br \/>The stings left him \u201cunable to continue his descent,\u201d fire officials said.<br \/>Rescue teams from Phoenix and Glendale responded and conducted a hoist operation to airlift the hiker from the mountain.<br \/>He was transferred to an ambulance at the trailhead and on to the hospital in critical condition, the fire department said.<br \/>The fire department warned hikers to avoid disturbing hives and scented products and to wear light-colored clothing when they explore the outdoors.<br \/>\u201cIf you encounter a swarm \u2014 run away quickly and protect your head and face,\u201d the fire department said.<br \/>Marlene Lenthang is a breaking news reporter for NBC News Digital.<br \/>&copy;&nbsp;2026 NBCUniversal Media, LLC<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimwFBVV95cUxQZURwTTZST2gzeWVLMFhCZjdmeG5zNUU4cmFfTmpoUDFNMmxoa1JwV3IxNWRVdVgyNHRzYmFWUFdBUDRnS19TQnZEY2pGN2lDU3JlSTdaSkNTbk9sTm0yZW9KYTduLUwwWkRSM2hvbXR1c2R1TWZVeVI0YjhDZkR6Yk9vU1N2Rk1xdUluQW5BdlVVQVhwQzQ0R1ZsMA?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>news AlertsThere are no new alerts at this timeA hiker was airlifted to safety from an Arizona mountain after he was stung over 100 times by bees over the weekend, officials said.Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.The man reported \u201cover 100 stings\u201d by bees near the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":206685,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-206684","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-us","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206684\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}